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Emerson College’s 2023-24 Essay Prompts
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Please respond, briefly in 100-200 words, to one of the following:
"Much of the work that students do at Emerson College is a form of storytelling. If you were to write the story of your life until now, what would you title it and why?"
“At its best, how does community benefit the individual, the whole, or both?
Why This Major Short Response
As you know, the academic programs at Emerson College are focused on communication and the arts. Please tell us what influenced you to select your major. If you‘re undecided about your major, what attracted you to Emerson‘s programs? Please be brief.
Common App Personal Essay
The essay demonstrates your ability to write clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores? Choose the option that best helps you answer that question and write an essay of no more than 650 words, using the prompt to inspire and structure your response. Remember: 650 words is your limit, not your goal. Use the full range if you need it, but don‘t feel obligated to do so.
Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you?
Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?
Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you‘ve already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.
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Applying as a freshman.
Apply as a new first time applicant if you are currently a high school student, or if you have graduated from high school and have taken fewer than 9 college credits, or if you have not yet gone to college . There are three options for applying to Emerson as a student:
- Binding means you must commit to enroll at Emerson, if admitted.
- ED applicants cannot apply Early Decision to other institutions.
- ED applicants can apply Early Action to other colleges, but are required to withdraw those applications if admitted to Emerson.
- There are two opportunities to apply Early Decision to Emerson College. You can choose either Early Decision I (Nov 1 deadline) or Early Decision II (Jan 3 deadline).
- EA applicants may apply Early Action to other colleges.
- Binding Early Decision and Early Decision II program applicants to other schools can also apply Early Action to Emerson.
- RD applicants may apply ED or EA to other institutions.
Please pay close attention to all Freshman Application Deadlines . Please note that Performing Arts and Comedic Arts majors may only apply for a fall start term.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS
If you do not have U.S. citizenship, dual-U.S. citizenship, or permanent residency, follow the process for international students. There are special credential guidelines for international applicants, and additional information will be required of international students who are offered admission. In the case of undocumented or DACA status students, please follow the application process for US applicants. GLOBAL PROGRAMS Students interested in our Global Programs should select a Summer 2024 start. Students interested in applying to either the Global BA in International & Political Communication or the Global BA in Business of Creative Enterprises: Switzerland programs will need to apply through Franklin University Switzerland.
Applying as a Transfer Student
Apply as a transfer student if you are currently enrolled at a college or university and you will complete 9 or more college credits prior to your desired start term at Emerson.
- Transfer students may apply for Regular Decision by November 1 for spring admission and June 14 for fall admission.
- Apply for Transfer Priority Decision by March 15 if you want to apply for a Performing Arts or Comedic Arts program. Please note that Performing Arts and Comedic Arts majors may only apply for a fall start term.
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Emerson College 2020-21 Supplemental Essay Prompt Guide
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Emerson College 2020-21 Application Essay Question Explanations
The Requirements: 2 essays of 100-200 words each; 1 honors program essay of 400-600 words
Supplemental Essay Type(s): Why , Oddball
Emerson may have produced the most perfectly balanced supplement of the application season. These two (or three if you’re applying to the Honors College) brief essays zip together to form a complete picture of who you are: serious and silly, restrained and creative. You probably never thought you’d find a zen moment while writing your college essays, and yet here it is. So take a deep breath, center yourself, and dive in.
As you know, the academic programs at Emerson College are focused on communication and the arts. Please tell us what influenced you to select your major. If you’re undecided about your major, what attracted you to Emerson’s programs? Please be brief (100-200 words).
This is a pretty standard why essay focused on academics, so stay the course. You could have a million other reasons for applying to Emerson that have nothing to do with your intended major, but for now, all admissions wants to know is what you intend to study and why. So save their time (and yours) by cutting to the chase. Of course, brevity isn’t the same as generality. As with any other why essay, take some time to do your research. Scour your program’s website for information about classes, professors, unique opportunities, and notable alumni. What catches your eye? What inspires you? How does it connect to an interest you have? How does Emerson’s unique curriculum satisfy your needs in a way no other school could? Take a page out of alum Bobbi Brown’s book ! Her lifelong love of makeup led her to wonder, can you major in this stuff? Instead of going cosmetology school, Brown took advantage of Emerson’s combined emphasis on communication and the arts. She refined her skills as a makeup artist and gained the business acumen to build a renowned makeup brand. What’s your story?
Much of the work that students do at Emerson College is a form of storytelling. If you were to write the story of your life until now, what would you title it and why? Please be brief (100-200 words).
It doesn’t get more Emerson than this. Combine communication and the arts and what do you get? A book titling challenge! This is your chance to show (not tell) your creative side and prove to admissions that you’ve got the goods to fit in at Emerson. For an oddball prompt like this, the best strategy is just to have fun. Puns and all manner of wordplay are welcome and encouraged. Can you boil your life down to one recurrent theme? Have your hideous feet carried you through endless hours at the ballet barre? Has your practice of cutting your own hair defined your personal brand since the age of six? Through what lens do you view your life? This is a prime opportunity to give admissions a catchphrase, a simple epithet to remember you by. How do you want to be known?
Honors Program (Optional, First-year Applicants for September Admission Only):
We often use metaphors to help us understand our world and persuade others. write about a metaphor that you think is powerful, and explore its potential to be helpful and/or harmful in your thinking..
Love is a rose! All the world’s a stage! So many great metaphors to choose from, and admissions wants to know which one has affected you and opened your eyes to see the world in a new light. This essay should include a bit of literary analysis–show them that you can break down a metaphor and explore why the comparison is effective or moving in some way. Things might get a little poetic, but that’s the idea; poetry reflects life as not only a mirror, but also a window to something new (OMG we just came up with that one… are… are we poets?). Don’t forget the last part of this prompt: metaphors can also be harmful. Maybe think of harsh stereotypes or bad faith generalizations: People are sheep. Men are dogs. Cash is king. Metaphors are powerful rhetorical devices that get a message across in a unique way–be it positive or negative. Let admissions know you’re listening to the world around you, but thinking for yourself.
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Communication Sciences and Disorders Foundational Coursework
To apply to Speech@Emerson, you must hold a bachelor’s degree in any discipline, from a regionally accredited university or college. If you did not study speech-language pathology (also known as communication sciences and disorders) during your undergraduate program, the Speech@Emerson program offers foundational courses online to help you prepare for applied graduate-level study.
If you have already taken foundational coursework, also known as prerequisite courses, at another institution, these courses and your grades will be reviewed when you apply to the program. All students are required to take and pass foundational courses (with a grade of “B” or better) before enrolling in applied graduate courses.
Coursework in Statistics and Basic Sciences
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) certification standards for speech-language pathology require that all applicants for ASHA certification demonstrate undergraduate-level knowledge of statistics and the basic sciences. Applicants must show evidence of completion of courses in statistics and the basic sciences in order to begin their Clinical Fellowship and obtain professional certification. The program does not offer courses in statistics or the basic sciences. We strongly suggest that students complete these courses within their first year in the program. Please note the following required features of this coursework:
- These courses can be taken at any accredited institution within the United States and must appear on a transcript. Classes taken at the high school level are not eligible to meet this requirement, with the exception of advanced placement (AP) courses that appear for credit on your college/university transcript. Coursework from massive open online courses (MOOCs) is not accepted.
- These courses may be taken online and a lab component is not required.
- These courses must be worth a minimum of 3 credit hours each.
- You must earn a passing grade (C- or better) for these courses.
Possible content areas include:
- Statistics. One stand-alone statistics course. Research methodology courses in a CSD program may not fulfill this requirement.
- Biology. One biological science course, which could include the following content areas: general, cellular, molecular, neurobiology, cybernetics biology, bioscience, ecology, cytology, embryology, evolutionism, genetics, microbiology, morphology, physiology, radiobiology, or sociobiology.
