<p>Hey, I know I already made this thread and enrolled in Rutgers but now I'm starting to doubt and freak out.</p>
<p>I'm interested in film. Rutgers clearly lacks much of that. They only really have a film studies minor. BU is big on film. Rutgers is offering the SAS honors program Rutgers is 6k cheaper for me. I don't know what I want to major in but I plan to try out Pre-Med. </p>
<p>I know that going to Rutgers will not give me the technical film experience I want. I don't even know if I'll have time to pursue that being in the honors program, doing Pre-Med, taking a major and minor. </p>
<p>BU is 5 hours from home and I know I'll be very homesick. I enrolled in Rutgers, my guts was with Rutgers but now I'm doubting if I really will miss out on the film aspect of BU. </p>
<p>I feel that I get more opportunity at Rutgers but at BU I get the chance to major in something I'm really interested in. I don't know what to choose and it's killing me. ):</p>
<p>You’ll definitely get more opportunity at Rutgers but if your dead set on studying film obviously BU is the better choice. I don’t know what to tell you, all things being equal I would choose Rutgers Honors over BU every time and the fact that its 6k less is gravy. You can always finish the minor and then transfer…</p>
<p>As the parent of a USC film school grad, Critical Studies, and having gone to Rutgers myself I believe that you should go to RU. Much of the hands on experience you are looking for can be obtained through internships. Look to NYC. They do make films there–lots and lots of them. Also through the minor find out what films are being made on campus and volunteer to crew on them. Make your own films. I have always believed that the production major is overvalued for undergraduate students. I mean, which is more important: learning how to set up the shot; or, learning why a particular director chose that angle and what it tells you about was he/she trying to communicate to the audience. Which do you learn more from?</p>
<p>Because good film making is about the human condition take as many different courses as you can in history, economics, gender studies, religion, business, ethnic studies, psychology, sociology, political science, science, art, and especially as many writing courses as you manage. You need to learn how to communicate; how to tell a story. Production majors often are tied into very specific and time consuming course work. The more you know, the more experience you have, the better films you will make.</p>