@CindyLeuWho PS: Not only does your film experience sound impressive, your film sample sounded creative and unique! Again, don’t give up hope. This business is a b##ch!
Sorry about the decisions @CindyLeuWho but you do have some great acceptances! I think LMU is really good, and it’s right in LA also.
@VivienL Congratulations - My daughter was accepted for CAMS also - maybe our daughters will be classmates 
@WWWard or anyone else, I’m curious if you know about how large of a freshman class CAMS is aiming for? And what the acceptance rate to the major is?
SCA has never published such #s as best I can tell. Absent an insider spilling the info, all that any of us can go on is speculation and the #s overheard or talked about over the years. Overall, the SCA admit rate is likely in the 1-6% range this cycle… varying by program… with writing and IMGD likely being in that 1-2% range… production likely in the 2-4% range, animation and MAP likely in that 3-5% range and CAMS likely in that 5-6% range.
If anyone out there discovers the exact #s, please feel free to correct me or update these percentages. This also reflects the inverse in terms of #s admitted for each program as best I understand it… with more CAMS admits and writing and IMGD admitting the fewest.
A few years ago… it was posted on CC that SCA Admissions aimed for class sizes (which means they admitted likely double these #s to allow for yield) of 75 Cinema and Media Studies, 50 production, 12 IMGD, 15 Screenwriting, and 24 animation majors. That was before MAP was an option. Back then… Production was reported to be 4-6% admitted & IMGD was 2%. But more are applying these days… thus my downward speculation in terms of percentages. For example… when these percentages were quoted, the overall USC admit rate was around 17%. It is now 11%… or it was at least 11% last cycle. It could be a little higher this year. They have yet to announce the total # of admits so far.
So… to more directly answer your questions… I believe that they are aiming still for a CAMS class size of 75, and thus likely admitting circa 150 to accomplish that. And the likely CAMS admit rare is 5-6% or something close to that.
Clearly, gaining admission to any SCA major is a huge accomplishment… as the competition is severe, and the number of spots available is extremely limited. Internal transfers (current students trying to transfer in to SCA) face slightly better odds. It is hardest trying to get in directly as a high school senior.
@WWWard Great info and insight! Thank you!
@CAtransplant That would be great! Fingers crossed. I think my DD is deliberating now. LOL!
got in for Media Arts + Practice!! international student, it was super unexpected 
Does anyone know when they send out notification if you’ve received a scholarship from the School of Cinematic Arts?
@VivienL You’re welcome
@ocean2000 If receiving, I suspect that it would be included with an FA Offering, if applicable, or received by the end of next week.
@CindyLeuWho - Your posts were a spark of joy and kindness throughout this thread. I am CERTAIN that you will accomplish amazing things in your future.
@WWWard thank you for the detailed answer - I knew you would have good intel!
@CAtransplant You’re welcome. Hopefully it is accurate. I believe it to be so.
Accepted to first choice (Fall Semester) to SCA (Film and TV Production)
Did NOT have a second choice major or school
NOT invited for the higher Merit Scholarships
WAS invited to interview by SCA admission committee.
Did NOT get veri-tax emails
From TN, Female, White
STATS:
33 ACT (36 English, 36 Reading, 31 Math, 30 Science), 1490 SAT
GPA (UW): 4.0 | (W): 4.38
AP Exams: (9 Total) Human Geography (5), Psychology (5), U.S. History (5), Comparative Government (5), Language and Comp (5); Currently taking U.S. Gov, Macro, Lit, and Stat.
Extracurriculars:
In-School: Theatre (all 4 years), Film and Tv Prod (All 4 years), Student Council (Student Body President sr year, Student body VP jr year, Student body Historian sophomore year), Kindness Club, Mental Health Advocacy, NHS, Beta Club, Community service via student council and other leadership events
Out of School: Governor’s School for the Arts, Experience on local feature film set, HOBY Ambassador, Local leadership program for youth in our county
Awards:
NMSC Commended Student, Several StuCo awards, National YoungArts Merit Winner in Film, Nashville 48-Hour-Film-Project Best in Genre, Special Award for Originality at MTSU Blue Spark Awards, Honorable Mention Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for Film, AP Scholar with Distinction, National French Contest Silver Medal for French 1 and 2, Accepted into multiple film festivals for films directed, written, edited by me
Essays were fine (I’m a harsh critic). Talked about what I’ve learned throughout high school and how that has affected me as an artist and as a human.
video submission was a period piece set in Poland
writing submission was a short script (not the film pitch).
Letters of Recommendation were from Student Council Advisor, A/V teacher, and a local filmmaker who teaches at TNGSFTA
OTHER SCHOOLS:
Accepted: UT Austin, LMU, De Paul, Columbia College Chicago, Belmont University, CU Boulder, GSU, MTSU, FSU (but NOT into the College of Motion Picture Arts; didn’t get an interview)
Rejected: UCLA
Waitlisted: Chapman
How do you get in for usc and Columbia but not into Chapman? The admissions are all high this year.
@CindyLeuWho good luck with your future endeavors
@CindyLeuWho You must be exhausted from all those applications - wow! But you did get some great choices. Don’t let the USC decision muck up looking at the other schools - they are not your “B plan” - make one of them THE plan and really get into it. Leave USC in the dust. Feel bad for a day or two then let it go and embrace the opportunities in front of you - there are some really great ones in there. If you want to stay in LA - LMU and Chapman - and I do hear of people transferring into USC from both of those. Not that you want to set your sights on that yet, but you can consider that…but love the one that loves you. I will tell you what a TTP applicant told me about not getting in her freshman year - “If a school isn’t smart enough to want me from the get go, they don’t deserve me and I don’t want them.” And she went another fab school and kicked a$$.
I get that the the USC thing wiped you out, but in all likely it is the ending to this whole college saga that is likely wearing you down the most. You did a lot to get all those positive results! Months of work and anticipation - it’s exhausting.
Feel bad for a little bit then go empower yourself - we know you all have it in you. You have been the unsinkable Molly Brown so far - get back to that after you get some rest. You have great things in you, we can all tell!
Accepted to SCA for writing for screen and TV! An absolute dream come true. But I haven’t found any other admitted students from my major. Kinda crazy!
Stats:
GPA: 97 on the 100 scale
SAT: 1240 (I’m terrible at standardized tests)
Extracurriculars: all mostly theatre related and on student government
White female from NYC. Attends LaGuardia HS
@nycbebe Wow. Congrats. Very impressive.
Can anyone speak to how many production classes CAMS majors can take, is it hard to get into them, etc.?
@CAtransplant Quite a few. It really just depends on your schedule. There are only a few upper level production courses that you cannot likely take - as those are just for the BFA Production kids I think. But my older daughter only minored in Cinematic Arts, and she took many… directing, two levels of editing, production planning, cinematography, etc. My younger daughter is CAMS and is taking one right now.
Ok thanks @WWWard - I saw a list of Production classes that are open to non-majors and I assume that means open to anyone in all of USC. I wondered if there are some additional courses that are open to other majors (or minors) within SCA that aren’t on that list. https://cinema.usc.edu/degrees/nonmajor/production.cfm
I only see one editing course on that list so perhaps that is the case. I also realize the list may vary year to year. But good to know that they can take a bunch of the production courses even if they are in CAMS.