- Physical Science. (Physical science must be met through chemistry or physics). Must be met through chemistry or physics only. Possible content areas for physics include: basic principles of physics for non-majors, basic principles of mechanics, sound, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and energy. Content areas for chemistry include functional groups and important biological molecules, chemical principles in human or animal physiology (i.e., organic chemistry), atomic structure, chemical bonding, radioactivity, behavior of gases and solutions, behavior of acid and bases, and hydrocarbons.
- Social or behavioral sciences. Possible content areas include: anthropology, ethnic and cultural studies, archaeology, economics, gender and sexuality studies, geography, political science, psychology, psychobiology, criminology, and cognitive science.
Applicants from the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Oregon will need to demonstrate that all basic science courses and foundational courses are complete in order to meet the 75 total credit hour requirement to satisfy the educational requirements for state licensure.
Find out more about which states the program operates in here.
In addition to the online application, you must submit the following to apply:
Official Transcripts
Official transcripts are required from any institution where you earned a bachelor’s degree, took general education courses, or took foundational courses. All non-US transcripts must be sent to an evaluation agency and should include a course-by-course evaluation, GPA, and degree equivalency.
All official transcripts should be submitted electronically through [email protected] or by mail to the following address:
Emerson College Application Processing Center Speech@Emerson PO Box 30096 005-001 College Station, TX 77842
Please note: To be considered an official transcript, the transcript must be sent directly from your institution(s) or through an electronic transcript vendor retained by that institution. Unofficial transcripts may be accepted to receive an admissions decision. If admitted, students must submit official transcripts for all US degree-bearing schools where a bachelor’s degree was earned and schools with prerequisite courses.
You must submit a current résumé that includes relevant professional and volunteer experience.
Letters of Recommendation
You must submit three letters of recommendation from people best able to assess your educational and professional qualifications for academic study and clinical work as a speech-language pathologist, including your motivations, goals, and clinical potential. We recommend that you reach out to your former professors, mentors, and supervisors to obtain letters that can speak directly to your potential for success in a rigorous academic program.
You must submit an essay that answers the following prompt: The essay is an opportunity for you to demonstrate self-reflection. Discuss your personal and academic strengths and identify areas of growth. Reflect on how your strengths will help you grow and contribute to your success as a graduate student and professional. The essay prompt must be included in the header of your essay before saving and uploading the file to your application.
An interview, which will be scheduled following the submission of your online application, is required for admission and will be scheduled by your admissions counselor. The interview will be conducted over video, recorded, and included in your completed application.
English Proficiency
Applicants whose native language is not English must provide evidence of English proficiency by submitting official TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, or Pearson test results.
Application Fee
The application fee for the program is $75, and it is nonrefundable.
Deferral Process
Admitted students may elect, once the non-refundable enrollment deposit is paid, to defer a start date for up to one calendar year from the term for which they were originally admitted. Please connect with the Admissions team with any further questions.
Re-apply Process
If an applicant is not admitted into the Speech@Emerson program, they must wait at least one year after the term that their original application was reviewed. For example, if a prospective student’s previous application was reviewed for September 2019, the earliest term they can reapply for is September 2020. This time period gives applicants the opportunity to strengthen their application before re-applying. Please reach out to the Admissions team with any questions.
Upcoming Deadlines
Speech@Emerson offers three cohorts throughout the year in January, May, and September. Admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis. Applications are now being accepted for the May 2024 cohort:
September 2024 Cohort
Priority Deadline: May 10, 2024
Final Deadline: June 14, 2024
Classes Start: September 2024
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NOTE: This essay utilized pictures and graphics which could not be included online.
“Quiet on the set. Camera ready? Sound ready? Roll camera… speed. Action!” This series of sentence fragments is used to get a film camera recording on a movie set....
My Voice Anonymous
Picture it: Hoboken, New Jersey 1999. I sit on the floor of my living room as my parents consult with two speech professionals. I am three years old and to say I am a quiet toddler is an understatement. I act just like any other three year old,...
Failure -Is That Still a Thing? Anonymous
I don’t believe in failure. I don’t believe that it is possible to mess something up so entirely that nothing good can come of it. If I make a mistake, I learn from it. If I'm not as good as I want to be at something, I work that much harder at...
The Furnace Lea Elizabeth Jaffe
The Furnace
My lungs heaved as though filled with old ash as I made my way up the cliff, arms' length by arms' length. It's a tradition at my school for the seniors to take a four-day excursion into the wilderness on the Outward Bound program. Day...
Space. The Final Frontier Anonymous
These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before ...
People sit on their couches awaiting the first-ever episode...
Defending Ballet and Beyond Anonymous
I'm not usually one to disrupt a class.
It was a Monday morning in my first-period freshman health seminar. The lights were low, half the class was already asleep, and the 20-year-old television was slowly gearing up to play some low-budget video...
Social Media, The Opiate Annie Bolin
“It was rough, but we had loads of fun, those lads and I.” As I sat on my grandpa’s beat-up couch while he rambled on about his schemes as a young Coast Guardsman in the Korean Conflict, I mindlessly scrolled through my phone, letting out a “mhm”...
Shaved Bold Anonymous
In the spring of my second year of high school, I shaved my head in front of the entire school. Yes, it was for a greater cause than my own teenage restlessness, but I cannot confidently say it was for that sole reason. In a way, this act of...
My encounter with humanities Anonymous
When I first got into film, I was bombarded with the classics, the “must-sees”, the cult films. I remember watching a Clockwork Orange for the first time and wondering how was it possible that I had missed this type of film for so long. The same...
The Carrot Anonymous
I am sitting inside a carrot.
Burnt orange walls surround me. Rough brush strokes of this rusty shade streak the back of the door. Paint is hastily dripped in visible spots on the concrete floor. The room is about three feet by three feet and...
Challenging the Status Quo Anonymous
My home state of Idaho received a letter grade F in the year of 2015 when its education rankings were compared to those of other states all around the nation. I didn’t want to be held to this statistic. My friends and classmates were all aware of...
Debating My Way to Certainty Hannah Peters
I have no idea why freshman me signed up for debate. However, I marked a check next to “DEBATE1” on my tentative schedule because it seemed like the thing nerdy kids do and I most definitely am a nerdy kid. My first time competing at a debate...
Room Anonymous
On the 23rd floor, in the midst of darkness and a sea of repetitive buildings, I breathed freely through the footage I was editing. I was inhaling fear and exhaling joy as I trimmed through the videos in symphony with the emotions of the scene....
Empire of the Sun Anonymous
I hadn’t seen Empire of the Sun in years.
It was the last film I ever watched with my father--him, sick, lying on a hospital bed; me, 11, completely unaware that this would be the final thing we’d ever share.
Before, I’d often complain: “Dad, you’...
I Was a Cyborg Kathryn Fitzpatrick
In kindergarten, I was a cyborg. At least, with wire glasses and a clanky metal leg brace, my classmates thought I was. They thought cerebral palsy was a disease that made you part robotic; mostly because I led them to believe that. For in-school...
Tendu Et Plie Anonymous
One begins every ballet class with a simple tendu and plie combination and, as such, I have done a truly incalculable number of tendus and plies in my life. Thus, the story of my life so far would be entitled Tendu et Plie: To Stretch and To Bend....
Spirited Away - One Summer's Day Kandyce Whittingham
I strolled into Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, slipping off my tennis shoes and socks to embrace the cold tile floor of what was once a Buick dealership showroom in the 60s. Eagerly awaiting the start of Theatre Ensemble, I socialized...
Something Wonderful Isabella Escalona
Crouched behind my yellow closet door, hearing glass shatter and walls banged, I kept hoping that something wonderful was about to happen. My parents were arguing over my father locking me in my room again. Whenever my mom was not home, he would...
