<p>Can I say that “we” asked our daughter to put Chapman on the list. She has had USC stuck in her head since sophomore year. But I know an Adcom at CalArts who gave my daughter a tour, realized she’s interested in producing and management and recommended Dodge. That was prophetic. Everything we read about the program reinforces that recommendation - hands on, small classes, motivated faculty, many with industry experience. D commented that she thought the application was one of the only ones that asked questions about what she liked (i.e questions like what’s your guilty pleasure) and attempted to get to know her as a person. She’s thrilled to be admitted. </p>
<p>So it looks like, if all goes well, we’ll all have daughters in the school. We’re going to Campus Preview but I don’t advertise my D’s name on public boards. But maybe we can PM and meet up and say hello?</p>
<p>I have family in LA so USC would be convenient, but I do agree that there is something appealing about her biking in Orange in a smaller environment.</p>
<p>As for “ego bruised”, we don’t have our USC decision yet, but really - honestly - even a waitlist or decline is not a reflection on the student. It’s because our children are applying to programs that only take a dozen or few dozen candidates. USC’s admit rate at SCA is 5%. And from what I can tell, at Chapman students are hands-on from day one, but at SCA they’re taking a lot of general ed, and begin immersing in junior year. That is kind of a turn-off for D and why she bypassed other schools.</p>
<p>Sometimes the universe takes away what we want, in order to replace it with the better option that we need. Tell her to look at how FEW students are admitted to Dodge which is now ranked 9th on the Hollywood Insiders list. Sometimes better to be a big fish in a small pond, then a small fish in a pond where you’re constantly fighting to be noticed.</p>
<p>IMHO. See you on Campus Preview Day? (I’ve never seen the campus). We’re staying over to tour Dodge the following Monday.</p>