Cinema Studies Graduate School Admission Results

Received phone call from POI. Very excited!

Have you received an official letter from USC, either accepted, wl, or rejected?

I re-read this application the other day to see how I felt about it now, and I came away feeling like it was so solid that the (expected) rejection letter is their loss. Seriously. Don't let some committee tell you your worth. As we all know by now, this system is rigged by money and power. Even if there isn't outright bribery, there are people within inside tracks that they get from their elite connections with donors or have connections to faculty through academic networks or are just students of graduates of the program. There is an uneven playing field - a reflection of our unequal society. Some applicants were educated in private high schools and elite colleges because their parents are wealthy (of course they got wealthy by making money off of working people). Finally, Republican-led cuts to state funding and the busting of several graduate employee unions in the midwest through changes in state laws is destroying access to higher education. Increasingly you have to be wealthy just to go to graduate school. That's why there are way fewer "spaces available than there are applicants." Money is going to six-figure administrator salaries and not to support education. Higher education should be free, paid for by the wealthy. Instead the wealthy monopolize our public institutions and get their children in at the head of the line. Best wishes to all applicants. Let's change this messed-up system. You can start by joining or organizing your graduate employee union. But, it's going to take a lot of work to kick out the entrenched powers that be.

I got the call a week before the 15th. This was my only acceptance out of ten applications, and so I just wanted to post for everyone applying in the next cycle that you never know what will happen!

Got official letter and funding info from the department.

Email to check website. Generic rejection letter.

Email from department chair. Referred to MAPH.

TTPB: Dying about the “sincerely yours” rejection letter. Stone cold...stone cold.

Randomly checked the website and saw that I was rejected. Heartbroken. 3r/0a/0w/7p

Emailed the department, got a very kind rejection letter, really makes me feel appreciated.

Anyone hear from this program yet?

To the poster below - have you heard back from Northwestern?

Not offered MAPH

very personal, polite rejection from the dept and an email address for any further questions.

Best of luck to all admitted fellows!

Emailed from the department chair. Referred to MAPH. Another follow-up email came from the MAPH office with general information about the program.