clementiney Posted December 11, 2014 Posted December 11, 2014 Hi everyone! Is anyone applying to MFA directing programs this year? Let's talk about it!
bluebane Posted December 11, 2014 Posted December 11, 2014 Hi clementiney, Yes, actually! I was just going to start the same thread! I'm applying for the first time this year, and trying to be fairly ambitious about it. I've applied to Yale and sent common packets to six schools for the URTAs (CalArts, UCLA, FSU, Ohio, Indiana, Temple). I'm working on DePaul (due Monday) and plan to apply to Brown, Carnegie Mellon, UCSD, and Boston. What about you?
clementiney Posted December 15, 2014 Author Posted December 15, 2014 Hello! I am applying to Columbia, Yale, BU, Northwestern and CalArts. How's everyone doing?
vitality Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) Hey all, I'm so glad about this thread! I've applied to CMU, Brown, Yale, DePaul, and a few through URTA. Currently waiting to hear back on if I made it to the next round. Also working on my monologue for the Brown interview. Good luck to everyone. Edited January 2, 2015 by vitality
clementiney Posted January 3, 2015 Author Posted January 3, 2015 Good luck to you as well! I think we're supposed to hear back sometime mid-January for first round of interviews...?
bluebane Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Good luck guys! Vitality, my list is almost identical to yours. My apps are sent in for the URTAs, as well as Yale, Brown, DePaul, CMU, and UCSD. Last one is Boston, which I'll try to finish up soon. I've only heard back from Yale (got an interview! I'm flying out there next week.), but a lot of them were just sent off. Let us know when you guys hear back!
clementiney Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 Congrats on the interview, bluebane! May I ask how you heard back?
bluebane Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Thanks! I'm pretty shocked, I wasn't expecting that one. They called me on Dec 11th, ten days after turning in the application, which is a crazy turnaround.
clementiney Posted January 6, 2015 Author Posted January 6, 2015 The only place I heard back from so far is CalArts. Got an interview!
mr.taco Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Just heard from Columbia, but pretty bummed to hear Yale gave their interview invites in December -- I was really hoping for one !
clementiney Posted January 7, 2015 Author Posted January 7, 2015 Just heard from Columbia as well! Excited for the auditions weekend.
clementiney Posted January 7, 2015 Author Posted January 7, 2015 Maybe Yale is reviewing the applications in wave and haven't sent out all the interview requests yet? There's still time, let's not despair! mr.taco 1
vitality Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Congrats to everyone on your interviews! Columbia was originally on my list but, alas, I had to cut a program because of application fee woes. Clementiney has a good point about holding off on the despair. Plus Yale's deadline was earlier this year than it has been previously so maybe they're trying out something new and staggering interviews or something. Chin-up and break legs!
bluebane Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Also, when you consider the sheer volume of Yale applicants, there is no way in hell they considered every application in ten days. They might stagger interviews, and they also might see how their first round interviews go before seeing if they need more options? I'm just throwing stuff out, I have no idea how these things work. I do love how this forum can help other applicants break the horrible radio silence: it's really helpful to know when somebody gets an interview, offer, or rejection. Have any of you guys applied to directing programs in previous years? What sort of questions come up in interviews?
mr.taco Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 It's true, bluebane (which my computer just tried to autocorrect to bluebonnet), the radio silence is pretty terrible sometimes. I'm glad I found this forum! On another note, I'm interested to hear what kinds of projects everyone is working on (or has worked on).
bluebane Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 I heard back from Brown/Trinity today, confirming an audition in San Francisco on February 7th.
vitality Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Got an email from URTA to make plans because I have at least one interview in Chicago. No other details yet. Anyone else URTA-ing in Chicago? Edited January 11, 2015 by vitality
clementiney Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 I have a CalArts interview in Chicago but I didn't apply through URTA.
bluebane Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I got the same email from URTA -- super vague but still exciting. vitality, I'll also be at the URTAs in Chicago -- let me know if you want to grab coffee the day before! clementiney, when is your CalArts interview? It might be the same weekend // day as the URTAs.
bluebane Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 I got an email from Dennis Delaney from Ohio today, letting me know I would be interviewed at the URTAs and giving me some more info on the program.
vitality Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) Got the same email from Dennis at OU. I'm hoping other other URTA notifications come through this week. Edited January 14, 2015 by vitality
bluebane Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 DePaul is taking a long time, it's nearly a month after the deadline. I wonder if it would be useful to send an email to check-in? Does this tend to annoy schools?
vitality Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 I doubt they mind if you email the admissions office directly and not a professor. The confirmation email I got from DePaul after I submitted my application says to contact them with any questions or concerns. It also says they will give at least two weeks notice before the interview. For me that means I might not know for a few more weeks since the Chicago interviews are Feb.14.
bluebane Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Been a crazy couple of days here -- thought I'd report in case any of the info is useful for you guys. - Had my interview with Yale yesterday. It was very casual, just talking to Liz Diamond in her office for an hour. She's one of the warmest, most gracious people I've ever been interviewed by. Some numbers that are interesting: from the hundreds (I'm guessing 400-500?) applications for directors, they selected about 45 people to come out to the campus to interview. From these, they're going to select a handful of finalists to call back in February, and 3 of them will be selected for admission. - Heard back from Carnegie Mellon to schedule an interview - Heard back from DePaul late last night, inviting me to a "finalist" audition/interview in Los Angeles - Haven't heard anything from UCSD - URTA schedules should be sent on Monday GETTING CRAZY! How is everybody doing?
vitality Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 I've already refreshed my inbox about 50 times today...
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