I finally narrowed down my application list, and I've finished most of my college applications

[Ava]

I should have all my applications submitted by the end of this week, but I'm still undecided about two.

I'm applying to or have already applied to:
UCLA
Berkeley
NYU
Harvard
UT Austin
Alabama

I'm considering Ithaca College and Boston University.. I've filled out apps for both, but am not sure whether I'm going to send them in yet. Application fees are crazy expensive! I'm looking to major in film.

I'm freaking out dudes and dudettes! :scared:

:crazy:

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. You would like Ithaca Ava.

Good luck in your decision! :)

[Ava]

2. they have a great communications department

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_H._Park_School_of_Communications


and thanks :hi:

[ThomCat]

3. I love Ithaca and the school is awesome.

But keep in mind how hard it would be to get there from home, and how hard it would be to travel back home.

It's a 5 hour bus trip from there to NYC. Or a 1 hour bus to Syracuse, and from there you catch a connecting flight to NYC. Then from NYC you head home.

I'd love to have you stopping through here a few times a year. But do you really want to deal with that? For Ithaca College?

I'd choose Boston in a heartbeat.

[Ava]

4. they have a great film department

and i have a good shot at getting in there.. whereas several of the schools on my list are extremely hard to get into.

where i end up really depends where i get accepted. NYU has an absolutely AMAZING film program.. and i'd love to end up there, but all the schools on my list other than alabama(which doesn't offer a film degree) have great film programs(including boston university and harvard).

it's all so stressful and scary :(

[tigereye]

49. my sister went to NYU

she really liked it, and it was fun to visit her there, hearing the subway rumble underneath her dorm... and the great restraurants and coffe shops, let alone Wash. Sq. Park...


you have some nice choices on there, Ava. But hell, Berkeley would be great as well, and isn't UCLA's film school where Spielberg and Lucas went?



Very exciting! :thumbsup:

[Ava]

52. Spielberg actually went to California State University, Long Beach

he got turned down from USC three times

[Ohio Joe]

5. Go to Boston

I don't actually know anything about BU but Boston is an awesome place, you'll love it.

[Ava]

6. BU has a good film program

as does harvard.. then again harvard has a good everything ;)


i wish it was just as simple as saying "i want to go here.. this is where i'm going" *sigh*

whenever i find out whether i'm accepted to each school or not i'll make my decision.. until then i'm just going to sit here and go crazy waiting. :rofl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLCJEYLIBQY

[av8rdave]

7. Hang in there...

My son I think set his school record...19 college applications (and fees - it was like paying for a semester up front!) It was worth it for him to have all the great choices he did!

All the best...sending good college vibes your way.

[Ava]

8. yikes! i imagine that did cost a lot

and thanks :hi:

[XemaSab]

9. No USC?

Good girl. :D

[Ava]

10. lol!

:rofl:

[nxylas]

46. Is that Southern California or South Carolina?

I'm guessing the former, though it'd be awesome if the latter was on your list, because Columbia would suck a little less if you were here. But I couldn't, in all conscience, recommend anyone to move here, especially someone who is trying to escape from Redneckistan. Being a college town, Cola is a little less (what's a politically correct alternative to "retarded"?) than the rest of South Carolina, but that's not exactly setting the bar very high.

[XemaSab]

51. University of Southern California

Chet and Miffy will just have to go to school without Ava.

[LostinVA]

11. I would add UVA for sure, if you want to do any kind of Gov't or L:aw

VERY competitive, but worth it if you get in. And Charlottesville is terrific. The downside? Midlo is only about an hour away.

:scared:

[Ava]

13. lol

they don't offer a film degree at UVA.. otherwise i'd be one i'd look at

[LostinVA]

15. Ack -- I swear I thought you were doing something else!

Then -- UCLA!

[Ava]

16. well ideally i'd like to double major

film/political science

UCLA is great... my mom isn't crazy about me leaving the east coast, but if that's where i end up she'll support me

[Midlodemocrat]

97. Fucker.

[graywarrior]

12. Go to BU

I'll be attending school is Boston this summer, hopefully.

[Ava]

14. if they'll have me

;)

depends on which schools accept me :scared:

[graywarrior]

17. They'll accpet you.

Hell, they'll accept me.

[Ava]

18. the two of us... in the same city?

hell would break loose :P

[graywarrior]

19. I know!

Think of it! We'd be on the news every night.

[Ava]

20. we'd be celebrities!

