• How to use the Film School Application Database & Tracker

    How to use the Film School Application Database & Tracker

    Thanks to our many members, the FilmSchool.org Application Database and Tracker consists of over 4,000 applications that date back to 2015, making it one of the most advantageous tools on the website. Its basic function is to track film schools’ rates of acceptance, minimum GPAs, accepted test scores, in addition to each program's many notification and decision dates.

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Application Periods
18
Series
1
Applications
4,400
Views
2,841,486
Comments
3,858
Maurizio L.
Views
482
Reaction score
1
first time applying
Film Program & Degree
USC - Writing for Screen and TV MFA
Submission Date
Nov 15, 2019
Decision Notification Date
Mar 2, 2020
Adrianaguevara
Views
1K
Reaction score
3
Comments
3
First time applying to NYU’s film and television program (ED II)
Film Program & Degree
NYU - Tisch Undergraduate Film & Television
Submission Date
Jan 1, 2020
Decision Notification Date
Feb 14, 2020
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
justin
Views
467
Film Program & Degree
La Sierra University
justin
Views
499
Film Studies
Film Program & Degree
Whittier College
SAT: #### (Data visible for Supporting Members)
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
justin
Views
737
Reaction score
1
Comments
1
Film Program & Degree
Woodbury University
SAT: #### (Data visible for Supporting Members)
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
Ashris
Views
629
Reaction score
1
Comments
1
First time
Film Program & Degree
SCAD - MFA Film and Television
Submission Date
Feb 2, 2020
Decision Notification Date
Feb 12, 2020
jioh
Views
489
Reaction score
1
Comments
1
Film Program & Degree
SCAD - MFA Film and Television
Submission Date
Jan 15, 2020
Decision Notification Date
Feb 3, 2020
jioh
Views
408
Film Program & Degree
Emerson - Film and Media Art MFA
Submission Date
Jan 7, 2020
Interview Notification Date
Mar 9, 2020
andy001
Views
523
Reaction score
1
Comments
1
Film Program & Degree
UMiami - Graduate Film
Submission Date
Jan 7, 2020
Decision Notification Date
Feb 6, 2020
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
billmoree
Views
592
Reaction score
1
Comments
1
Accepted without interview. First time applying.
Film Program & Degree
BU - Cinema and Media Production MFA
Submission Date
Jan 14, 2020
Decision Notification Date
Feb 5, 2020
Lucycat151
Views
1K
Reaction score
2
Comments
2
Film Program & Degree
Chapman University - Dodge College of Film and Media Arts (B.A. & B.F.A.)
Submission Date
Oct 1, 2019
Decision Notification Date
Jan 31, 2020
ACT: ## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
MarinaM
Views
454
Reaction score
1
First time applying
Film Program & Degree
USC - Writing for Screen and TV MFA
Submission Date
Nov 14, 2019
Decision Notification Date
Feb 29, 2020
SAT: #### (Data visible for Supporting Members)
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
dorkydiana
Views
599
Reaction score
1
first time applying
Film Program & Degree
BU - Screenwriting MFA
Submission Date
Jan 27, 2020
Decision Notification Date
Mar 6, 2020
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
Lucycat151
Views
850
Reaction score
1
Comments
2
Applied and Admitted
Film Program & Degree
DePaul University - School of Cinematic Arts BFA
Submission Date
Oct 1, 2019
ACT: ## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
mo99
Views
441
Reaction score
1
First time
Film Program & Degree
USC - Writing for Screen and TV MFA
Submission Date
Nov 11, 2019
Decision Notification Date
Mar 2, 2020
SitcomFan
Views
403
Reaction score
1
1st Time MFA applicant; undergrad alumni
Film Program & Degree
Cal State Fullerton (CSUF) - MFA In Screenwriting
ETanti18
Views
994
Reaction score
1
Comments
2
I am a senior in high school who applied and was accepted to LMU SFTV.
Film Program & Degree
LMU School of Film and Television BA
Submission Date
Oct 31, 2019
Decision Notification Date
Dec 17, 2019

Application Materials attached:
  1. Portfolio
  2. Visual Samples (Video)
  3. Short Film

SAT: #### (Data visible for Supporting Members)
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
Mihika
Views
443
First time applying!
Film Program & Degree
Chapman - Cinematography MFA
Submission Date
Dec 1, 2019
Decision Notification Date
Mar 13, 2020
dorkydiana
Views
637
Reaction score
1
first time applying
Film Program & Degree
Emerson - MFA Writing for Film and Television
Submission Date
Jan 7, 2020
Decision Notification Date
Feb 26, 2020
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)
dorkydiana
Views
525
Reaction score
1
first time applying
Film Program & Degree
Chapman - Screenwriting MFA
Submission Date
Dec 2, 2019
Decision Notification Date
Mar 13, 2020
GPA: #.## (Data visible for Supporting Members)

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Acceptance Data
For up to date Film School Acceptance Rates, including Minimum GPAs, Minimum Test Scores, After Interview and Off-Waitlist Acceptance Rates, Film Experience and Undergraduate degrees of accepted applicants, Age data, and other acceptance statistics for your film program of choice simply navigate to the Acceptance Rates tab on each film school's page in our Film School Database.

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Log your own Application with our application database to help improve the site's acceptance data.

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