<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I'm going into senior year in high school and I'm not sure where I want to go, mainly because I'm not sure what I want to major in. </p>
<p>My biggest passion is probably film, but I also love science. The thing is, I have the grades (and a good shot) to get into a top college (Penn and lower). Unfortunately, Penn (and other top schools, except for N-Western) doesn't offer a program that's rich with film production--the Cinema Studies major is more like English, which I'm not really interested in. I want to get some real exposure to film production and what it's like to make movies.
But in order to do that, I'd have to go to a place like NYU, USC, or UCLA, which I know I could get into easily if I applied ED (I do not want to go to Northwestern). But, I'm not totally sure that I want to go straight into film. I want to be able to weight out my other options. I think it'd be a mistake to be CERTAIN that film is what I want going out of high school, which is why I'm leaning away from an NYU, etc., and more towards a Penn. </p>
<p>So, are there any other top schools (besides NW, for now) where you can take good film-production classes, while still focusing on other subjects. I want to be able to learn about film production without going into a Tisch or something and basing my college experience solely on film.</p>
<p>Or, do schools like NYU, UCLA, USC, etc., offer opportunities to take film classes AND completely different classes (say, chemistry)?</p>
<p>Ideally, I'm looking for a very good school that offers classes in film-production (not theory-based), while allowing students to explore other options. Does such a school exist? (Probably not, but i'm hoping you guys can direct me towards the next best thing)....</p>
<p>If anyone has been in a simillar situation, or knows what I'm talking about, do you have any advice???</p>
<p>Thank you so much in advance...</p>
<p>--TM --</p>