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

45. We ARE celebrities!

[Ava]

53. you'd outshine me though

i'm not sure i'm ok with this :rofl: :P

[graywarrior]

66. BS!

We're shining sparkly weirdos

[Ava]

68. true dat

:P

[graywarrior]

73. So we're done here, right?

See ya in Boston!

[Ava]

75. maybe

;) :P

[graywarrior]

76. What

EVER!

[Ava]

82. as

IF

:P

[graywarrior]

86. yeah yeah yeah

:+

[Ava]

87. what have i told you about that song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiXbRBS5Z58

:P

[graywarrior]

88. But but but...I thought

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqMyAH-olO0

[Ava]

92. yeah, but

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4

[graywarrior]

96. Aw hell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmf7r_37eA

[Ava]

98. fine, you win

x( :P

[Writer]

21. Hook 'em.

:headbang:

[Ava]

23. i love Austin

and UT has an awesome film program :hi:

[Writer]

29. Yes it does NOW...

they've come a long way since I've been there.

And they're building a new Communications Building. :D

Oh - and the all girls Kinsolving Dormitory is right across the street. I lived there for four years.

[Ava]

30. we were in austin for the camp casey peace awards

both my mom and i loved the city! such a cool place!

[Writer]

35. It has a rugged urban feel now that I don't remember in the '90's.

The "Keep Austin Weird" campaign took off then, because a bunch of conservatives calling themselves the "Guadalupe Beautification Project" tried to kick out all of the artsy local businesses and install corporate-owned stores. I think Keep Austin Weird saved the Drag.

As far as the rest of the city goes, it's loaded with places to see and things to do. What's nice is that you're not in a such a large city that you're lost in the shuffle, but there's just enough urban there to keep you going. It was a pretty wicked cool place to go to school... especially as an RTF Major. ;)

Good luck!

[Ava]

37. see that's how i felt there

perfect in size.. it almost has the cool small town or college town feel to it, but it's big enough that there's a mix of people and backgrounds there.

thanks! :pals:

[bmbmd]

50. My daughter is graduating from high school this year

and has a resume a mile long with test scores a mile high. She applied to eleven universities, including UT and BU. (Her fella goes to BU). I told her I would pay for UT and she can pay for the rest....

[harmonicon]

22. I've heard that Ithaca is nice

I was accepted there, but didn't go... didn't even visit. However, I know people who went and really enjoyed it.

[Ava]

24. yup

whenever i get letters back and find out where i've been accepted, i'll take a trip to the schools and decide which i think would be the best fit for me.

[harmonicon]

25. location had a lot to do with where I chose to go to school for my undergrad

I had better offers at some places, but I ended up going to Northwestern, in part, because I wanted to live in Chicago. It was a good choice. College isn't only about studying (though I did far too much of that, in retrospect), it's also about loads of new experiences and learning about ways that other people, and you, can live.

[Ava]

26. yup

i want to get into film.. so location is very important. i need to be somewhere with a film community, but i'm not sure that ithaca fits that.

[harmonicon]

28. well...

I have a good friend who's an experimental film maker, and he went to Benington College, in upstate New York, and loved it there. Sure, he went to grad school in LA, but I don't think he regrets being in a small city in New York for years either.

[Ava]

31. true, but

i've been in a small town for most of my life.. i'm ready to move on to something bigger and more exciting... and i'm hoping to start dipping my toes into the film industry asap

[harmonicon]

33. it sounds like part of your decision is already made then!

[Ava]

34. partly

yes.. it'll be either ithaca or boston university as the extra application. right now i'm leaning towards BU

[harmonicon]

44. it sucks that you have to pay for that stuff

I hate paying for applications.... many times I haven't applied for things, just because of the application fee. However, I think if it was something that could massively effect the next 4 - 5 years of my life, I would have to think twice about it. Just out of curiosity, what are fees like these days? The last time I applied to schools was 2001, and then I think it was usually between $25 and $50. There ought to be some kind of subsidy for these things.... or just have free higher education for all.

[Ava]

54. most schools on my list are 60 bucks each

it's crazy!

[Eurobabe]

65. I lived in Ithaca for 5 months

and I hated it! My first husband was in a PhD program at Cornell, Carl Sagan as his advisor, I shit you not. But Ithaca -- it's out in the middle of freaking NOWHERE.

Ava, you seem like you need to be near a city.

[Ava]

69. yeah, i'd like to be near a big city

especially since big cities are a good place to be if you want to get into the film biz. ithaca does have a great program though

[Kat45]

27. I went to grad school at BU, their College of Communication

I got a MS in journalism there, and though it was almost 30 years ago, I still live in the area and I'm still somewhat familiar with the school. I have no idea which school you should choose, but I can give you some information about this school. It is a large university, lots of students, and it's an urban campus. It's quite a busy, bustling area. It's a college city with lots going on and lots to do and get involved in.

