<p>Hi son has been accepted into the film programs RIT, Drexel and Syracuse, and waitlisted at Emerson. He wants to focus on production/post-production. Right now he is leaning towards RIT. He spent the day at classes at RIT and had a great time with the kids and professors - they made him feel welcome. He did the same at Drexel, but didn't feel the same level of interaction. When we visited Syracuse we go no sense of the school - they didn't even take us into any building on the tour.</p>
<p>Both gave $$$, but RIT gave more.</p>
<p>Then there is the wild card of Emerson and the waitlist.</p>
<p>Any advise/observations you have on comparing these good schools would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>I can’t speak for Drexel,but RIT has a very well respected film and animation program. I don’t think that Emerson has much dealing with animation, although I could be in error on this.</p>
<p>Honestly, I would go where his gut tells him to go. Being wanted is a great feeling and puts you in the right frame of mind to have a great college experience. School “reputation” is less important then the motivation of the student to make/work on films and to get as much experience as possible. Plus, if ZackJr is interested in post-production (being an editor, digital colorist, vfx-guy, etc, etc) that will set him apart from all the director-wannabes. If he’s good, he’ll be asked to help on lots of films. For a job, the best approach is to get the most technical of educations possible.</p>
<p>Zach, I can only say that I met a guy who worked on some animated films who felt that RIT’s film and animation program was quite good. He was a professor of film and animatin at UCLA.</p>
<p>Good to hear. I do get a sense that the animation program is strong. So I assume the production program is also strong.</p>
<p>One thing that puzzles me is that when a list of the ‘top’ film schools is ‘found on-line’, RIT (nor Drexel) appears on that list. Emerson usually does, but not the others. So, I ask myself, why?</p>