Columbia Film School MFA Applicants 2026 (3 Viewers)

[mcox]

Do we have yet to hear about any "regular" admits? Those without any scholarships?

No not anywhere on the internet has someone said they got in without scholarship

 

[TanooMoo]

No not anywhere on the internet has someone said they got in without scholarship

Personally I’m assuming for the sake of my own sanity that everything coming out will be rejects, but for what it’s worth, I went to their financial aid webinar and they said that everyone admitted who applied for scholarship will get something no matter what

 

[Aryansh.y]

Personally I’m assuming for the sake of my own sanity that everything coming out will be rejects, but for what it’s worth, I went to their financial aid webinar and they said that everyone admitted who applied for scholarship will get something no matter what

Personally I’m assuming for the sake of my own sanity that everything coming out will be rejects, but for what it’s worth, I went to their financial aid webinar and they said that everyone admitted who applied for scholarship will get something no matter what

Then I think that they have only sent that zoom link to top admits because I fail to believe that Eric has enough time to personally call 60 of us and there is no other available news on admission notifications for S&D. No waitlist notifications and no regular acceptances as well so all we can do is cross our fingers and hope for the best!

 

[gibs9000]

I believe the entire cohort is 60, not s&d. Regardless, it feels like something is up if they said we'd hear back by the end of last week, now this week, and still nothing. Why not just send out the waitlists and rejections.

 

[Aryansh.y]

Guys did any of you follow up with them? I sent a mail yesterday, they haven’t replied yet.

 

[MsUni123]

Guys did any of you follow up with them? I sent a mail yesterday, they haven’t replied yet.

I have not. Maybe I should?

 

[Aryansh.y]

I have not. Maybe I should?

I would say so. This is getting frustrating now!

 

[MsUni123]

This was Columbia's response to my check-in.

 

[MsUni123]

This was Columbia's response to my check-in.

Like... what else is there for them to talk aboutttttttt? LOL

 

[aliceleigh123]

This was Columbia's response to my check-in.

Wait this is actually crazy…I was sure it was just rejections now but maybe something’s happening behind the scenes…

 

[Aryansh.y]

Wait this is actually crazy…I was sure it was just rejections now but maybe something’s happening behind the scenes…

Yeah man something's up for sure. If they were just rejections or/and waitlist, they would've sent them out by now.

 

[Aryansh.y]

Do you guys think we’re gonna get any updates over the weekend?

 

[hannathatsit]

dude atp i feel like its just never coming. im treating it as a rejection and trying to move on with my life. this is insane, and i have other places i need to respond to.

 

[Aryansh.y]

Hey guys any update?

 

[eepybee]

Admitted students day for the SOA was on Saturday. It's possible faculty were waiting to get some sort of information from the show out from that... just speculating. Tomorrow is also their initial commitment deadline, so possible they're waiting to see the results of that. In any case, I would be very surprised if everything doesn't come out by end of this week. (Though it's already surprising people are still waiting...)

Also, for clarity, there are 36 SW&D admits, 24 Creative Producing, and 12 WFFTV.

 

[Chris W]

Big upgrade to our admissions stats was just launched:

Columbia University's School of the Arts Acceptance Rate (All Programs/All Years)

33.5%

Admitted

175 out of 522

21.3%

Waitlisted

111 out of 522

45.2%

Not Admitted

236 out of 522

Awaiting Results Admitted Waitlisted Denied

Click here for our full Admission Statistics for this program including interview and acceptance notification dates, accepted GPAs, waitlist acceptance rate, demographics of accepted applicants, $ amount of scholarship awarded, and more...

I'll do a full writeup later with all the cool new features.

 

[MsUni123]

Hey guys any update?

Still no news from me!

 

[Aryansh.y]

Still no news from me!

It's really odd that we still haven't heard about the waitlist / rejections / late acceptances.

 

[gibs9000]

Today (the 7th) is the latest decision notification date noted in Columbia’s data. This is all really strange and verging on ridiculous.

 

[Aryansh.y]

They have stopped replying to mails as well. No updates and no notifications whatsoever.

Today (the 7th) is the latest decision notification date noted in Columbia’s data. This is all really strange and verging on ridiculous.