If you want any more information about BU, just ask and I'll try to help. :-)

[Ava]

32. thanks!

i'll probably shoot some questions your way over the next few days.. thanks!! :hi:

[Duppers]

36. hmmm ... the most difficult choice is San Fran or Boston?

...my 2 favorite large cities! (Berkeley or BU or Harvard)

Good luck, Ava. You'll be happy wherever ever you go, as long as it's out of AL.

:hug:

[Ava]

38. thanks Duppers

:hug:

[XemaSab]

63. Berkeley IS NOT San Francisco

n/t

[Duppers]

80. I KNOW that

duh.
Just like Harvard is NOT in Boston...it's in Cambridge.

The area doesn't count, then does it?

[Whoa_Nelly]

39. Your mom is gonna miss you!

truth

[Ava]

40. she's already told me that she is going to go into a depression when i leave, lol

i'll miss her too. we are incredibly close... closer than any other mother and daughter that i know. i'm definitely not going to be one of those kids that goes off to college and then never calls... we'll keep in touch and i'll visit home as much as possible ;)

[Blue_Tires]

41. what's wrong with Auburn?

[Ava]

42. roll tide

:P

[Blue_Tires]

43. propaganda!

[Ava]

56. i give you a favorite quote of mine

from the great bear bryant:

If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, tide, roll!"


;)

[Pierre.Suave]

47. Thats a good list

congrats and good luck

[Ava]

57. thanks

:hi:

[driver8]

48. Ithaca has a killer program. I work in the movie biz, and there

are a lot of Ithaca grads here in Los Angeles.

Of course, NYU would be pretty cool, too!

[Ava]

58. i've heard great things about the film program there

:hi:

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

55. No Duke??????? Really?

Better than Alabama!

[Ava]

59. a lot harder to get into

:shrug:

[HamdenRice]

60. If you have Harvard on the list, why not Yale?

Despite the ever so slight difference in name status, Yale is an infinitely better place to get an undergrad education. There simply really is no comparison. I would skip Harvard and apply to Yale, if you want to have one gold plated ivy on the list.

[mnhtnbb]

61. Yale has (or used to have) a well known Drama school.

[HamdenRice]

62. Still does have a top drama school. Harvard no.

but I'm not sure how either rate in Film.

Best of all, Yale is 1.5 hours by train from New York City!

[Ava]

67. yale isn't very homeschooler friendly

in order to apply as a homeschooler you must submit two recommendations from teachers outside of home.. such as at a commmunity college. all of my courses have been taken at home or online, so i have no teachers to write those recommendations.

[HamdenRice]

74. Wow, I did not know that. nt

[WritingIsMyReligion]

64. My mother used to want me to go to UT Austin.

Ultimately it's way too big a school for me, so I'm not bothering. Besides which, I could not stand being out of the north--I need my snow and four seasons!!

[Ava]

70. it's a good school in an awesome town

where all are you looking at right now?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

79. I'll PM ya--check it in a moment.

:)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

81. Sent.

:D

[Ava]

83. got it

and responded :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

90. And i responded in kind!!

Yay college?!?

[Ava]

95. yay once the application process is over?

;)

[LynneSin]

71. Ava, I'm disapopinted- you aren't apply to Bob Jones University after all??

:hide:

[Ava]

72. HA!

:spray:

hell no!

[LynneSin]

78. Well I heard Liberty University has some good programs

:hide: :hide:

[Ava]

84. you're mean

:(

:rofl:

[martymar64]

77. Whatever school that takes you will be very fortunate indeed!

If film is your bag, I'd recommend UCLA. It has an awesome film school. Coppola and Jim Morrison both went there. Different times, of course.
L.A. is also the place if you're serious about filmmaking. It has a motion picture infrastructure (studios, equipment rental houses, talent) that none can match.

Good luck with whatever choice you make!

[Ava]

85. thanks

:)

[regnaD kciN]

89. Harvard has a film school now...?

:wow:

Back when I was in your position, the only Ivy with any film department was Columbia.

[Ava]

93. yup

http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/concreq.html

[jmowreader]

91. How about the University of North Carolina at Wilmington?

They've got a film school...because there's a film INDUSTRY in Wilmington.

[Ava]

94. i haven't looked at them

i'll do some browsing on them though.. thanks :hi: