AFI financials - curious if anyone has taken out the loans and lived to tell??

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Start date Mar 23, 2025

Austinnnnjb

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Mar 23, 2025

So I was accepted into AFI for screenwriting, which was the dream school, and am awaiting financials. Should I not get any scholarship, curious if anyone has taken out the loans and lived to tell? How are you feeling about it now?

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Chih

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Mar 24, 2025

Accepted for cinematography, and still waiting for scholarship now. I think they will let us know the result today.

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Chih said:
Accepted for cinematography, and still waiting for scholarship now. I think they will let us know the result today.

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