Learning to Adapt Isabella Escalona
I had spent the whole morning preparing to execute an Olympic worthy backflip into my aunt’s community pool. It was the summer before 6th grade; I stood at the edge, took one deep breath, and launched myself into the air. I imagined the intense...
Sisters Sofia Hines
Standing knee-deep in clear water, I peer at the minnows swimming lazily around my toes.
“Help, Daddy, there’s a Mexican!” wails a curly-haired girl from the security of a bright pink inflatable ring. Her pointed finger indicates to all the target...
Riding the Bus Trinity Jackson
As a child, I viewed my city as an intertwining jungle, so varied in its inhabitants and artifacts, and so rich in culture and history. The twists and turns of each road were cluttered with children and their parents and the elderly and...
Challenges, empowerment, feminism Marianna Poletti Reyes
Wake up, shots fired.
Go out, be kidnapped.
Buy food… there’s none.
A rich country that evolved into a third world country in the blink of an eye. Venezuela, that’s where I lost my childhood innocence. Forced to grow up, forced to take actions....
Comfort from Cats Anonymous
As soon as my sister and I had settled into the back of the ambulance, I pulled out my phone and opened the “Notes” app despite my dwindling battery—putting my thoughts down meant everything to me in that moment. I wrote: Right now, I’m Schrödinger...
Christopher Robin is the Best Movie in the World Jessica Fatzinger
Christopher Robin is the best movie in the world. Despite the poor acting and the animation that made the animals look sad and dreary, a movie is impressive if it can make the viewer feel an emotion, and Christopher Robin exceeds in that realm....
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The furnace: college admission essay sample.
The Furnace My lungs heaved as though filled with old ash as I made my way up the cliff, arms’ length by arms’ length. It’s a tradition at my school for the seniors to take a four-day excursion into the wilderness on the Outward Bound…
About Space and Societal Change: Sci-Fi's Impact on Society
In this essay, I explore the transformative power of space—both fictional and societal. As a devoted fan of pop culture, I’ve found solace in the welcoming ‘fandoms’ of Star Trek and comics. Yet, I acknowledge the need for inclusivity in these spaces. My goal is…
Social Media, The Opiate: College Admission Essay Sample
“It was rough, but we had loads of fun, those lads and I.” As I sat on my grandpa’s beat-up couch while he rambled on about his schemes as a young Coast Guardsman in the Korean Conflict, I mindlessly scrolled through my phone, letting out…
Shaved Bold: College Admission Essay Sample
In the spring of my second year of high school, I shaved my head in front of the entire school. Yes, it was for a greater cause than my own teenage restlessness, but I cannot confidently say it was for that sole reason. In a…
My encounter with humanities: College Admission Essay Sample
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Emerson Requirements for Admission
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What are Emerson's admission requirements? While there are a lot of pieces that go into a college application, you should focus on only a few critical things:
- GPA requirements
- Testing requirements, including SAT and ACT requirements
- Application requirements
In this guide we'll cover what you need to get into Emerson and build a strong application.
School location: Boston, MA
This school is also known as: Emerson College
Admissions Rate: 35.6%
If you want to get in, the first thing to look at is the acceptance rate. This tells you how competitive the school is and how serious their requirements are.
The acceptance rate at Emerson is 35.6% . For every 100 applicants, 36 are admitted.
This means the school is very selective . If you meet Emerson's requirements for GPA, SAT/ACT scores, and other components of the application, you have a great shot at getting in. But if you fall short on GPA or your SAT/ACT scores, you'll have a very low chance of being admitted, even if you meet the other admissions requirements.
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Emerson GPA Requirements
Many schools specify a minimum GPA requirement, but this is often just the bare minimum to submit an application without immediately getting rejected.
The GPA requirement that really matters is the GPA you need for a real chance of getting in. For this, we look at the school's average GPA for its current students.
Average GPA: 3.73
The average GPA at Emerson is 3.73 .
(Most schools use a weighted GPA out of 4.0, though some report an unweighted GPA.
With a GPA of 3.73, Emerson requires you to be above average in your high school class. You'll need at least a mix of A's and B's, with more A's than B's. You can compensate for a lower GPA with harder classes, like AP or IB classes. This will show that you're able to handle more difficult academics than the average high school student.
If you're currently a junior or senior, your GPA is hard to change in time for college applications. If your GPA is at or below the school average of 3.73, you'll need a higher SAT or ACT score to compensate . This will help you compete effectively against other applicants who have higher GPAs than you.
SAT and ACT Requirements
Each school has different requirements for standardized testing. Only a few schools require the SAT or ACT, but many consider your scores if you choose to submit them.
Emerson hasn't explicitly named a policy on SAT/ACT requirements, but because it's published average SAT or ACT scores (we'll cover this next), it's likely test flexible. Typically, these schools say, "if you feel your SAT or ACT score represents you well as a student, submit them. Otherwise, don't."
Despite this policy, the truth is that most students still take the SAT or ACT, and most applicants to Emerson will submit their scores. If you don't submit scores, you'll have one fewer dimension to show that you're worthy of being admitted, compared to other students. We therefore recommend that you consider taking the SAT or ACT, and doing well.
Emerson SAT Requirements
Many schools say they have no SAT score cutoff, but the truth is that there is a hidden SAT requirement. This is based on the school's average score.
Average SAT: 1300
The average SAT score composite at Emerson is a 1300 on the 1600 SAT scale.
This score makes Emerson Moderately Competitive for SAT test scores.
Emerson SAT Score Analysis (New 1600 SAT)
The 25th percentile SAT score is 1200, and the 75th percentile SAT score is 1390. In other words, a 1200 on the SAT places you below average, while a 1390 will move you up to above average .
Here's the breakdown of SAT scores by section:
SAT Score Choice Policy
The Score Choice policy at your school is an important part of your testing strategy.
Emerson has the Score Choice policy of "Highest Section."
This is also known as "superscoring." This means that you can choose which SAT tests you want to send to the school. Of all the scores they receive, your application readers will consider your highest section scores across all SAT test dates you submit .
Click below to learn more about how superscoring critically affects your test strategy.
For example, say you submit the following 3 test scores:
Even though the highest total you scored on any one test date was 1000, Emerson will take your highest section score from all your test dates, then combine them to form your Superscore. You can raise your composite score from 1000 to 1400 in this example.
This is important for your testing strategy. Because you can choose which tests to send in, and Emerson forms your Superscore, you can take the SAT as many times as you want, then submit only the tests that give you the highest Superscore. Your application readers will only see that one score.
Therefore, if your SAT superscore is currently below a 1390, we strongly recommend that you consider prepping for the SAT and retaking it . You have a very good chance of raising your score, which will significantly boost your chances of getting in.
Even better, because of the Superscore, you can focus all your energy on a single section at a time. If your Reading score is lower than your other sections, prep only for the Reading section, then take the SAT. Then focus on Math for the next test, and so on. This will give you the highest Superscore possible.
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Emerson ACT Requirements
Just like for the SAT, Emerson likely doesn't have a hard ACT cutoff, but if you score too low, your application will get tossed in the trash.
Average ACT: 29
The average ACT score at Emerson is 29. This score makes Emerson Moderately Competitive for ACT scores.
The 25th percentile ACT score is 27, and the 75th percentile ACT score is 31.
Even though Emerson likely says they have no minimum ACT requirement, if you apply with a 27 or below, you'll have a very hard time getting in, unless you have something else very impressive in your application. There are so many applicants scoring 29 and above that a 27 will look academically weak.
ACT Score Sending Policy
If you're taking the ACT as opposed to the SAT, you have a huge advantage in how you send scores, and this dramatically affects your testing strategy.
Here it is: when you send ACT scores to colleges, you have absolute control over which tests you send. You could take 10 tests, and only send your highest one. This is unlike the SAT, where many schools require you to send all your tests ever taken.
This means that you have more chances than you think to improve your ACT score. To try to aim for the school's ACT requirement of 31 and above, you should try to take the ACT as many times as you can. When you have the final score that you're happy with, you can then send only that score to all your schools.
