*****Wesleyan University RD 2020 Results Thread*****

citivas
Wed, 06 Apr 2016 20:38:10 +0000

I have a feeling you’re going to do as well as you speculate. In the end, a great school can help, but it’s still ultimately more about the individual. Strong-willed, driven, talented individuals will eventually succeed no matter where they went to school. In fact, often the extra effort required helps in the long run. And anyone going to Wes who is counting on the alum network to boost them is likely to be disappointed – not picking on Wes, that’s true anywhere. This is particularly true of film if that is an interest of yours as your post suggested. I went to one of the most renowned film grad schools in the country and my overall attitude about it was it was a good place to meet other potential future industry peers and to use my film school status to make industry contacts and get good internships. But the degree itself, and the classes frankly, were meaningless to getting any work in that industry. I’m not exaggerating in the least. The film industry could care less where you went to school or what your degree is. Use your time at college to create some interesting work – videos, screenplays, clever mash-up edits, whatever. Then work extra hard to score an interesting summer internship. It will matter much, much more than where you go.