Well, it is official. I have elected to attend Columbia next year.

Roll call, who is joining me?

I'll see ya there

Me too!

I will also be there ^_^

My actual name is Steven Wilsey and everyone is welcome to find me on Facebook. My email is sparker3@gladstone.uoregon.edu.

I am trolling for talented students that are going to do film projects. I am a known composer who will do your track at no cost for the right projects.

All I want is a DVD of the finished project.

Thanks for letting me bust in like this.

Rob

Hey guys, was accepted to nyu and columbia, and i decided on nyu... even posted the acceptance letter there, mind you.

and the next day, Eric Mendelsohn writes me and we had a weeklong email exchange culminating in a phone call.

and yup, guess i ll be joining you guys on the otherside of the fence.

Hello!

that eric mendelsohn is a sly mofo...lol

Kirs,

Can i inquire more about your conversations with Eric Mendelsohn?
He also told me to talk to him before I make my final call.
What made you change your mind? I'm struggeling with a similar debate and would love to know what swayed you.

thanks a lot

I'd like to second that. After a little chat with Mendelsohn, I officially said yes to Columbia, but would be curious what he said.

If all the grads didn't sing his praises, I might start to think he was slippery.

See you in the fall.

kdwall,

Did you get in anywhere else?

kdwall - dido - can you recount your dialog?

Mendelsohn is probably the most incredible and inspiring teacher, directing or anything else, I have ever seen.

its funny that everyone mentions eric mendelsohn.

i am seriously amazed at the amount of time and dedication that he puts into the applicants.

i mean, year in and year out he probably deals with the same "i don't know where i want to go" students. he seems extremely genuine and has a strong interest at making people succeed.

in my interview alone, he was able to recall shot by shot the opening scene of my portfolio film and then again the same thing 2 weeks later during a random phone call.

he convinced me to choose columbia over nyu and that is something i feel very confident of. however, i did come into the entire application process ranking nyu #1 and columbia #4 out of 4.

after speaking with some current students i hear that he is just a great teacher overall. i look forward to learning from him.

I just got off the phone with Eric, and I have to agree - they guy is awesome. He was not at all pressuring and said financially it's a huge concern and he doesn't want to sway my opinion one way or the other.

I will be is Orange early next week and see exactly how Chapman is in the classroom.

Stay tuned - a decision should be made within a week or two at the most.

Hey all,

Luke - I only applied to Columbia. Personally, it was the only school that I thought made film school seem worth the pay-out, that was offering what I wanted given my background and aims.

Birdman - My convos with Mendehlson were mostly about money. I had a dozen or so similar conversations with Columbia grads, trying to wrap my head around the finances and, specifically, the role the debt would play in my life after graduation. (Yes, it's 100 G's, but what does that MEAN day to day when you're trying to do your work? How much does that REALLY infringe on creative autonomy, etc.)

I don't know though. Ultimately, it's such a gut call, huh. Scares the hell out me.

Going to Columbia, too! Excited! Nervous! Freakin' out!

-hannah
(miriam/may are actually my middle names...)

I will be joining all of you at Columbia...looking forward to it. I chose Columbia (because it's the best, hehe) over USC, UCLA, and NYU.

Hey guys!
Don't forget to join "The Third Eye" group created by Mauricio and Stevan on Facebook and add your soon to be classmates as pals!

Is it me, or is our class looking super young?? lol...I'm 23 and I know a few of you are younger than me! I was surprised.

"Age Ain't Nothing But A Number" - Aaliyah

haha, yea, i can see that we are a young group from the 10 people that i have met. then again there are another 56 people that we haven't met. plus, those oldies don't use forums. haha, ok, that was bad.

i turn 21 this summer!