ACT Superscore Policy
By and large, most colleges do not superscore the ACT. (Superscore means that the school takes your best section scores from all the test dates you submit, and then combines them into the best possible composite score). Thus, most schools will just take your highest ACT score from a single sitting.
We weren't able to find the school's exact ACT policy, which most likely means that it does not Superscore. Regardless, you can choose your single best ACT score to send in to Emerson, so you should prep until you reach our recommended target ACT score of 31.
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SAT/ACT Writing Section Requirements
Currently, only the ACT has an optional essay section that all students can take. The SAT used to also have an optional Essay section, but since June 2021, this has been discontinued unless you are taking the test as part of school-day testing in a few states. Because of this, no school requires the SAT Essay or ACT Writing section, but some schools do recommend certain students submit their results if they have them.
Emerson considers the SAT Essay/ACT Writing section optional and may not include it as part of their admissions consideration. You don't need to worry too much about Writing for this school, but other schools you're applying to may require it.
Final Admissions Verdict
Because this school is very selective, strong academic scores are critical to improving your chances of admission . If you're able to score a 1390 SAT or a 31 ACT or above, you'll have a very strong chance at getting in.
For a school as selective as Emerson, rounding out the rest of your application will also help. We'll cover those details next.
But if you apply with a score below a 1390 SAT or a 31 ACT, you unfortunately have a low chance of getting in. There are just too many other applicants with high SAT/ACT scores and strong applications, and you need to compete against them.
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Application Requirements
Every school requires an application with the bare essentials - high school transcript and GPA, application form, and other core information. Many schools, as explained above, also require SAT and ACT scores, as well as letters of recommendation, application essays, and interviews. We'll cover the exact requirements of Emerson here.
Application Requirements Overview
- Common Application Accepted, supplemental forms required
- Electronic Application Available
- Essay or Personal Statement Required for all freshmen
- Letters of Recommendation 1
- Interview Not required
- Application Fee $60
- Fee Waiver Available? Available
- Other Notes
Testing Requirements
- SAT or ACT Considered if submitted
- SAT Essay or ACT Writing Optional
- SAT Subject Tests
- Scores Due in Office January 5
Coursework Requirements
- Subject Required Years
- Foreign Language 3
- Social Studies 3
Deadlines and Early Admissions
- Offered? Deadline Notification
- Yes January 17 Rolling, notification begins April 1
- Yes November 1 December 15
- Yes November 1, December 1
Admissions Office Information
- Address: 120 Boston, MA 02116-4624
- Phone: (617) 824-8500
- Fax: (617) 824-8609
- Email: [email protected]
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Reach Schools: Harder to Get Into
These schools are have higher average SAT scores than Emerson. If you improve your SAT score, you'll be competitive for these schools.
Same Level: Equally Hard to Get Into
If you're competitive for Emerson, these schools will offer you a similar chance of admission.
Safety Schools: Easier to Get Into
If you're currently competitive for Emerson, you should have no problem getting into these schools. If Emerson is currently out of your reach, you might already be competitive for these schools.
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With First Graduates, EPI Celebrates Six Years of Transformative Education
From the very first class he took as an Emerson student, John Yang ’23 said he learned a new way to look at the world and describe how it functions.
It was called Power and Privilege, taught by Associate Professor Mneesha Gellman, and it was the first course offered to students enrolled in the Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI) , which Gellman also directs.
“It opened my eyes to a language that I didn’t know, especially at such a high academic level of understanding what power dynamics meant and how they create the structure that you, as a human being, have to live in and function in,” Yang said.
Yang was one of the first cohort of EPI students enrolled back in 2017. EPI offers a pathway to a college education to admitted students incarcerated at Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord (MCI)–Concord, a medium-security men’s prison about 20 miles west of Boston. Students are taught by Emerson faculty, and are held to the same academic standards as their counterparts on the College’s campus in Boston – despite not having access to resources: internet, equipment, libraries.
From day one, students were able to earn college credit for the courses, but a little over a year after launching, Gellman, with the support of the College administration and then-President Lee Pelton, was able to expand EPI into to a degree-granting course of study.
On Tuesday, September 27, five years after launch, 10 EPI students officially became graduates of Emerson College with bachelor’s degrees in Media, Literature, and Culture, a major designed for EPI within the Marlboro Institute of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies. Six of the students participated in a ceremony at MCI-Concord attended by family, friends, and faculty. Pelton, now President and CEO of The Boston Foundation, was the commencement speaker.
“This day exists because at some point, each of you said ‘yes,’” Gellman told the graduates and guests last month. “Yes, we can do a pilot program … yes, we can drop off boxes of books and make photocopies, yes, we’ll teach, and most of all, yes, we will learn! We will come back day after day, semester after semester, with a hunger for knowledge so fierce that it will inspire us to be the best we can possibly be.”
Yang wasn’t at last month’s commencement ceremony; he was released in 2021. But he’s determined to continue his studies and finish his degree. He enrolled in courses on Emerson’s main campus beginning last fall, and is currently a junior at Emerson, one of two EPI students so far to make the transition from EPI in Concord to Emerson in Boston.
Teaching in Prison
In another EPI milestone last month, Brandeis University Press released Education Behind the Wall: Why and How We Teach College in Prison , a book edited by Gellman that lays out the benefits, challenges, and opportunities in teaching college in prison. It includes essays written by educators who have taught in college-in-prison programs, including many EPI faculty. A celebration of the book’s launch will be held Thursday, October 6, 4:00-5:30 pm, in the Bordy Theater.
Wendy Walters is one of the contributors to the book. The Writing, Literature and Publishing professor teaches a class to EPI students on Afrofuturism, and another called Rewriting the Maps: The Politics of Location.
Walters said she had always wanted to teach in a college-in-prison program, and was excited when EPI was created. Teaching in a prison gets to the core of what drives most educators to do what they do, she said.
When EPI students come into a classroom, they’re fully focused on the discussion and each other, Walters said. The students’ commitment to one another was “very, very moving.”
“You’re really not just engaging in an individualist education process, nor is it limited to the cohort of … graduates that were there. That spreads within the population in the prison,” she said. “They’re really modeling the transformative power of education.”
Gellman said during the September 27 ceremony, one of the graduating students spoke about how the culture of learning and discourse has filtered throughout the prison, even to those who weren’t enrolled in EPI.
Before Emerson started offering classes at MCI-Concord, men in the yard might argue about music or something that happened within the prison, the graduate said. Now, as they’re walking around, they argue about Foucault.
Moving Forward
EPI admitted its second cohort in summer 2021, and introduced a new minor in Economics, in part a response to the interests of the students themselves, said Interim EPI Director Cara Moyer-Duncan, who is leading the initiative while Gellman is on research leave. Many have expressed an interest in business classes, and Moyer-Duncan said an Economics minor would accomplish many of their goals and still work within the constraints of the prison system.
Over the summer, EPI teamed up with Tufts University and Boston College to begin offering courses at Northeastern Correctional Center, a minimum-security men’s prison across the street from MCI-Concord. Oftentimes, men incarcerated in a medium-security facility will step down a security level before being released. EPI students, as well as students in college programs at other facilities offered through Tufts and BC can request to be transferred to Northeastern and take classes pooled together so they don’t lose class time before release, Moyer-Duncan said.
EPI also created the Reentry & College Outside Program (RECOUP), a program that connects recently released students with support programs that help the students acclimate and navigate the world outside prison walls, with the goal of allowing them to continue their studies.
Moyer-Duncan said in the past six years, she has seen shifts in the way college in prison is understood in society, including at the federal level with the introduction of Second Chance Pell grants to incarcerated students.
“I think there have been shifts. For EPI, it’s been important to promote an understanding of the transformative possibilities of access to education in prison, and why this is something worthy and important for communities to embrace,” she said.
