<p>Hello friends from CC</p>
<p>This my new question..I'm junior at a private college..I'm business major...I want to transfer to a good film school..USC chapman, ucla or northwestern but my parents want me to get my degre in business( will graduate late next year) and then go to film school..wha do you guys think about that...who would that work??i mean i would be a pplying for a a second bachelor degree???</p>
<p>It’s been done before.</p>
<p>Your parents are concerned that you be able to get a job and support yourself. This is normal. In fact, most parents would say that they are absolutely on target about it.</p>
<p>Now, once you have a job and can pay your own way through life if you decide that you want to pursue studies in film, or take up gourmet cooking, it really is up to you. What you will need to consider then is how much time and money you have available for those pursuits. If you are dying to study film, you can start by reading the program requirements at the school(s) you are interested in. You may need a second bachelor’s degree, or you may only need a certain number of credits in order to get the film job of your dream. And, even a second bachelor’s degree doesn’t automatically mean four more years of schooling. Depending on how many of your credits transfer, and on how many the new university requires you earn on their campus, you could be done in two full-time years or less.</p>
<p>thank you so much happymomo.. My parents want me to have a business degree just in case i don’t get a job in the film industry…I can understand that since its a very competitive market…Let’s suppose i have graduated. How would the schools perceive an applicant that has already a bachelor degree..Would they give preference to those without a degree?</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about film school. I do know that back in the last century when I decided to go back to college and get a degree in agriculture, my home state public U gave me so much transfer credit that I was classified as a “Senior Transfer”. This meant I had priority for classes, but I still would have had to be there for two years to get enough credits in order to graduate in my new field. Instead, I opted to take the undergrad pre-reqs. for the graduate courses I wanted, and to apply directly to grad school once I’d finished them.</p>
<p>My best suggestion is that you contact the schools you like, and find out how each of them treat applicants in your situation. Lots of people go to film school later in life, so I’m certain they will have seen applicants like you before.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best!</p>
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<p>I think it would be a good idea to finish up with your degree first then go to film school.
having a film degree and a business degree seems like a really really good combo to me. like there are lots of opportunities out there for that kinda gig.
good luck with everything</p>
<p>I think this is a very valid post that answers a question many of us wonder - is it practical to get a degree in a “secure” field to fall back on, make a good amount of cash, and then go to school again to study what you really love.</p>
<p>I’d like to do something similar to what the above poster is suggesting, except perhaps with a slightly different goal. After I get a nice, lucrative degree in Computer Science, I want to just go back to school and study Literature, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Astronomy, and anything else that catches my eye for the rest of my days.</p>
<p>I kinda feel bad if i was to transfer to a film school..i’ve already taken a lot of business classes..plus i really enjoy my classes…
I’m just wondering how would admission look at my situation…i’ve written them an e-mail but still waiting for an awnser…what do you guys think…how would having a degree affect my application?</p>
<p>I’d say go for the completion of a business degree.</p>
<p>My mom did what you would potentially be doing: she got a degree in graphic design from Iowa State, found out that with her degree in the place she lived she would be a waitress, went back to Georgia State and got a degree in interior design. From my understanding, they treat you as a transfer student. As long as you have a good GPA at your current school, even after you get the degree, you’re likely to get in. But I don’t much about transfer admissions.</p>
<p>Yeah i think that will be a wise choice…any other cmments</p>