<p>Just as a heads up–Words are words. They can mean something, or not. This goes for any school and life in general. Until you have something in writing, an admissions offer, like a job offer, is still just words. For Tisch, it sounds like they were simply saying, “You are very strong ,so on our side, we would support you” But that’s all they can say. When push comes to shove a) academics/admissions plays a role and b) the person saying this may not even be on the committee in the fall. This is true for any school (and job!). Not saying that happened here, but it most certainly can happen.</p>
<p>I think the point of the poster though was to say that academics plays a role at Tisch even for someone very desired artistically, and that’s a good point to keep in mind. </p>