Real Impact
EPI student Ahmad Bright ’25 can attest to the program’s value
Bright said the opportunity to be in a classroom and earn college credits was an easy sell for him when he was in Concord. Now a sophomore at the Boston campus, he is supplementing his 16-credit course load with a four-night-per-week coding boot camp for formerly incarcerated people run through Columbia University. He’s considering changing his major to another interdisciplinary program having to do with global development, though he’s leaving his options open.
“[EPI] just literally created a lifeline for so many people inside of prison who knew they wanted more for themselves, but maybe just didn’t have the platform to get more for themselves,” Bright said. “It helped kind of build a community for us [who] were inside, but at the same time, it’s [been] a lifeline to the outside, because through EPI, we’ve made so many contacts with our professors, our [teaching assistants], and it’s just been an incredible experience.”
Yang said as a junior, he’s sticking with his original Media, Literature, and Culture major, but he’s adding in a minor in Nonprofit Communication. That’s because he hopes to one day run a college-in-prison program himself, or run a program that helps post-incarcerated people learn the skills that will help them transition into the community.
“Some of the issues I’ve been pushing for is mental health awareness for the post-incarcerated community, because the majority of us, we’re coming home after decades, if not double decades, of incarceration,” Yang said. “How do you expect somebody to have the competency level to go back to work and deal with a boss, deal with kids, deal with … social anxiety, [develop] financial responsibilities, and stuff like that?”
Why We Do It
Gellman said in the book, she makes the case that the idea of college in prison should receive bipartisan support, if only because it makes good fiscal sense.
Incarceration is extremely expensive. The Massachusetts Department of Corrections spent $732 million to incarcerate just over 5,000 people last fiscal year, Gellman said. Research shows that access to college in prison reduces recidivism – one study found that every associate’s degree earned in college saves the state $130,000.
But college in prison isn’t just about saving money, Gellman said, it’s about building a better society.
“Yes, it decreases recidivism, yes, it makes fiscal sense, yes, it is a social justice intervention,” Gellman said. “Also, it’s a space where human beings who are incarcerated have the autonomy to explore the life of the mind on their terms. And that brings with it a sense of agency around education that is really fundamental to a human rights framework we want, not just in prison, but in the world.”
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Emerson College is a private institution that was founded in 1880. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 4,149 (fall 2022), its setting is urban, and the campus size is 8 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Emerson College's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities North, #13. Its tuition and fees are $55,392.
With a focus on the arts, communications and the liberal arts, Emerson College provides students with experience in fields like film, theater, journalism, publishing, public relations and marketing. In addition to the 25 majors, students may design their own major through the Individually-Designed Interdisciplinary Program. Those interested in dual degree programs can pursue the global BFA in film art with the Paris College of Art, or the international and political communication degree with Franklin University Switzerland. Other options to study globally include semesters at Emerson's campuses in Los Angeles and the Netherlands, or through the Global Pathways programs available in 13 countries.
Students can get involved with a range of co-curricular activities including Emerson Polling, which provides survey research on political topics and market research; WERS, a popular student-run radio station; and Emerson Stage, for student performances. Fittingly, the literary-focused school has a wide variety of student publications, including the Emerson Review, a literary magazine, and Concrete Literary Magazine, which showcases student poetry and photography. There are about 100 other student organizations, including a handful of fraternities and sororities.
Emerson sports teams compete in the NCAA Division III New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. Teams include soccer, lacrosse, basketball, volleyball, cross country, tennis, men's baseball and women's softball. Freshmen are required to live on campus for their first six semesters, which puts them near Boston Common, a popular spot for relaxation and recreational activities. Notable alumni of Emerson College include comedian Jay Leno, Emmy-nominated television writer Stefani Robinson and cosmetics entrepreneur Bobbi Brown.
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Key Races to Watch in California’s March 5 Primary
Voters will choose nominees for president and weigh in on state and local contests that could have big ramifications.
By Soumya Karlamangla
Primary season is officially underway for the 22 million registered voters in California.
Ballots have already gone out for the March 5 primary, in which voters will choose their nominees for president , and also weigh in on a number of state and local contests that could have big ramifications for the state’s future.
Voters will have their say on a ballot measure championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that would finance mental health treatment; choose candidates for the State Legislature; and decide many local races, including the crowded contest for district attorney in Los Angeles.
Ballots were sent on Feb. 5 to every registered voter in the state, and they can be returned by mail or handed in at secure drop-off locations or county elections offices. Some locations for early in-person voting will open on Saturday.
Here are some of the key races.
Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat
When Dianne Feinstein died in September, the U.S. Senate seat that she had held for more than three decades fell vacant. Newsom swiftly appointed Laphonza Butler to serve until elections could be held to fill the vacancy, and Butler decided not to run, clearing the way for an open primary race.
Four leading candidates have emerged from a crowded field:
Representative Adam Schiff , 63, Democrat of Burbank, currently the front-runner in polls and perhaps best known for having served as the lead prosecutor in the first impeachment trial of Donald Trump;
Representative Katie Porter , 50, an Orange County Democrat known for grilling powerful leaders during congressional hearings;
Representative Barbara Lee , 77, Democrat of Oakland and a longtime progressive;
Steve Garvey , 75, a former first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres and the only Republican among the four leaders.
In California’s election system, all candidates, regardless of party, compete in a single primary, and the two who receive the most votes advance to the general election. For a while, it seemed that Schiff and Porter were headed for an intraparty battle in November. But Garvey’s fame and some strategic ads from Schiff have made Garvey a serious threat to knock Porter out of the running, as my colleague Shawn Hubler explained Tuesday .
An Emerson College poll released on Tuesday showed Garvey overtaking Porter for second place in the primary race. Since Schiff appears to be well positioned to survive the primary, the main question is whether Porter will as well, and give him a serious challenge in November. Garvey would stand little chance of winning the general election; California voters haven’t elected a Republican in a statewide race since 2006.
Tipping the scales in the U.S. House
Though California is generally a heavily blue state, there are pockets of red and purple, and some congressional districts in suburban areas and the Central Valley are competitive. Narrow victories by Republicans in the San Joaquin Valley, Orange County and other more conservative parts of the state in 2022 helped their party take control of the House.
California is likely to play a big role in determining control of the House again this year. Republicans now have only a seven-seat majority in the House, and California’s delegation has 40 Democrats, 11 Republicans and one vacant seat.
Of the 72 most competitive House races in the nation, 10 are in California, according to the Cook Political Report. Many of them involve the same districts where races were extremely close in 2022, including the 47th District seat in Orange County, which Porter is giving up to run for the Senate; the 27th District in northern Los Angeles County, represented by Mike Garcia, a Republican; and the 22nd District in the Central Valley, where David Valadao , a Republican, won with 51.5 percent of the vote in 2022.
Choosing L.A.’s top prosecutor
George Gascón was elected in 2020 to be the district attorney of Los Angeles County, in what was then seen as a major victory for the movement to back liberal prosecutors after nationwide protests against police brutality.
Gascón, 69, is running for re-election this year, but as my colleague Tim Arango has reported, this time the race feels much more traditional, animated by crime concerns rather than by reducing racial disparities and reining in the police.
“I think that this race now, for 2024, has gone back to, for a lot of people, law and order, lock ’em up,” Gascón told Tim in a recent interview .
Gascón faces 11 opponents , most of whom are running to his right and are challenging a number of his policies. He has been criticized over his reluctance to pursue enhancements — for gang affiliations or for the use of firearms during a crime, among other things — that can add years to a sentence. He also faces attacks for declining in most cases to charge juvenile offenders as adults, and for limiting the use of cash bail.
Unless one candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a remote possibility, the top two contenders in the primary will advance to a general election in November.
