Columbia College Hollywood offers you two ways to apply for admission: via the Columbia College Hollywood Online Application or via the Columbia College Hollywood Common App webpage.

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Ask your Admissions Counselor about eligibility for an application fee waiver.

See the Transcript Submission requirements here.

See the Transfer Student information here

Be sure to give your essay serious thought, and please take special care regarding grammar and spelling. Your personal essay must be 500 words or more and must answer all of the following questions:

• Why are you interested in the areas of cinema arts, entertainment, or creative media?
• What area of the entertainment arts or creative media most excites you?
• Why are you interested in pursuing your degree at Columbia College Hollywood?
• What are your creative, artistic, and/or professional aspirations?

Letters of Recommendation can be submitted by a teacher, counselor, school principal, or other professional who has firsthand knowledge of your interest in the arts. Recommendations should address your potential as a student at Columbia College Hollywood, your level of commitment, and your personal attributes, such as creativity, motivation, character, and academic achievement. Recommendations may not come from friends or family members.

You can give your recommenders this link to submit Letters of Recommendation online.

Letters of Recommendation may also be mailed directly to:
ATTN: ADMISSIONS OFFICE
Columbia College Hollywood
18618 Oxnard Street
Los Angeles, CA 91356

Although we don’t require SAT, ACT, IB, or AP scores for admission, we award college academic credit for certain secondary exams. Your official exam scores and transcripts must be approved prior to New Student Orientation in order to qualify for college academic credit.

Columbia College Hollywood School Codes are:
AP Exams – Code 1247
SAT Exams – Code 1247
ACT Exams – Code 5553

If a portfolio or sample reel of your work is not required, but you wish to send us a link, DVD, or other physical media we will gladly review it. Please note that we cannot return any materials or supporting documentation you send with your application.