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Denied (w/o Interview)
NYU Tisch - Graduate Film MFA - 2026
1st time applying, I have my bachelors in creative writing from FSU and work as a freelance practical SFX artist
- Film Program & Degree
- NYU Tisch - Graduate Film MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 1, 2025
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 16, 2026
- Willing to share application materials?
- Yes (attached or included with this logged application entry)
Admitted (After Interview)
LMU MFA film and tv production
Application went pretty smoothly. Their interview were one of the first I received, and the first one I ended up doing. Thought I semi bombed the interview and was surprised to see I got accepted. So ig it didn’t go as bad as I thought.
communication with the school has been very direct and...
- Film Program & Degree
- LMU - Film and Television Production MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 15, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 6, 2026
- Interview Date
- Feb 12, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 17, 2026
Admitted (After Interview)
AFI Producing
Smooth, straightforward, and enjoyable application. First time applying for graduate programs, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Out of some of the other programs I applied to, I appreciated the simplicity of AFI's application. It really cared about your story and materials and didn't have...
- Film Program & Degree
- AFI - Producing
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 30, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 14, 2026
- Interview Date
- Jan 30, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Feb 18, 2026
Denied (After Interview)
UCLA MFA Cinematography Fall26
Required materials are all writings. Personal statement, Statement of purpose, and an essay of cinematogrpahy... Please note that their application system is tricky; the writing requirements on the submission page are different from the application requirements page. SO I suggest checking the...
- Film Program & Degree
- UCLA - Cinematography MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Oct 20, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 26, 2026
- Interview Date
- Mar 7, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 17, 2026
Denied (After Interview)
UCLA Producers Program Fall 2026
Process was pretty easy, didn’t have too much trouble but it could be tedious at times. The hardest part was the waiting for a while afterwards for any updates.
- Film Program & Degree
- UCLA - Producers Program MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 1, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 19, 2026
- Interview Date
- Mar 4, 2026
Waitlisted (After Interview)
NYU 2026
Pretty tough. Lots of writing samples to do but I had a lot of fun with them to be honest. Interview was pretty intimidating and I think some of my answers might've been what pushed me to the waitlist.
- Film Program & Degree
- NYU Tisch - Graduate Film MFA
- Attempts
- Second Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 30, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 5, 2026
- Interview Date
- Mar 18, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 16, 2026
- Willing to share application materials?
- Yes (DM me privately)
Admitted (After Interview)
AFI Directing - 2026
Application was pretty straightforward except for making a new short film. Worse and directed that by end of November, and submitted it with a different short I made a few years back. Interviewed over zoom and thought it went well.
- Film Program & Degree
- AFI - Directing
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 1, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 15, 2026
- Willing to share application materials?
- Yes (DM me privately)
Admitted but Not Attending (w/o Interview)
Columbia College Chicago
Screenwriting and development MA
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia College Chicago - Cinema and Television Directing (MFA)
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 17, 2025
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 17, 2026
- Scholarship Notification
- Mar 17, 2026
Admitted (After Interview)
LMU - MFA in Film and TV Production
Straightforward application. I enjoyed creating a film from the given prompt. A reasonable amount of work to submit. It took a while to hear back. I submitted in November and interviewed over a month ago.
- Film Program & Degree
- LMU - Film and Television Production MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 15, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 5, 2026
- Interview Date
- Feb 12, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 17, 2026
- Scholarship Notification
- Mar 17, 2026
Admitted (After Interview)
LMU Film&TV Production (Cinematography) Fall26 MFA
Not that hard. The application system is built by themselves, so a very slow speed to upload videos. DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST DAY. I encountered a problem when I did the self-introduction video because you have to record on the webpage, not upload your done video. Also, I found that the...
- Film Program & Degree
- LMU - Film and Television Production MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 12, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 6, 2026
- Interview Date
- Feb 12, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 17, 2026
Admitted (After Interview)
UAL Screenwriting
Went really quick procress it was weird i had to email all my material too them,meeting went great, probably not going,but such a nice professor and great looking program!
- Film Program & Degree
- University of the Arts London (UAL) - MA Screenwriting
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 10, 2025
- Interview Date
- Dec 20, 2025
Admitted (After Interview)
De Paul Screenwriting MFA
It was pretty easy, i really thought i bombed the interview as i went in nervous but it must have won them over somehow, the tour is really neat and really sells you the program
- Film Program & Degree
- DePaul - Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 15, 2026
Waitlisted (After Interview)
NYU Dramatic Writing
The process was pretty simple i wrote the sample in one draft for NYU so i'm shock that i got waitlisted. It's pretty straightforward process i'd recommend getting your Letter of Recs as soon as possible as it took them forever to come in
- Film Program & Degree
- NYU Tisch - Dramatic Writing MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 14, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Mar 4, 2026
- Interview Date
- Mar 5, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 17, 2026
Denied (w/o Interview)
NYU MFA
I always knew that NYU was going to be a long shot. Even with a letter of rec from an NYU professor. Never heard anything from when i applied till I got my notification.
- Film Program & Degree
- NYFA MFA in Filmmaking
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 1, 2025
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 16, 2026
Denied (w/o Interview)
NYU TISCH - GRADUATE FILM MFA
For the visual sample, they said you could either submit a collection of photographs or a short film, but not both, which was confusing since I initially wanted to submit a short documentary. I chose not to because it included both photographs and video, as they typically do. I wasn't blindsided...
- Film Program & Degree
- NYU Tisch - Graduate Film MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 30, 2025
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 16, 2026
Waitlisted (After Interview)
AFI - PRODUCING MFA
The application is quite short, which made me nervous because I don't have a strong visual portfolio, such as short films outside of school assignments. But I did appreciate the three short questions I had to answer, as other schools didn't ask anything outside of portfolios.
- Film Program & Degree
- AFI - Producing
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 1, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 11, 2026
- Interview Date
- Feb 17, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 16, 2026
Admitted (After Interview)
BROOKLYN COLLEGE FEIRSTEIN - MFA FILM
There weren't many required elements of the portfolio, which had pros and cons because I liked being able to submit what I felt was my best work, but I was anxious because I didn't know exactly what they wanted.
- Film Program & Degree
- Brooklyn College Feirstein - Directing MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Jan 15, 2026
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 5, 2026
- Interview Date
- Feb 19, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 12, 2026
Admitted (After Interview)
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY - MFA FILM
The application process was smooth. The portfolio wasn't too big, but I still felt like I could showcase my work. My interviewer followed up after I was admitted and wrote a very nice email.
- Film Program & Degree
- DePaul - Directing/Film Production MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 15, 2025
- Interview Date
- Jan 29, 2026
- Decision Notification Date
- Feb 19, 2026
Admitted (w/o Interview)
Chapman
I applied and was reached out to by the director of my program to say he had recommended me for admittance to the admissions office. I had the opportunity to tour the school and visit him, as well as zoom and ask questions. He has also put me in touch with former and current students to learn...
- Film Program & Degree
- Chapman - Production Design MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 14, 2025
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 16, 2026
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Denied (After Interview)
American Film Institute
I was a bit stressed about the introductory video, but was very happy to get an interview. My interviewers were intense but very interesting people who I enjoyed talking to. They suggested that if I were accepted, I would need to take an architecture course over the summer, as my background is...
- Film Program & Degree
- AFI - Production Design
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 1, 2025
- Interview Notification Date
- Jan 16, 2026
- Interview Date
- Jan 23, 2026
- Willing to share application materials?
- No / Prefer not to share
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