Loyola Marymount University 2024 Waitlist

KAT616
Mon, 10 Aug 2020 03:22:47 +0000

Hi! Congratulations on your acceptance! My D was waitlisted for Film Production on March 9 also, and got accepted August 6th! Who would have thought? Did you decide to attend? Did you get your financial aid package yet? I hope they’re fast because they only gave her a week to make a decision. Admissions told me FA would send a package this week, then she can make a decision about attending. This was her top choice school but she enrolled at Ithaca College for Film. We live in New York state and she can move in the dorms and do hybrid and online classes. The NY list of restricted states won’t be allowed to return on campus. That covers almost all the other states, so it will be nice being one of the few people on campus. Now LMU accepting her has really thrown a monkey wrench in the whole thing. She wants to move to LA now, but LMU is telling me she wouldn’t have any classes hybrid or in person. Do you know if this is true? What about film production 101? You can’t do that online. Can you? Maybe they won’t offer that course this semester. If it is all online, she would have to sit home for the semester, and if COVID doesn’t let up, they could cancel spring semester in-person classes too. I really wanted her to take film production class the first semester because she’s not 100% sure film school is what she wants to major in, and I figured production class would give you a good idea what it’s all about. Better she find out right away, before we spend more money and time on it. Can anyone tell me if LMU film production freshman HAVE to be 100% online or if they can choose to do a class or two in person or hybrid? If she could do any of it in person that would be great! She would have to find off-campus housing. Housing told me she wouldn’t be able to live there. And we only have a couple weeks left. So idk what to advise her to do. I’m also afraid the aid she gets won’t be enough. We don’t qualify for any need based aid, only merit based. Ithaca is very expensive too but not as high as LMU. I know LMU is a way better choice for film school and she loves it, but with the circumstances of the coronavirus, decisions aren’t as clear now.
If we could view the course listings in PROWL, then we could see what courses are offered, when and where. She can’t get into PROWL though, since she’s not yet a student. I’d have to pay the $500 deposit. I’ve talked to a few people at the college and they give me vague answers. An advisor for the department said she would meet with my D to discuss it. She wouldn’t tell me specifics about courses. I told her that if, and when she enrolls, she’ll meet with her then. Will doing it all online really be any good for film classes? Maybe this last minute acceptance is just a sign to forget it. It’s so stressful. Maybe it’s not meant to be.