UT Austin - MFA, 2025 (1 Viewer)

[RainMan]

Anyone received any updates??

 

[Chris W]

Thanks for starting this thread! Here's our part data for the program. Be sure to log your application once you can so we can improve it and help others.

UT Austin - MFA program in Film and Media Production Acceptance Rate (All Programs/All Years)

38.9%

Admitted

28 out of 72

8.3%

Waitlisted

6 out of 72

52.8%

Not Admitted

38 out of 72

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...

UT Austin - MFA in Screenwriting Program Acceptance Rate (All Programs/All Years)

23%

Admitted

14 out of 61

16.4%

Waitlisted

10 out of 61

60.7%

Not Admitted

37 out of 61

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...

UT Austin: Michener Center Acceptance Rate (All Programs/All Years)

10.5%

Admitted

2 out of 19

89.5%

Not Admitted

17 out of 19

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...

Lots of helpful info in the above links.

Good luck!

 

[nikifish]

Haven't yet. Just waiting LOL

 

[RainMan]

My portfolio on Vimeo had new views on January 25th.

 

[nikifish]

My portfolio on Vimeo had new views on January 25th.

I'm curious about their thread in the past few years. I applied for the screenwriting program. It's too quiet, making me feel anxious.

 

[shirui222]

Not yet. TT

 

[Chris W]

New fun cinematography quiz posted to help with wait.

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[jgriff1995]

I applied and met all my deadlines (what a wildly stressful period that was) back in November. The waiting is very... scary. Lol But I did get a couple views on the Creative Sample! Fingers crossed!

 

[CLChou]

Has anyone received interviews? I just saw that UT had sent interviews for the screenwriting program today.

 

[jgriff1995]

I saw that too! And got a bit scared myself, as I haven’t got word yet either… it could be spread out. I applied for Film Production specifically, so it could just be that they’re finally sorting through different sections? I dunno. But best to keep chins up.

 

[CLChou]

Me too! I also applied for Film production specifically. Hope we’re all getting interview invitations soon.

 

[RainMan]

Just saw the email for a 15 min Film & Media Production interview, received 19 hours ago! Chose Feb 21st from the three options.

 

[CLChou]

Good luck with your interview!

 

[RainMan]

Had the interview yesterday with Miguel and another screenwriting professor (forgot his name). It was a chill interview! He told me beforehand not to feel bad if he cut me off early due to the 15-minute time limit.
I was asked: Why MFA? What are you working on at the moment? What do you bring to the table (strengths and experiences)? And if I had any questions. He was making notes as I spoke! Overall, it was a fun interview.
Another professor mentioned that they received 180 applications this year, interviewed 20, and will narrow it down to the final 12. Miguel said we’ll hear back next week!

Best of luck to everyone!

 

[RainMan]

Just got accepted!!

 

[CLChou]

Congrats!!! Will you attend the program?

 

[riverrain]

Hey there! I've never gone through graduate applications before, so I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing that my application is still in review? I didn't receive any notice about an interview. Do they typically only admit those with interviews? I've scrolled through past threads and seems like it's a new system every year. Thanks for running this guys!