Drug screening for welfare recipients
When Mayor London Breed of San Francisco said welfare recipients should undergo drug screening or lose their assistance, liberal critics thought it was a surprising throwback to the 1990s era of cracking down on people who rely on public benefits.
But Breed went ahead with her proposal, and it has reached the March ballot. The measure, Proposition F, would require people receiving county aid to undergo a screening process if they are suspected of drug addiction. Those who are deemed to be drug users would have to enroll in a treatment program to continue receiving benefits.
With San Francisco experiencing a record number of overdose deaths, Breed said last year that her proposal “aims to create more accountability and help get people to accept the treatment and services they need.”
The proposal also may help Breed shore up her standing among frustrated voters as she runs for re-election later this year. She is facing challengers who have attacked her from the right , as my colleague Heather Knight wrote recently.
Proposition F could offer a gauge of voter attitudes in San Francisco, a city that may slowly be shedding its longtime progressive identity. Two years ago, voters in the city recalled school board members and a district attorney who were seen as too far left. Requiring drug screening for welfare recipients would once have been politically unthinkable in San Francisco, but these days, polls are showing that voters are in a foul mood.
The rest of the news
President Biden arrived in California for a three-day trip during which he plans to hold a series of private “campaign receptions” to attract the richest members of the Democratic establishments in Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office now says that the state’s projected budget deficit is $15 billion worse than previously forecast.
Southern California
Leaders in Rancho Palos Verdes are considering asking the state to waive environmental reviews and other regulatory hurdles so they can fortify the city sooner against landslides, The Los Angeles Times reports.
Russian authorities have arrested a Los Angeles resident who is a dual citizen of Russia, accusing her of committing treason by raising money to support Ukraine.
One person was arrested after being accused of setting off a “mortar-type firework” near a shopping center in Tustin, The Associated Press reports. There were no injuries and no damage to the shopping mall.
Central California
Former President Donald J. Trump has endorsed State Assemblyman Vince Fong in the race to replace Kevin McCarthy in the 20th District, The Fresno Bee reports. McCarthy, who retired last year after his ouster as House speaker, also endorsed Fong.
Northern California
Three businesses in San Francisco’s Mission District are threatening to sue the city over a center bike lane that they say has had a “negative economic impact,” The San Francisco Chronicle reports. A spokesperson for the city attorney’s office said it was reviewing the claims.
Sacramento State University will soon open a Black Honors College in an effort to boost Black student enrollment, retention and graduation rates , CBS Sacramento reports.
And before you go, some good news
Two storms caused by atmospheric rivers drenched California this month, dropping record rainfall on Los Angeles and causing mudslides in the hills above the city. But the storms had a positive effect, too: They helped replenish the state’s snowpack, which had been in an extended period of drought.
New satellite photos from NASA show the extent of this relief on mountains across the state, The Los Angeles Times reported recently. In a side-by-side comparison, the photos, from Jan. 29 and Feb. 11, show previously bare mountaintops in the Sierra Nevada and Southern California blanketed in snow.
Data from the California Department of Water Resources reflects the increase, too. On Feb. 11, the state’s snowpack reached 75 percent of normal levels, up from 52 percent on Jan. 31, data shows . As of Tuesday, the statewide snowpack had grown to 85 percent of normal levels.
See the satellite photos here .
Thanks for reading. I’ll be back tomorrow. — Soumya
P.S. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword .
Heather Knight, Kevin Yamamura, Maia Coleman and Briana Scalia contributed to California Today. You can reach the team at [email protected] .
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After I had drafted the essay “Moscow to the End of the Line”, a Russian literature scholar, Brian Baer, called my attention to an English translation of a biography of Doctor Zhivago ’s Italian publisher, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli ( Feltrinelli: A Story of Riches, Revolution, and Violent Death , translated by Alastair McEwan, Harcourt, 2002). The biography was written by Carlo Feltrinelli, who is the late publisher’s son and has been running the publishing company his father had founded. The passages regarding the publication of Doctor Zhivago are a defense of his father’s and the company’s behavior, and also part of the biography’s emotional objective of wrestling with a question that has troubled many a son: Was my father a good person? Therefore the information provided in the biography and the interpretations this information is brought in to advance might be considered more suspect than, say, the view of the Russian professor recalled at the beginning of the essay.
Nonetheless, herewith a few observations and bits of “information” which readers intrigued by the Zhivago story may find of interest:
• There appears to have been not one telegram, but many telegrams and letters exchanged by Pasternak and Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, as well as at least one letter from Feltrinelli to Goslitizdat, a Soviet government-run publishing agency. Pasternak and his mistress Olga Ivinskaya also had many conversations with people either directly representing Feltrinelli or in touch with him. Pasternak’s written messages appear to have been contradictory, some urging publication and others requesting that it be delayed until the book had come out in the Soviet Union or until he had time to make further revisions.
• The Feltrinelli line is that the anti-publication messages were coerced, and thus that in going ahead with publishing the original text—ignoring any negative messages as well as the lobbying of members of the Italian Communist Party and others—Giangiacomo abided by Pasternak’s true wishes. This position is backed up by quotes from various apparent communications, including these words and exclamation points from a previously unpublished November 1957 letter from Pasternak to Feltrinelli:
Dear Sir, I can find no words with which to express my gratitude. The future will reward us, you and me, for the vile humiliations we have suffered. Oh, how happy I am that [you have not] been fooled by those idiotic and brutal appeals accompanied by my signature (!), a signature all but false and counterfeit, insofar as it was extorted from me by a blend of fraud and violence. The unheard-of arrogance to wax indignant over the “violence” employed by you against my “literary freedom”, when exactly the same violence was being used against me, covertly. And that this vandalism should be disguised as concern for me, for the sacred rights of the artist! But we shall soon have an Italian Zhivago, French, English and German Zhivagos—and one day perhaps a geographically distant but Russian Zhivago! And this is a great deal, a very great deal, so let’s do our best, and what will be will be!
• Of course Carlo may have stressed the volume and contradictoriness of the exchanges, including quoting at length from possibly self-serving translations of (possibly fabricated?) telegrams and letters, in order to downplay the significance of what Carlo refers to as the “extorted telegram” of late summer 1957. In this telegram Pasternak asks that the manuscript in Feltrinelli’s possession—the one Giangiacomo went ahead and published—be returned, saying that it was a “preliminary draft requiring thorough revision.” This telegram was followed up by a stronger communication from Pasternak, dated late October, just weeks before the book hit the stands in Italy and the letter above was written. In this communication, Pasternak wrote:
Your failure to reply [to the previous telegram] makes me think that, in spurning the direct instructions of the author and in spite of his clear and express wishes, you have nonetheless decided to publish the novel. . . . Decency demands that the author’s wishes be respected. Neither I nor any other writer from my country could allow his manuscript to be published against his will. This would be a clearcut and crass infringement of the rights an artist has over his work, a violation of his will and the freedom of that which flows from his pen.
• As his father before him seems to have, Carlo relies greatly on the idea that when the relationship with Pasternak was beginning, Giangiacomo had proposed that only messages—or at least only messages from Pasternak—that were written in French would be considered valid. Thus, for instance, knowing this, Olga—confident or hoping that Feltrinelli would ignore messages in Italian or Russian—might have allowed Soviet authorities to pressure Pasternak into sending Feltrinelli negative messages in such languages. (Carlo suggests but does not say explicitly that the “extorted telegram“ was in Russian.)
• Encouraging the idea that the publication in the West of Doctor Zhivago was in fact a plot of high-ranking Soviet officials, Carlo quotes from a letter from his father to a German scholar—“the whole affair was advised to me by the Soviet Union itself”, and from a 1961 letter from Olga to Khrushchev, “it was the Central Committee [of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union] that…put us [her and Pasternak] in touch with D’Angelo”. (Sergio D’Angelo was an Italian communist bookstore manager who had come to Moscow to work on an Italo-Soviet radio program. He made the first contact with Pasternak, recommended Zhivago to Feltrinelli and acted as the principal go-between. After the book was published, D’Angelo’s good offices or cunning apparently led Pasternak to write to Feltrinelli asking that D’Angelo be paid well from out of Pasternak’s royalties. After Pasternak’s death D’Angelo sued the publishing company, unsuccessfully, claiming that in fact Pasternak had granted him half of all the royalties.)
