u/FancyBoard9169

Hey everyone! I’m currently a high school student, and things have been going really well for me academically. Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the future and how I should start preparing for college. I’ve tried asking my sister about how college actually works, what to expect, and all that, but she usually just brushes me off or just acts like the Grinch for no reason whatsoever, and my parents delay the question so. Because of that, I’m pretty much completely in the dark about how the whole college system operates. If anyone could share their personal experiences or give me a basic rundown of what college life is like, I would really appreciate hearing from multiple perspectives

To give you some background on what I want to do: I'm an aspiring author, screenwriter, and director. I absolutely love writing, making my own stories, and I've even been published in a literary magazine, for both Fiction and Non-Fiction. This summer, I’m actually working on creating my own short film. Naturally, I’m looking at UMD as a major option for Creative Writing and Film, and I want to know if the program is as good as it sounds. I did some digging before posting this and saw an older thread where someone mentioned that UMD’s courses focus mostly on film analysis and history rather than actual hands-on filmmaking. It wasn't a letdown or anything, but then what brought hopes up was a comment on that same thread mentioned there was going to be a "film track" coming up. Does anyone know what that track actually is, or if UMD has added more production and scriptwriting classes recently? Like I said before, I don't know anything at all. I would love to get some honest feedback from current students or alumni in these fields. Are there good creative writing workshops? Do you get chances to actually direct or write screenplays, or is it mostly essay writing? Thank you all so much for any help or advice you can give. I'll be posting this in other subreddits to try and better my chances, if there's someone who's doing the same route I hope to do then please reach out, thank you!!!

(This is a copy and paste from another subreddit I used but I wanted to keep it as consistent as possible!!)

Hey everyone! I’m currently a high school student, and things have been going really well for me academically. Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the future and how I should start preparing for college. I’ve tried asking my sister about how college actually works, what to expect, and all that, but she usually just brushes me off or just acts like the Grinch for no reason whatsoever, and my parents delay the question so. Because of that, I’m pretty much completely in the dark about how the whole college system operates. If anyone could share their personal experiences or give me a basic rundown of what college life is like, I would really appreciate hearing from multiple perspectives

To give you some background on what I want to do: I'm an aspiring author, screenwriter, and director. I absolutely love writing, making my own stories, and I've even been published in a literary magazine, for both Fiction and Non-Fiction. This summer, I’m actually working on creating my own short film. Naturally, I’m looking at UMD as a major option for Creative Writing and Film, and I want to know if the program is as good as it sounds. I did some digging before posting this and saw an older thread where someone mentioned that UMD’s courses focus mostly on film analysis and history rather than actual hands-on filmmaking. It wasn't a letdown or anything, but then what brought hopes up was a comment on that same thread mentioned there was going to be a "film track" coming up. Does anyone know what that track actually is, or if UMD has added more production and scriptwriting classes recently? Like I said before, I don't know anything at all. I would love to get some honest feedback from current students or alumni in these fields. Are there good creative writing workshops? Do you get chances to actually direct or write screenplays, or is it mostly essay writing? Thank you all so much for any help or advice you can give. I'll be posting this in other subreddits to try and better my chances, if there's someone who's doing the same route I hope to do then please reach out, thank you!!!