Admitted but Not Attending (After Interview) AFI MFA Editing - Fall 2026

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AFI - Editing
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First Time Applying
Submission Date
Mar 17, 2026
Interview Notification Date
Apr 7, 2026
Interview Date
Apr 10, 2026
Decision Notification Date
Apr 16, 2026
First year applying for Film MFA programs. At this point I have been waitlisted for Screenwriting and denied for Directing. As part of the Directing denial I was invited to apply for Editing and have done so.

How has the application process gone so far?

Well enough. It mainly only consisted of me...
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Good luck! 🤞

Also, I don't think I realized or I forgot that you went to Full Sail. How did you like it? Can you review it in our review section?
 
That's an interesting one.
I told them that I had already known I wasn't making it for Directing this year since I wasn't interviewed but that I'd had a very positive interview for Screenwriting, so I was somewhat shocked when I was waitlisted. There was a line in the email that mentioned how Editing was (paraphrasing) basically Directing the film towards the end result (and how some Directors come from Editing initially). As I read that email multiple times, that line kept standing out to me. I then thought "If I have the chance to increase my editing skills by learning from some of the best in the world at it, I'd be a fool to not try to take advantage of the opportunity." Robert said he liked my mindset.
 
basically Directing the film towards the end result
Yeah. Editing is basically the final "rewrite" of the script. :) Or in the case of the unscripted I've been doing a lot of recently I'm literally creating the entire story out of a ton of raw footage and there was never a script at all! I find the puzzle quite enjoyable.
 

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