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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...- 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
- Comments: 1
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Application 'AFI MFA Directing - Fall 2026'
AFI is my dream school and the only school I...- spie73
- Comments: 1
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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...- 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
Chapman's application was a lot of fun. I...
- Film Program & Degree
- Chapman - Directing MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Oct 20, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 23, 2026
- Interview Date
- Feb 26, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 16, 2026
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Apr 17, 2026
AFI is my dream school and the only school I...
- Film Program & Degree
- AFI - Directing
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 1, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 15, 2026
- Interview Date
- Jan 22, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 16, 2026
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Apr 20, 2026
I lost contact with one recommender and wasn't...
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Writing for Film & Television MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 16, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 3, 2026
- Interview Date
- Feb 26, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 31, 2026
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Apr 14, 2026
- Willing to share application materials?
- No / Prefer not to share
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My second time applying. The overall process was challenging but fulfilling.
- Film Program & Degree
- FAMU - Directing MFA
- Attempts
- Second Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Jan 23, 2026
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 23, 2026
- Interview Date
- Feb 27, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 6, 2026
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Apr 10, 2026
First time applying to USC!
- Film Program & Degree
- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Aug 8, 2024
- Interview Notification Date
- Sep 28, 2024
- Interview Date
- Sep 30, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Oct 17, 2024
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Jan 8, 2025
First time applying. I graduated high school in 2013 and college in 2017 (I did not major in film).
- Film Program & Degree
- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Aug 14, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Sep 25, 2025
- Interview Date
- Sep 30, 2025
- Decision Notification Date
- Oct 14, 2025
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Dec 11, 2025
This is my first time applying to Columbia's MFA program. Admitted off the waitlist for Screenwriting & Directing instead of Writing for Film & TV... which I'm okay with! Attending.
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Writing for Film & Television MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 3, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 5, 2025
Second time applying, though it has been 9 years since the last time I tried.
- Film Program & Degree
- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Attempts
- Second Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 13, 2024
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 6, 2025
- Interview Date
- Jan 12, 2025
- Decision Notification Date
- Feb 21, 2025
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Aug 22, 2025
First time applying. Application was...
- Film Program & Degree
- UT Austin - Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 22, 2024
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 13, 2025
- Interview Date
- Feb 17, 2025
- Decision Notification Date
- Feb 21, 2025
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Apr 2, 2025
The application process had gone very well. It...
- Film Program & Degree
- UCLA - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Submission Date
- Jun 14, 2023
- Interview Date
- Mar 18, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Apr 14, 2023
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Jun 14, 2023
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
Straightforward. I spent most of my time...
- Film Program & Degree
- NYU Tisch - Dramatic Writing MFA
- Submission Date
- Nov 29, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 27, 2024
- Interview Date
- Mar 1, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 12, 2024
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- May 13, 2024
First time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- AFI - Editing
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 30, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 18, 2024
- Interview Date
- Jan 30, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 15, 2024
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Apr 17, 2024
- Willing to share application materials?
- Yes (attached or included with this logged application entry)
This is my first time applying!
- Film Program & Degree
- UT Austin - Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 1, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 7, 2024
- Interview Date
- Feb 15, 2024
- Decision Notification Date
- Feb 20, 2024
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Apr 9, 2024
- Scholarship Notification
- Apr 9, 2024
Attending (Off Waitlist After Interview)
Columbia University School of the Arts MFA Writing for Film and TV
The application process wasn't too difficult but challenging. The initial interview was amazing and went well, then I got waitlisted. In June, I got a call saying I'm in! Very excited!
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Writing for Film & Television MFA
- Submission Date
- Dec 12, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 4, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 16, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 23, 2023
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Jun 16, 2023
- Scholarship Notification
- Jun 16, 2023
First time applying!
- Film Program & Degree
- University of Georgia - Film, Television and Digital Media MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Jan 15, 2023
- Interview Notification Date
- Mar 3, 2023
- Interview Date
- Mar 14, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 24, 2023
Waitlisted, then admitted for Fall :D
- Film Program & Degree
- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 14, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 1, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 3, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 8, 2023
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Apr 27, 2023
First time playwright
- Film Program & Degree
- NYU Tisch - Dramatic Writing MFA
- Submission Date
- Oct 28, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 24, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 27, 2023
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Jul 20, 2023
It felt like an age from applying, to hearing...
- Film Program & Degree
- London Film School - MA Filmmaking
- Submission Date
- Aug 31, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Oct 21, 2022
- Interview Date
- Oct 26, 2022
- Decision Notification Date
- Nov 9, 2022
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Feb 23, 2023
Fourth time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- USC - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Attempts
- Fourth Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 15, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 16, 2022
- Interview Date
- Jan 17, 2022
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 2, 2022
- Admitted Off Waitlist Date
- Sep 11, 2022
- Willing to share application materials?
- Yes (attached or included with this logged application entry)
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