I applied to Production - Directing. I pestered them repeatedly in early April and was told by several different people that I'd know within a few weeks - probably by April 15th. Well, it's June 2nd. WTF is wrong with all these schools? My app was done in December. There's absolutely no excuse for this taking over half a year. Their job is not that difficult. There are hoards of other schools - much bigger too - who had thousands more applications to sift through, who managed to finish by April.

I was accepted for the directing emphasis a few weeks ago. Best of luck.

Wicket:

I've only had this problem with Chapman.

Yeah me too, and it's not just a matter of me being anxious - I left anxious behind two months ago. It sucks because Orange County is where I'm most comfortable. I went to OCC, CSUF and it's where I played Hockey for years growing up. Chapman is probably one of the few schools I'd fit in with, but damn are they slow and/or incompetent. They've been about as bad as our riff-raff government workers.

i got accepted for MFA directing at chapman, and am trying to decide between starting there in the fall, or staying at the Art Center College of Design in pasadnea, where i'm currently attending. any chapman students able to fill me in on:
what life is actually like living in orange county?
If you feel like chapman suffers at all because its not in LA?
Do you feel like Chapman is helping you set yourself up for success after graduation? have any recent graduates found the transition to be difficult? and by success i don't mean "yay i went to school for 3 years, got an MFA, and now im hte best grip hollywood has ever seen."

any help woudl be appreciated.
thanks
k

It must only be their director emphasis that is slow, because I heard in less than 2 months after I applied (editing emphasis). USC's response (a rejection, at that) took far longer, coming in close to 7 months.

I talked with one of the head assistants last Friday and he told me my application was still under review for directing. From what he said it sounds like they got far more qualified applicants than they were prepared for.

And it does seem to be just the directing. My girlfriend applied for editing and she got her decision pretty quickly.

Hopefully the wait isn't too much longer for all of us. Take care everyone!

yea, i didn't have much of a problem either. i found out about an interview (with producing) about when i was suppose to and got my acceptance letter about when i was suppose to too.

by the way, do you know when the program will start? Because for what I have heard it starts on August 25!!!! we only have like 2 months if we get in!!!! Does anyone knows for sure? I´m worried!!! Is there anyone international here?

When I logged on to webadvisor not two minutes ago, the status field that has been reading "File Complete - Decision Pending" until now is blank. Is that happening to anyone else? My application is for the MA in Film Studies.

By the way, when I called Eva Yen to check on the status of my application today, she told me that it has been under review for a week. Only a week?! I sent it in over a month ago, and that was well before the tech fiasco unfolded. She then went on to say that I should have a decision sometime within the next two weeks. I'm starting to get a little fed up with this.

I'm logging on to webadvisor tomorrow and if there's still a blank space where my status update should be displayed, I'm calling Chapman and demanding an explanation.

Hey, Jimmy. Welcome to the club!

Here. Have a Snickers. =0)

Also, don't stress about it so much. It's only been one month. People usually wait several months to hear back from college admissions.

Some people on here have waited since December.

UPDATE: This morning, I received an e-mail from Joe Slowensky's office with the subject header "Chapman University - Fellowship". The letter informed me that I have been selected for a Dodge College fellowship, beginning with the words "having previously granted you admission into our graduate program".

Did I miss something? Nobody ever communicated my acceptance to me. Confused, I picked up the phone and called Chapman right away. Sure enough, I was accepted to the Film Studies MA track yesterday afternoon. That explains the blank space that appeared in the status field. According to their admissions office, the hard copy of my admission letter is in the mail and should be in my hands by the end of the week.

Now, I just have to determine whether or not it will be financially sensible for me to accept their admission invitation. The fellowship does help, but if I don't some serious help in the financial aid department, I just might have to put my dream on hold.

Is there anyone else here on SF who has been accepted to Chapman for film studies? How long does the admissions letter give you to submit your non-refundable deposit?

Have a good night, everyone.

J.G.

Congrats SeattleCinemaniac, that is good news. I hope you can work out the finances.

I undertand your financial concerns. As SharonW said we're only really a few months away from the fall start. If we're waiting another couple weeks for answers that doesn't give us a lot of time to get things in order. I'm not stressing, but I can see how people could start getting worked up the longer this goes on. Especially for internationals.

One bridge at a time though right? Get accepted first, then freak out over the logistics

Hi Chapman fellows,
I'm a 2nd year MFA producer at Chapman, and in December I'll produce a thesis film (w/3rd yr director), as part of graduate requirements. This is 35mm short. Those of you who are accepted to Chapman will be assigned next semester on one of so called cycle films (which is smaller scale short by 2nd yr directors). None of you are assigned to higher-scale thesis films, such as this one, but you can be on the crew if producer and director wants you.

I'm searching for several crew members, and if you're interested (to be part of high-scale Chapman production), visit my production site to learn more, and send me your resume.

I'll see you all in August at the party we're preparing for you guys. Peace!

http://majdouleen2009.googlepages.com

BrunoDP, producer

Congratulations SeattleCinemaniac, that´s great!!!
And yes tickpaintball one bridge at a time but the logistics are very important because not student visa, not Chapman, and that process takes time, sometimes weeks!!! I applied in February and still no news! I hope we all get in!!! good luck!

hey sharonW

I totally understand. A friend of mine is wrestling with visa issues right now. Is there anyway you can get the process started so that if you do get the call from Chapman the paperwork and whatnot would atleast be rolling by then?

Best of luck to you, I hope everything works out for ya.

i got my visa a lot faster than i got anything else from chapman. The international student office handles that and they seem really on it.

I hope so! but I´m in Venezuela. Here everything takes time. Even the correspondence that they sent me on april I received it last week and a lot of people go to study in the U.S. so the embassy is always full!

Anyone who is on the waitlist in MFA Screenwriting there is spot opening up. I just gave up my spot. Good luck.

Thanks to all incoming and current Chapman Grads who helped answer questions and posted information. I am sorry I won't be joining you but I wish all the best of luck and perhaps we will cross paths another time.