Don't know if you all remember this from back in November, but I applied to NYU and I was officially notified today of my rejection. :(
I know, I'm sad, but as one note of consolation Mr. Dan Sanford, Director of Graduate Admissions for the Tisch School of the Arts did include in his letter the following statement:
"You should know, however, that the review committee felt strongly enough about your application to pass you to the second round. This distinction was earned by only a third of the several hundred applications received."
It's true, the website said, before I even began applying that over 800 people apply and only 30 get in. So, I should be flattered. It seems like they did put serious consideration into my application, but in the end decided to pass. I'm definitely disappointed. I suppose if I hadn't thrown it together at the last minute, I might have had more success, but who the heck really knows. Maybe it was my D in gender studies, or the 2 B's I got in Dunks Intro to Whatever classes--he never really liked me. Maybe my Christian script scared them. (I wrote a liberal Christian politico short as part of my submission, and discussed at length how my faith would play an integral role in my productions.) Or maybe (thanks Mel) it's just not the right time for me. I do have a lot going on at the moment and God has other plans for me right now. Maybe I'll try to apply next year.