Now I have a location for my interview (a hotel on the UWS) but still not time. Kind of odd, I would think they would send all that info together. Then again, I do appreciate the update.

I got the email right before I went to bed last night and then I had this really intense dream where I was interviewing with Walter and Ackerman... I thought I was being so calm about this whole thing but now I think I may be crazy. Has anyone else had dreams about this whole process?

(PS – I am interviewing for screenwriting in NYC)

I just got an email for an interview at UCLA's MFA Directing program!!!!

YESSSSSS

Congratulations, Allen. Their web site says only 65 finalists are invited to interview. That's quite an accomplishment.

Of course, now you're obligated to hand over all the juicy details...

What was in the e-mail? When was it sent? Etc. Etc.

congrats allen! I got a directing interview too!
dude im a total slob in replying to anyones columbia stuff, i will do soon, i hope you havent forgotten about mine! kudos.

hey robertish! i havent forgotten your stuff, but I'll be gone to Texas tomorrow and over the weekend to check out UT and SXSW festival but Ill try to see if I can review them on the way there. When are you going to have your interview?

maozbrown,
I got the email at like 6pm a few minutes ago. It says they received over 500 applicants competing for 21 open positions in the program...it says there are 61 finalists. They said I can bring samples of my work/portfolio to the interview and they are interviewing March 15, 16...April 12, 13, 19 and 20th at LA. March 29th and 30th in New York.

Hey robertish,

Did you receive the e-mail at around 6 as well? Well, you're from Brooklyn, so I guess that would make it around 9 for you.

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Congrats Allen!

Man, this makes me anxious. Have any producer program peeps gotten an interview? I'm still waiting for some word.

All quiet on this end.

Congrats Allen and robertish!!

I hope UCLA will be contacting more people throughout the week!

are they only doing east coast or west too?

Allen appears to be from CA and robertish seems to be from NY, so I guess they're notifying both coasts.

UCLA Producer applicant here, no word yet, USC either...

i literally just talked to the usc peter stark program people. was standing in the office, separated by a door from larry truman. it was moment. ANYWAY they're going to do calls in about 2 weeks. march 17th about. But they're also sending out hard letters for both rejections and acceptances.

i drilled him with questions i will share what i found out.

Q: If we don't get a call march 17th we can assume the worst?
A: not necessarily. It's possible to be on wait list or get called a day or two later. The real indication is the hard copy but sometimes those get lost too. (he didn't really want to answer me straight up)

Q: How many people apply?
A: 200 apply. 75/200 are qualified. 50/75 are exceptional. 25/50 make it as Starkies

Q: Level of cross integration with other disciplines. i.e. production students
A: Not much unless you want to. Starkies take the same intro. production class as everyone else. Then go off and do their law/marketing/distribution/etc. Senior "thesis" (it's not really one) can be with a director and writer from the other section or all starkies.

i don't know what else you all would like to know. I asked him a lot of questions so i might've gotten an answer to something. post it here and i'll see if i can answer it.

I have a UCLA interview as well! Congrats to all the others! I think I will go in April because I have Columbia interview in March. When are other people going?

Congrats and good luck to all the UCLA peeps. I hope we are all in Westwood together in the fall!

I'm starting to freak out. Does UCLA send out just one mass email for interviews to their directing candidates or will the school contact more people within the next few days?

Right, I wonder the same thing. Anxiety has set in as I am beginning to get rejected from places. (Already from UT.)

Anyone been daring enough to contact the department and find out the answer to Santoki's quesiton?

i'm on like a suicide mission with my applications. I have no shame calling and asking absolutely ridiculous questions. I'll see if I have time today to give them a call to appease everyone's fears.

russell blanchard: you're from honolulu too! me too! sort of, long story. but yeah 808!

Dharma Girl,

The Walter/Ackerman interview was just a conversation for me in NYC last year.

You're interviewing for the MFA, but the least you'll get is the Certificate program.

Good luck! Try not to stress out, it's an honor to have made it this far.

Thanks for the support, Jayimess. I am not too stressed out now (thanks in large part to this board!) but the interview is still 2 weeks away…

I called UCLA. They've sent out all of their interview invitations. That's for the directing program.