<p>@ArtsandLetters</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the extensive info and honesty. Seriously, this was very helpful!</p>
<p>Absolutely, I’m not looking for shortcuts. I applied to a film school back in November as a film production major and was rejected after submitting a screenplay rather than a short film, and it was a HUGE wake up call. I know I need to make a film (I’m working on that now!) and attain some serious, hands-on experience–to better my application and for myself in general–so working on student films and interning wherever I can is a must. I want to take my portfolio above and beyond. I graduated a year early from high school and took a gap year, taking some theatre classes here and there, but had to take another year off for family responsibilities, so if I have to extend my undergrad education a few extra years, majoring in something else or going in undecided and then applying to SCA as a junior, even, I welcome it. I really just want to be in that competitive, exploratory educational environment–for however long as humanly possible, haha.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind, I have a few more questions: So, I’m definitely taking off SCA Film Production from my choices. And you said going in undeclared/undecided isn’t uncommon, but if you don’t get into your intended major, they automatically consider you as an undecided applicant, don’t they? So, would it, for lack of a better term, give me a leg-up to choose two intended majors, in the event that I’m rejected from both and then delegated to the undecided pool; or just go in from the start as undecided, the plus being the opportunity to take a variety of diverse courses? </p>
<p>Would it also help me in the long run to choose majors that can, in some way, be related to cinema in the long run? Narrative Studies was always particularly attractive, for example. It overlaps with some film classes, too, so that’s a plus. Would it matter much if I select Narrative Studies as the primary and then Journalism as the secondary, or would Annenberg not even consider the application in this case, you think?</p>