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UCLA PRODUCTION / DIRECTING TFTthanks chris! do you know any students who are finishing up their first year there? Two of us (incoming fall2026 students) are really struggling...
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Application 'UCLA - Production/Directing - Narrative (2026)'
Spent the majority of the time working on the treatment. In the end, I felt that it was fairly strong. However, I was revising my Statement of Purpose and Personal Statement up until the deadline...- featherless
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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
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Application process was difficult but rewarding. As this was my second time applying, I had learned from the first attempt and tried to level up the quality of the submissions, taking special care...- jonathanjlee
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Application 'USC SCA SCREENWRITING MFA FALL 2026'
The application process was great! I had a lot of fun writing, and I think the prompts truly got the best out of me! They're certainly not easy to navigate, but I encourage all applicants to...- armaan2412
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Application 'NFTS Cinematography MFA 2027'
Application process has gone well, NFTS' main part of the application is the eight short answer essay questions, so I spent most of my time working on that process, rewriting the answers multiple...- Mattczopek
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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
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Application 'AFI Cinematography 2026'
The application process takes quite a while, and there's a lot of material to prepare, but it was much easier for me this time since I am reapplying and already familiar with the process.- VinnieJacked
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Application process was pretty chill. I was already applying to other MFA programs and was grateful AFI wanted three pages of personal statement instead of one or two because it was more...- bchemtrails13
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- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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First time applying
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It was really stressful to prepare the...
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- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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first time applying
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- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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- Jan 21, 2022
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First time applying. As someone who just started pursuing film less than 3 years ago, don't worry about what you THINK they want and how you won't stack up to everyone. Be true to yourself in every part of your application. USC will see that.
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- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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- Jan 22, 2022
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- Feb 27, 2022
USC - Directing/Film Production
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- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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- Nov 12, 2021
This was my first time applying, and I...
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First time applying
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- Film Program & Degree
- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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- Nov 13, 2021
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- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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First time applying for film, second time applying to USC.
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- Nov 15, 2021
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first time applying
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- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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- Nov 12, 2021
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 3, 2022
First time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 15, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 12, 2022
- Interview Date
- Jan 17, 2022
First time apply and interviewed.
- Film Program & Degree
- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Submission Date
- Nov 15, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 21, 2022
- Interview Date
- Jan 26, 2022
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My application for usc was going well. I...
- Film Program & Degree
- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Submission Date
- Nov 15, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 20, 2022
- Interview Date
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The process with USC has been one of the...
- Film Program & Degree
- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
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- Nov 15, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 16, 2022
- Interview Date
- Jan 19, 2022
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- Feb 27, 2022
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