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esther_day · 03-05-2009, 10:21 PM

Quote:
Decision: ACCEPTED
Major: Film Production with a minor in Advertising
Stats:

SAT: 2010
ACT: N/A
SAT IIs: N/A
GPA: uw 3.9; w 4.02 (I think...)
Rank: N/A (my school doesn't rank)
Other stats: 8 A's and 1 B in my 9 IB courses

Subjective:

Essays: Chapman essay was about making the finals in a prestigious poetry contest; Dodge essay was a dream about my dream job in which I compared being a director to being the conductor of an orchestra. My film essay was the most painful process I have ever been through. I made the film way ahead of schedule in October but when I showed it to people, they said that it didn't tell them anything about me. Sooo, with two weeks left before the application was due, I started all over with a new film. Thankfully, the criticism had been well-founded as my second film (I think) came out much better than the first. The audio levels are screwed up because my camera broke and couldn't record audio and I had to ADR everything, but Chapman said that they cared more about the story than about the technological skill involved.
Teacher Recs: My IB Theory of Knowledge teacher loved me, so while I don't know what she wrote specifically, I know that she wrote two pages full of something wonderful; the Creative recommendation was actually written by Harry Cheney, who is a film professor at Chapman. I had worked with him this summer and he had gotten to know me well enough that he could write about my creative talents. Also, I'm sure it was a plus that Harry wrote the letter for his own school :P
Counselor Rec: My counselor was also my IB English and IB Theatre teacher. She knows me very well, which is both good and bad because I know that she knows several of my more shameful flaws...but I got in so I guess she wrote positive things about me!
Hook (if any): Well, the first line of my Chapman essay began with me telling my parents that I was pregnant. Then, the second paragraph reveals that the poem I performed in the above mentioned competition was about a woman giving her newly born child up for adoption.

Location/Person:

State or Country: Atlanta, Georgia
School Type: International Baccalaureate at Public school (but I transferred sophomore year from a private school)
Ethnicity: white and badly in need of a California tan :P
Gender: female

Other Factors/Hook?: my short films are playing at a film festival next month. Does that count? Oh, and this past summer I spent two weeks at Chapman and Dodge as part of an intensive film program.
General Comments: over and out! (I hope all this formating worked!)

03-05-2009, 10:21 PM	#3
esther_day New Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 21	Quote: Decision: ACCEPTED Major: Film Production with a minor in Advertising Stats: SAT: 2010 ACT: N/A SAT IIs: N/A GPA: uw 3.9; w 4.02 (I think...) Rank: N/A (my school doesn't rank) Other stats: 8 A's and 1 B in my 9 IB courses Subjective: Essays: Chapman essay was about making the finals in a prestigious poetry contest; Dodge essay was a dream about my dream job in which I compared being a director to being the conductor of an orchestra. My film essay was the most painful process I have ever been through. I made the film way ahead of schedule in October but when I showed it to people, they said that it didn't tell them anything about me. Sooo, with two weeks left before the application was due, I started all over with a new film. Thankfully, the criticism had been well-founded as my second film (I think) came out much better than the first. The audio levels are screwed up because my camera broke and couldn't record audio and I had to ADR everything, but Chapman said that they cared more about the story than about the technological skill involved. Teacher Recs: My IB Theory of Knowledge teacher loved me, so while I don't know what she wrote specifically, I know that she wrote two pages full of something wonderful; the Creative recommendation was actually written by Harry Cheney, who is a film professor at Chapman. I had worked with him this summer and he had gotten to know me well enough that he could write about my creative talents. Also, I'm sure it was a plus that Harry wrote the letter for his own school :P Counselor Rec: My counselor was also my IB English and IB Theatre teacher. She knows me very well, which is both good and bad because I know that she knows several of my more shameful flaws...but I got in so I guess she wrote positive things about me! Hook (if any): Well, the first line of my Chapman essay began with me telling my parents that I was pregnant. Then, the second paragraph reveals that the poem I performed in the above mentioned competition was about a woman giving her newly born child up for adoption. Location/Person: State or Country: Atlanta, Georgia School Type: International Baccalaureate at Public school (but I transferred sophomore year from a private school) Ethnicity: white and badly in need of a California tan :P Gender: female Other Factors/Hook?: my short films are playing at a film festival next month. Does that count? Oh, and this past summer I spent two weeks at Chapman and Dodge as part of an intensive film program. General Comments: over and out! (I hope all this formating worked!) Last edited by esther_day; 03-05-2009 at 10:33 PM.
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