Rutgers

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

OK, as per Erika's request, I'm moving whatever is left of the Rutgers discussion over here. 

KickTheBobo: I also applied to Rutgers (and auditioned for Mason Gross).  Got flat rejected at Mason Gross, wait-listed at Rutgers College, and got into Livingston.  And now I teach there (and had a play up in a festival with the head of the Mason Gross MFA playwriting program last summer), so HA Rutgers!  I mean, thanks for the benefits.

Sorry for bragging.  I'm not actually an arrogant jerk, just a little bitter.  In all fairness, though, my HS grades were pretty lousy.

Anyway, I wound up going to Montclair instead and then floundered around for about a decade with a near-useless BFA in theater (temping, waitering, the Fringe Festival, a couple of aborted independent film projects) and got an MFA from NYU, and then got the Rutgers gig.  I don't usually advertise my dubious history viz. the institution, but I don't really keep it a secret either.

[Matt]

I am a little hesitant about adding Screenwriting to my curriculum . Give me a week to consider the options. Thanks!

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Yeah, whatever works for you - unless the giant hand from Hollywood swoops in and lifts me out of New Brunswick, I'll be there for a while.  And that's about as likely as any other giant hand coming out of the sky and lifting me out of New Brunswick.  No hard feelings if you decide not to take it.