usc cinematic arts question

dzdjdjango
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:09:58 +0000

My daughter applied to undergraduate film production programs at USC and NYU Tisch. Don’t know at this point if she will get in to either, but we have a dilemma. We recently learned we have an edge at Tisch in that an old family friend is active in admissions (and is a big donor). So we could ask her to put in a good word, but only if my daughter 100% would go there if accepted. We felt she had a good chance of being accepted anyway, but who knows, it’s such a gamble.

As to USC, we thought it was a very long shot, given the size and selectivity of the program. But my daughter did receive a phone call a few weeks ago from an admissions person at USC Cinematic Arts, and he really likes her stuff and is picking her as one of his candidates. Problem is, we don’t know how much that means, as there are obviously other hoops/committees to get through. Does anyone have any idea how meaningful the phone call/support from this Admissions person was/is? If it’s very important, she will gamble and hold out to hear from them both (without asking for help from the friend).

We are from the East Coast and my daughter loves NYC/NYU, but she also loved USC. She’d be really happy with either. She’s very outgoing and urban savvy.