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Art Center - MFA - FilmSorry I wrote this when I was too sleepy and didn't have enough coffee lol- we have an interview with CalArts coming up next month - not ArtCenter...- Chris W
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Art Center - MFA - FilmThats amazing. The primary reason is $ for sure but the other main reasons were, 1. Art center being a design school, I can get exposed to other...
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Art Center - MFA - FilmCongrats! We'll actually have an interview with ArtCenter up on the site next month probably.
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Application 'Chapman - Directing MFA'
Chapman's application was a lot of fun. I thought the personal essay, where you can't show your face felt really unique from other application materials. Was super excited to get an interview and...- Noahm
- Comments: 13
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Application 'AFI MFA Editing - Fall 2026'
Well enough. It mainly only consisted of me deciding what two editing examples I wanted to send for consideration and making a narrative statement specifically focused on my editing background...- Pryde Pierce
- Comments: 12
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Application 'Art Center - MFA - Film'
Nothing complicated. The intent word limit was short, so I struggled to distill my 3 page intent into 400 words. They did want a film with sync sound and dialogues. My film has sync sound but no...- RPA
- Comments: 9
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Application 'Columbia College Chicago - Film and Television Directing'
The application process has been going very smoothly. I've submitted everything and had fairly solid communication with the admissions team at the school. David, my representative, is very...- dbrown40202
- Comments: 3
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Application 'CMU Dramatic Writing Fall 2026'
It went okay, I didn't feel great after the interview just on an interpersonal level. The gap from when I interviewed to when I was offered a spot makes me think I may have been waitlisted at...- goose23
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Application 'AFI MFA Directing - Fall 2026'
AFI is my dream school and the only school I applied to for directing. I am so excited. I truly can't believe it. Thankfully, I got off the wait list really early.- spie73
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Application 'MFA Film - Creative Producing - 2026'
I really enjoyed the application process, tasks were fun and interesting. I felt like I did all the research I could online, prior to submitting, given the fact I started thinking about it 1 year...- Medeina
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Application 'LMU MFA film and tv production'
Application went pretty smoothly. Their interview was one of the first I received, and the first one I ended up doing. Thought I semi bombed the interview and was surprised to see I got accepted...- cheeseplank
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Application 'FAMU International - Directing Cinema and Digital Media'
The application process was challenging but fulfilling. This was my second time applying. After not advancing to the interview stage last year, I focused on refining my submission materials this...- CLChou
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Application 'DRAMATIC WRITING MFA FALL 2026 NYU TISCH'
It's gone well! I completely rewrote my pilot like three days before it was due, which probably wasn't the best decision, but I ended up being really happy with it. I had two really solid...- toucanna
- Comments: 4
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This application was the easiest one I...
- Film Program & Degree
- American University - Film and Media Arts MA
- Submission Date
- Feb 1, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Feb 10, 2024
- Scholarship Notification
- Feb 10, 2024
Application process was pretty...
- Film Program & Degree
- LMU - Film and Television Production MFA
- Submission Date
- Nov 15, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 2, 2024
- Interview Date
- Feb 15, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 29, 2024
First time applicant! I graduated undergrad in June 2022 and applied for Fall 2024 entry. I was waitlisted and learned about the decision much later than other programs. I'm really bummed about it as Columbia was my top choice, but I'm going to reapply!
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Submission Date
- Dec 19, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 2, 2024
- Interview Date
- Feb 7, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Apr 3, 2024
This was a pretty straightforward application...
- Film Program & Degree
- UT Austin - Screenwriting MFA
- Submission Date
- Nov 30, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 7, 2024
- Interview Date
- Feb 15, 2024
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Apr 10, 2024
Admitted but Not Attending (After Interview)
University of Georgia - MFA in Film, Television, & Digital Media
This was a pretty involved application since...
- Film Program & Degree
- University of Georgia - Film, Television and Digital Media MFA
- Submission Date
- Dec 13, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 29, 2024
- Interview Date
- Mar 11, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 22, 2024
The application was relatively simple and the...
- Film Program & Degree
- Boston University - Screenwriting MFA
- Submission Date
- Jan 24, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 11, 2024
- Scholarship Notification
- Mar 11, 2024
It has gone really fast so far. I got most of...
- Film Program & Degree
- AFI - Production Design
- Submission Date
- Mar 22, 2024
- Interview Notification Date
- Mar 26, 2024
- Interview Date
- Mar 28, 2024
- Scholarship Notification
- Apr 17, 2024
The film art school application process has...
- Film Program & Degree
- UNCSA - School of Filmmaking (BFA)
- Submission Date
- Dec 22, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 12, 2024
- Interview Date
- Apr 23, 2024
Never got an interview, so I really just...
- Film Program & Degree
- UCLA - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Submission Date
- Oct 2, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 27, 2024
Never got an interview, so I really just...
- Film Program & Degree
- Boston University - Screenwriting MFA
- Submission Date
- Oct 8, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 18, 2024
Never got an interview, so I really just...
- Film Program & Degree
- AFI - Screenwriting
- Submission Date
- Oct 8, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 15, 2024
Fully expected not to get in here. I did get...
- Film Program & Degree
- NYU Tisch - Graduate Film MFA
- Submission Date
- Sep 28, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 15, 2024
Never got an interview, so I really just...
- Film Program & Degree
- UT Austin - Film and Media Production MFA
- Submission Date
- Sep 25, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 14, 2024
They changed the semester start from Fall 2024...
- Film Program & Degree
- University of Georgia - Film, Television and Digital Media MFA
- Submission Date
- Oct 2, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 29, 2024
- Interview Date
- Mar 13, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 22, 2024
Very smooth. Application didn't ask a lot to...
- Film Program & Degree
- Syracuse - Film MFA
- Submission Date
- Oct 8, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 9, 2024
- Interview Date
- Feb 14, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 8, 2024
- Scholarship Notification
- Mar 8, 2024
It was a relatively easy process. I expected...
- Film Program & Degree
- Emerson - MFA Writing for Film and Television
- Submission Date
- Oct 8, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 7, 2024
- Scholarship Notification
- Mar 7, 2024
Even though USC is my strategic future plan and I didn't get through it, UCLA has been my childhood dream university since I was 15! So I would be even happier to get into UCLA!
- Film Program & Degree
- UCLA - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Submission Date
- Nov 1, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Mar 29, 2024
- Interview Date
- Mar 3, 2024
first time I applied to a grad school. Ended up submitting my application on the due date due to making constant changes to the essays and wasn't able to film a good portion of the short film until a week prior to the deadline.
- Film Program & Degree
- LMU - Film and Television Production MFA
- Submission Date
- Nov 15, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 2, 2024
- Interview Date
- Feb 22, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 29, 2024
- Willing to share application materials?
- Yes (attached or included with this logged application entry)
First time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- Chapman - Cinematography MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 30, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 15, 2024
First time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- Emerson - Film and Media Art MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Jan 31, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 29, 2024
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