• In general Carlo Feltrinelli’s account supports the view that history large and small is made by the wealth, status and security seeking of self-involved individuals. And thus a reader of the biography may find herself decreasingly impressed by the once-much-ballyhooed international political significance of the publication of Zhivago and by the efforts of those involved to wrap themselves in grand political and artistic causes.
• Although Pasternak and Feltrinelli used carefully picked couriers to convey their messages to one another, according to Carlo the Soviet Committee on State Security (the KGB) and the Central Committee had news even of the very first exchanges. Carlo encourages the suspicion that the informer was either D’Angelo or, as Pasternak’s family apparently thought, Olga Ivinskaya. In this regard it should be noted that the person who suffered physically as a result of the affair was Olga (that is, she was imprisoned), and that if the goals were to get Pasternak’s novel widely distributed and acclaimed, to earn various people money and Pasternak honors as well, while keeping Pasternak himself out of prison—these goals were rather well achieved, and perhaps thanks in part to some cunning “informing”.
• Some insight into Pasternak’s role or reputation might be gained from a KGB memo that Carlo cites, in which it is said that from 1946 to 1948 Pasternak had been working through contacts in the British Embassy in Moscow and his sister in London to create “for himself an aura of the ‘great poet-martyr’ unable to adapt to the reality of Soviet life”.
• It should also be pointed out that by distributing Zhivago Pasternak does not seem to have been fouling his own trough to the extent that some members of the Soviet nomenklatura claimed at the time. While, as the KGB memo also suggests, Zhivago does romanticize individualism and estrangement from Soviet life, it—or particularly David Lean’s later film version—also romanticizes Russia and the Soviet Revolution. If Zhivago on a deeper level—perhaps for this romanticism above all—remains a “blow against the revolution”, it seems hardly “a ferocious libel against the USSR” (a claim of the then Soviet Foreign Minister). In the midst of the uproar Giangiacomo wrote a letter to Goslitizdat in which, while alluding to the well-known fact that he was a member of and chief source of funds for the Italian Communist Party, he proposed:
For the Western public, the fact that this is a voice of a man alien to all political activity is a guarantee of the sincerity of his discourse, thus making him worthy of trust. Our readers cannot fail to appreciate this magnificent panorama of events from the history of the Russian people, which transcends all ideological dogmatism, nor will they overlook its importance or the positive outlook deriving from it. The conviction will thus grow that the path taken by your people has been for them a progressive one, that the history of capitalism is coming to an end, and that a new era has begun.
• Giangiacomo has been accused of trying to heighten the sense of controversy and of the political opposition to the publication of Doctor Zhivago —either to drum up interest in the book in advance of its publication or because he loved publicity and scandal. (The prototypical rich European communist, Feltrinelli—heir to one of the greatest capitalist fortunes of Europe—enjoyed hobnobbing with Fidel Castro and also expensive yachts, estates and sports cars. He died by accident or was murdered while trying to plant a bomb in a electricity tower outside of Milan.) However, it may well be that the publication of Doctor Zhivago was so contested and confused because of the dramatic and uncertain transitions then going on: the coming to power of Khrushchev and the concomitant capital punishment of the chief of the secret police, Lavrenti Beria, and the 1956 Hungarian uprising and its repression by the Soviet Army. This was one of the most uncertain and rapidly evolving periods in Soviet history, and it led not only to basic changes in Soviet policies and in the most visible leaders of the government, but also to changes in the status, influence and policies of many members of the nomenklatura . It was specific members of this class—the leader of the Union of Soviet Writers most prominently—who publicly denounced the novel and who lobbied to get Pasternak to revise the original text and to try to stop the original from being published in the West, and it was specific other members of this class—a certain cultural specialist on the Central Committee in particular—who more privately lobbied and schemed in the original draft’s favor. Khrushchev later admitted that he had never read the book, and I suspect that Feltrinelli at best read a few pages and a paid reader’s synopsis. (Carlo describes his father arranging to pick up the manuscript at a Berlin nightclub, dancing with two blondes there, and sending the manuscript off to an Italian scholar for an evaluation.)
• It seems that while the Soviet Union existed Russian writers enjoyed no copyright protection in the West. However, there was an “international” (Western) convention that stipulated that the first publisher to publish a translation of a Russian book in the West—if he published his version no later than thirty days after the book’s publication in the Soviet Union—had exclusive rights to the international market for the book (including, apparently, for editions of the book in Russian). If nothing else this was the basis on which, after the book’s publication in the West, Giangiacomo’s lawyers traveled the globe bringing suits against any others who tried to publish the book without the Feltrinelli company’s permission.
William Eaton is an award-winning journalist, novelist, and writer of philosophical essays and dialogues. Surviving the Twenty-First Century , a collection of his essays from Montaigbakhtinian.com, was published last year by Serving House Books. One of Eaton’s dialogues, The Professor of Ignorance Condemns the Airplane , was staged in New York in 2014. He is editor of Zeteo , an online journal for generalists. (updated 4/2016)
William Eaton has also published in AGNI as William Eaton Warner.
The view that Russia has just two ‘regions’ today: Moscow and ‘the rest’ Essay Example
- Pages: 8 (2051 words)
- Published: December 8, 2017
- Type: Essay
With the collapse of the USSR, which marked the conclusion of the largest socio-economic experiment in recent history, Russia was poised for the most transformative changes it had ever experienced.
Despite predictions of a teleological development path towards a Western-style market economy and liberal democracy throughout Russia, the reality has shown stark regional differences in social, political, and economic aspects. It should be noted that today's Russia does not perfectly fit the description of a Western market economy. While it may seem at first glance that there are only two regions - Moscow and the rest - this oversimplification does not capture the complex reality. To truly understand the situation, we need to explore beyond economic issues and consider politics and society as well. Examining regions and sub-regions from various socio-economic perspectives using different factors and classifications is necessary. Additionall
y, we must delve into the structures and connections between these regions to identify commonalities, differences, and interdependencies. This comprehensive analysis reveals that Russia is a patchwork of geographical spaces that have experienced varying degrees of gains and losses since the transition began. Hierarchies and stark contrasts are evident, but they extend beyond just "Moscow versus the rest".
Geography's influence on perceptions of Moscow's dominance is influenced by scale. These perceptions differ depending on the specific scale and perspective being considered. It is important to consider the impact of the past when analyzing the current situation. The transition period is characterized by new economic forces that are reshaping different aspects of the Soviet Union's structure, economy, politics, and culture. The final outcome will rely on how various components of the new Russia, such as individual households and different
levels of governance and interest groups, occupy economic niches and engage in political struggles.
When studying geographical differentiation, it can be advantageous to start with a broad scale and address general issues. Although not entirely accurate, having a structural framework is necessary for initiating our regional analysis.
We will use the widely known categorization of regions into winners and losers, as identified by Bradshaw (1996). He categorizes regions in Russia into five major types: 1. Agricultural regions, which suffer from poor infrastructure and conservative policy outlooks (such as South European Russia and Southern Siberia).
The highly integrated Gateway and hub regions in Russia, strategically positioned and with international links, primarily focus on services or high tech. These regions, including Moscow, St.Petersburg, Yekaterinburg in Central European Russia, Urals, and West Siberia also have large towns. It's important to note that regional centers are gaining significance alongside Moscow. Resource regions consist of oil and gas producing areas (and some metals) that are generally thriving, while coal mining regions are declining. The old industrial regions in the Central industrial areas, Volga, and South Siberia are struggling to restructure. However, high tech regions have emerged in some old industrial areas around large towns like Moscow, St. Petersburg, Saratov and Samara in Central European Russia. To gain a comprehensive understanding of Russian regions across the country we must now conduct a general survey to observe this situation.
