Chapman (vs other schools)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Chapman University
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<p>(I realize this is a Chapman forum, but if anyone has any knowledge about the other schools, I'm open to input)</p>

<p>I'm a senior in high school and here's my situation:</p>

<p>I really want to go to an undergrad film school, so I applied to many film production programs. I have narrowed down my choices to:
Chapman, Wisconsin (Madison), Colorado (@ Boulder), and Penn State (University Park)</p>

<p>Here's my dilemma(s):
I really liked Chapman's film school (it's the best out of all of them, and it's near many internship/job opportunities. But it's a pretty small school, and I'm worried it will be a ghost town on weekends (commuters)). I know that there might be a sort of 'film community' at Chapman, but the student life aspect is still worrying me. What's the impact of there not being many students living in University Housing? If all the students are living next door to the campus, then the answer is: not much. But if everyone is living in the city of Orange, well maybe this does impact life on campus. And what about school spirit?</p>

<p>I really liked Wisconsin for it is a big school, and the college atmosphere and student life is really great. But what about the film production program? I really don't know much about it, and, while it's not as good as Chapman's, is it any good?</p>

<p>Colorado is the same as Wisconsin. I visited the campus last year, and it was beautiful. I visited the film school last year, and it was in the basement of a very old building. (It was dark and awful). They told me they were moving their facilities into a new building: does anyone know anything about that? How's the film program?</p>

<p>Finally, Penn State I know is a really big school; student life is really not an issue at all. I know what the campus is like, but I really don't know much about the film production program. The communications school really advertises the Television aspects, but I really haven't heard much about the film program. How're the facilities, and is it good?</p>

<p>So, to conclude: Can anyone help me out with Chapman student life, Wisconsin's film program, and Colorado's film program, and PSU's film program?</p>

<p>Thanks for any help,</p>

<p>Michael</p>

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<p>Okay well ya I hear Chapman's student life isn't that great, it does take some effort to get into the school community, and there is no school spirit. I have heard that the film kids do tend to hang out together a lot considering we'd have a lot of classes together. I don't know anything about those other schools and haven't heard anything about their film programs. If you're looking to make it in the industry I would strongly suggest going to Chapman. First of all it's in southern california, and it's in the top 5 film schools in the nation, and with it's new facilities are top of the line and even better than what they currently have at USC (although USC will definetely be catching up quickly) while Orange can be kind of boring, there did seem to be a lot of kids staying in on campus housing when i visited, and angels stadium, the pond, and disneyland are all about 15 minutes away, and LA isn't that far</p>

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<p>You can find good film programs at Loyola Marymount, USC and Cal State Long Beach, too.</p>