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  1. Patrick Clement

    Fifth Year Columbia U Directing MFA (& KU Alum) ASQUEMIENETHENGUE

    I've been pretty active in the forums since my application year. I'm going to take all of my threads and repost them here and happy to answer any new questions!
  2. Chris W

    Film School Applications 2020

    And so it begins... The first applications of this season have begun to roll in: https://www.filmschool.org/applications/categories/fall-2020-ma-mfa.12/ Add yours to the database as soon as you apply and fill it out with as much info as you can to help the other applicants. Good luck...
  3. Chris W

    UT Austin Film School Acceptance Rate & Minimum GPA

    According to data from our Application Tracker the reported acceptance rate and minimum GPAs for UT Austin Department of Radio-Television-Film are the following: UT Austin - Directing FilmSchool.org UT Austin Acceptance Rate: [0]=UTAustinDirecting']56% (15 out of 28 applications) Lowest...
  4. Chris W

    NYU Tisch Acceptance Rate & Minimum GPA

    According to data from our Application Tracker the reported acceptance rate and minimum GPAs for NYU Tisch School Of The Arts are the following: NYU - Graduate Film FilmSchool.org NYU Acceptance Rate: [0]=NYUGraduateFilm']20% (36 out of 177 applications) Lowest Reported Minimum GPA...
  5. Chris W

    LMU Film School Acceptance Rate & Minimum GPA

    According to data from our Application Tracker the reported acceptance rate and minimum GPAs for LMU School of Film and Television are the following: LMU - Writing for the Screen M.F.A. FilmSchool.org LMU Acceptance Rate:[0]=LMUWritingfortheScr'] 57% (17 out of 29 applications) Lowest Reported...
  6. Chris W

    Columbia Film School Acceptance Rate & Minimum GPA

    According to data from our Application Tracker the reported acceptance rate and minimum GPAs for Columbia MFA in Film are the following: Columbia - Creative Producing FilmSchool.org Columbia Acceptance Rate: [0]=ColumbiaCreativeProdu']63% (41 out of 65 applications) Lowest Reported Minimum...
  7. Chris W

    Chapman Acceptance Rate & Minimum GPA

    According to data from our Application Tracker the reported acceptance rate and minimum GPAs for Chapman film school are the following: Chapman - Cinematography FilmSchool.org Chapman Acceptance Rate: [0]=ChapmanCinematography']84% (11 out of 13 applications) Lowest Reported Minimum GPA...
  8. Chris W

    UCLA Film School Acceptance Rate & Minimum GPA

    According to data from our Application Tracker the reported acceptance rate and minimum GPAs for UCLA TFT (School of Theater, Film and Television) are the following: UCLA - Directing/Film Production FilmSchool.org UCLA Acceptance Rate: [0]=UCLADirectingFilmPro']26% (23 out of 90 applications)...
  9. Cody Young

    Accepted into AFI’s Screenwriting program, Ask me Anything!

    Hello all, I’m a recently accepted graduate student who will be attending AFI in the fall within the Screenwriting discipline. This past year, I applied to MFA programs for the first time and I unfortunately only discovered this website shortly after I submitted my last application. Being that...
  10. BuddernScotch

    How I Got In To Film School: Application / Interview Process Information and AMA

    (As with all information, take with grain of NaCl) Hello there potential filmschool applicants! The application / interview process can be stressful and confusing. Information online is scattered around in bits and are often third hand or from a decade ago. You may feel like you're trying to...
  11. M

    How I chose between NYU Dramatic Writing and AFI Screenwriting.

    How I chose between NYU Dramatic Writing and AFI Screenwriting. I anguished over the thought of turning down either school. As a true cinephile, how could I consider living outside of LA? That’s where the industry is. I had to attend AFI. But what about the legends born out of New York, like...
  12. M

    Accepted to NYU - Dramatic Writing AMA (Ask Me Anything)

    Currently accepted to NYU - Dramatic Writing MFA and attending in the Fall. All questions welcome! Best, P
  13. KatieeveD

    Help with USC & UCLA screenwriting applications (I'm from the UK)

    Hey guys, So I want to apply to the Fall 2020 admissions for the USC MFA in Writing for Screen and TV and the UCLA Screenwriting MFA. I'm from the UK and our system works really differently here so I don't really understand what I'm doing. Can anyone else who's applied to these, or just US...
  14. G

    Can I get into film school with an Incomplete Bachelors?

    Hey all, Just discovered this website and it has been SUCH a relief to find others with the same questions and anxieties as me. I'm starting up my applications now for next year and I think I underestimated everything and really hope I get in somewhere. So a little about me (the good and the...
  15. rainydays

    Film MFA No Experience/ Program Recommendations?

    Hi everyone! I'm a junior in college right now majoring in English and minoring in Africana Studies, and I recently have started realizing I may want to work in film. I have no film experience but have done a lot of journalism and literary/visual magazine work and have done many creative works...
  16. COLUMBIA FILM SCHOOL STUDENT PROFILE: Patrick Clement - Screenwriting & Directing MFA

    COLUMBIA FILM SCHOOL STUDENT PROFILE: Patrick Clement - Screenwriting & Directing MFA

    "I went to Columbia because I wanted to be a better storyteller and understanding structure... and I do think my storytelling has gotten better and more complex and deeper and I'm really grateful to Columbia.... they delivered exactly what I expected them to deliver." Recently I had the...
  17. T

    OPEN HOUSE at Stony Brook Manhattan's MFA in TV Writing with Alan Kingsberg, Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler

    The most complete MFA in TV Writing on the East Coast is still accepting applications for next Fall and is having an Open House on May 20 to discuss how to get your TV series or movie from idea to market. Head of TV Writing Alan Kingsberg in discussion with legendary producers Christine Vachon...
  18. Stony Brook Manhattan MFA in TV Writing

    Stony Brook Manhattan MFA in TV Writing

    Two plus year MFA where each student creates the TV writing portfolio that can launch their career. In association with Killer Films. Run by Alan Kingsberg, who taught at Columbia's MFA for 17 years and has had students writing and producing shows including Billions, Stranger Things, Mozart in...
  19. W

    Teaching after MFA

    Hey Everyone, I had a quick question and didn't know if any of you had any insight on the matter. I would love to be able to teach film at the collegiate level and was wondering if you guys had any idea how much the school you obtained your mfa from matters when wanting to be a teacher? I...
  20. T

    Admitted After Interview AFI - Cinematography 2019

    First time applying to AFI or any graduate program. My interview seems to have been late in the process based on other members of this site. I tracked the views on the videos I submitted, and it looks like they watched them on 01/22 once, and then not again until the day of my interview. I...
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