How to Get Into Columbia University Film School: Exclusive Advice From the Admissions and Industry and Outreach Departments (Part 2)

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Exclusively for our Supporting Members, this is the second part of our 2 hour interview with the Columbia SOA film school admissions team.

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How to Get Into Columbia University Film School: Exclusive Advice From the Admissions and Industry and Outreach Departments (Part 1)

How to Get Into Columbia University Film School: Exclusive Advice From the Admissions and Industry and Outreach Departments (Part 1)

The graduate film program at Columbia University School of the Arts is highly acclaimed for its star-studded alumni roster and teaching students how to tell stories that move the masses. In 2022, FilmSchool.org ranked Columbia SOA runner-up for Best Screenwriting Program in its list of top film...

Let's talk about the infamous article by The Wall Street Journal that criticized Columbia SOA for leaving some film program graduates with high loans and difficulty finding well-paying jobs. How are you trying to ease the sting of student debt?​


Julie: I’m familiar with The Wall Street Journal's article. We do have donor funding and grants that supply a large number of our scholarships, but we don’t have the same access to these funds compared to the undergraduate Columbia College.

We are always working on ways to make the MFA film program easier to access and to reduce the amount of debt students graduate with. One recent example: We have restructured the Film MFA program to allow for a shorter time to degree for students primarily interested in Writing with the Writing for Film & Television program. The precise three-year timeline helps reduce some of the...
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