The official Economic Regions of Russia (as defined by Shaw, 1999) serve as a means to examine the country on a larger scale. Moscow and the Central Economic Region have a significant impact, with over 20% of Russia's population residing there and contributing to more
than 17% of industrial production in 1995. Despite covering only 3% of the nation's land area, this region holds great importance due to its historical role as the foremost region during the Soviet era, politically and economically. However, the decline of the traditional industrial sector and Military Industrial Complex has caused a downturn. Efforts towards restructuring and promoting growth in services, construction, and small to medium-sized enterprises have led to some areas within the region experiencing recovery. Moscow particularly stands out with some of the highest wage levels in the country. Furthermore, it has become a central hub for multinational corporations and attracts the largest portion of foreign direct investment.
Both St.Petersburg and the North West were once major centers of heavy and light industries during the Soviet era, but these industries have since declined. Despite this, St.Petersburg's historical role as a gateway to Europe and its increased significance following the loss of Baltic ports have made it an attractive alternative to Moscow for businesses, particularly those in the service sector. Nevertheless, Moscow remains the preferred choice for many businesses due to its advantages in terms of agglomeration, network access, and infrastructure.
Development in St.Petersburg is primarily concentrated within the city itself. In contrast, the Northern economic region primarily served as a source of raw materials and was a center for various defense projects during the Soviet Union. However, the loss of government subsidies and policies aimed at reducing the population have made economic activities in this region increasingly unfeasible, largely due to the now-considerable cost of transportation.
However, some oil rich parts of the region may in the future be able to increase their wealth by exporting
this resource, aided by the availability of ice-free ports. The Wolga-Vyatka Region, located to the North East and East of the Central Region, acts as a transitional zone between boreal forests in the North and steppe in the South. This is reflected in its economy and culture. The region includes the third largest city, Nizhnij Novgorod, and was primarily known for resource processing and military industries. Although impacted by the transition, the region's dynamic leadership and strategic location may prove advantageous in the future.
The Volga region benefits from its strategic location, large population of Russians, and natural resources such as agriculture and oil/gas. While traditional heavy industries have declined after being relocated during World War II, automobile plants and the aerospace industry are attracting foreign direct investment. The Central Chernozem region has always been recognized as Russia's breadbasket due to its high-quality agricultural land.
Russia faces challenges due to its peripheral location, inadequate infrastructure, and illegal immigration. However, it has attracted Western investment because of its modern iron ore mining and processing plants, chemical industry, and engineering sector. The North Caucasus demonstrates how geography can impact fortunes as the underdeveloped eastern parts suffer from ethnic conflicts while the politically stable western part performs better economically. This area has also received investment in agricultural processing and serves as a gateway to the Black Sea.
The Ural Mountains were once an industrial powerhouse but now face depletion of natural resources. However, their strategic location and high urbanization level in Yekaterinburg have allowed certain industries to find new markets and remain economically viable.
West Siberia is often perceived as overpopulated due to distortions caused by the Soviet economy despite being sparsely
populated by European standards. In East Siberia, heavy industry, mining, and oil/gas extraction are primarily found in medium-sized towns. Collective farms were established in an attempt to integrate this region economically even though it went against economic logic. However, most areas have been negatively impacted by the decline resulting from loss of subsidies except for a small number of wealthy regions focusing on oil and gas production.It is important to mention that East Siberia, covering a large part of Russia's territory, has a low population density with only 6% of the country's inhabitants living there. The majority of people are concentrated around the Trans Siberian Railway and a few agricultural centers situated in the southern area of the region.
The Northern part of the region currently possesses abundant but inaccessible natural resources due to distance and climate. However, scarcity may motivate future exploration of these resources. Moreover, the Asian market previously enjoyed advantages in competitive metal mining and processing, especially aluminium smelting, thanks to affordable hydroelectricity. In conclusion, the Far East exhibits similarities with East Siberia.
The Pacific coast has some resource- and primitive industry-based activities that could be potential investment opportunities. However, the high risk and long timeframes for returns are making this area less appealing. This summary of regional profiles indicates that there is no clear geographic or functional factor that determines which areas are successful during this transition. Hanson and Bradshaw (2000) demonstrate that having abundant resources does not necessarily equate to wealth (e.g. Primorski kray is not performing well despite its resources).
The development of regions in Russia depends on factors such as geographic position, infrastructural integration, and local political leadership and bargaining power.
For example, Tatarstan has shown strong development due to its political leadership and bargaining power. There is no single formula for success, as different regions have found success through resource extraction or developing service sectors. Furthermore, regions within Russia exhibit high differentiation, resulting in a pattern of wealthy areas interspersed with less developed ones. Although Moscow stands out as a leader in terms of contribution to Russian GDP, FDI, big business, and banking HQs, a closer examination reveals a more complex situation.
According to studies (Westerlund et al, 2000), Moscow's per capita income is lower compared to Khanty-Mansi and Yamal-Nenets, which are oil regions. The cost of living is highest in remote areas of the North and Far East. However, due to high land prices and the increasing allure of St. Petersburg, many service sector companies choose to establish themselves there instead.
Instead of solely focusing on Moscow as a distinct contrast from other regions, Dienes (2002) characterizes Russia as an economic, social, and geographic archipelago. This archipelago consists of a network that is nationally and internationally integrated but limited to a few urban areas with more than 250,000 inhabitants, as well as resource extraction centers separated by vast geographical distances. These integrated spaces encompass approximately 50% of the country's population while the other half remains isolated.
As a result, two "frontiers" have emerged: the traditional hinterland and the inner hinterland. Dienes identifies these geographic locations by considering various indicators such as gas consumption, access to education, real income, and middle-class growth.
They tend to have a small geographical reach and little evidence of trickle-down. Another noteworthy finding is that these wealthy areas are highly diverse internally. In major
cities, access to quality education, for instance, is becoming increasingly restricted based on social factors. Westlund et al (2000) also discovered that regions with higher average incomes, particularly in big cities, had the highest Gini indices. The long-term stability of a region's prosperity is greatly influenced by its strategy, economic profile, and level of integration in the Russian and global economy.
The connection between the international economy and the prosperity of big cities and resource-extracting regions is stronger than that of weaker demonetized areas. Furthermore, different regions with diverse economic profiles can be impacted in opposite ways by variations in overall economic conditions. This was particularly evident when comparing the stability of the Russian currency in the early and late 1990s. While a devalued rouble benefited industries involved in imports substitution and resource exports, it had devastating effects on areas that relied on invested financial capital, such as the Far North. When considering Moscow and other regions, it is important to mention the political aspect of their relationship. Moscow serves as the center of government, determining how funds are allocated. However, certain influential regions like Tatarstan have managed to exert significant influence over Moscow.
According to O'Loughlin (2002), Moscow's traditional role as a regulator and an entry point to the global arena is undergoing changes. This transformation is driven by competition from other cities and a decrease in federal funding allotted to Moscow. Additionally, Moscow's privileged status is affected by its heavy reliance on its regions due to the Russian economy's significant dependence on natural resources. To sustain its privileged position, Moscow must concentrate on expanding its own sources of economic growth, such as...
Services, science, or high-tech industries,
in addition to being an entry point and mediator, are also prevalent in Moscow. Despite some differences, Moscow shares many similarities with other large Russian cities. The prosperous areas within these cities are interconnected but do not necessarily rely on the same driver of growth. Russian regions vary greatly among themselves and within themselves, yet certain aspects such as prosperity or social exclusion are similar. Therefore, the generalization of "Moscow versus the rest" in terms of regional development is flawed. The search for a suitable simplification of the Russian regional development pattern is ongoing.
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