<p>If you had to choose between CSU Long Beach, San Francisco State, and UC Santa Barbara for a film major, (taking into account: prestige, internship opportunities, location, and other variables) which would you choose?
Where will I have the best chance of being successful in the industry? </p>
<p>(P.S. Money is no issue)</p>
<p>anyone at all</p>
<p>sorry don’t know films.
there is this wiseman named nester will eventually able to answer, i hope.</p>
<p>The UC system schools are more prestigious and attract higher caliber students than the Cal State schools. However UC Santa Barbara (and UC Santa Cruz) have reputations as “party” schools.<br>
Really, for film, if money is no object and you want to be in S. California, you should be aiming for USC.
Just my .02</p>
<p>There was no chance I could get into USC.</p>
<p>out of those three, UCSB.</p>
<p>HI! I just asked a friend who is a film person, he attended schools locally but isn’t working in the industry. (Long story, basically had to leave school to support his parents. He says: </p>
<p>Long Beach.
UCSB is for drinking and geeking out on movies in academia.
SFSU is for arty films that will never sell.</p>
<p>So, his feeling is that if you want to make movies that will commercially successful, you want Long Beach.</p>
<p>He also says, about USC: </p>
<p>Try all the big three, then look at Loyola and Miami
Seriously, the big three are nuts
They are the asylum run by loons
No logic to their acceptance at all</p>
<p>We were IMing in game chat, which is why they’re short messages. :-)</p>
<p>Interesting, thanks for the information 
Anyone else have a different perspective?</p>
<p>Stephen Speilberg would say, “CSU-Long Beach.”</p>
<p>After trying 3 times to get into USC’s film school (and being denied 3 times), he went to Long Beach instead. Didn’t seem to hurt his career any! :D</p>
<p>??? you are in the wrong thread, worried_ go down to the <em>squee</em></p>
<p>Hey Pscholler,</p>
<p>I recently got admitted to UCSB under a film and media studies major, already submitted my SIR and without a doubt going there. Although UCSB may not be as prestigious as the holy trinity of film schools (USC, UCLA, NYU), I still feel like the opportunities there are pretty good. First of all, have you been there recently to see the new building that is partly dedicated to the film studies program? It’s amazing. They also now have the Pollock Theater which is a film theater that is used to screen student films. To me it seems as if UCSB’s film program is going to constantly be expanding and getting better. I have also checked out some of the classes offered for film majors there and I was surprised to see the variety of production courses. From basic production to animation labs, I am very much impressed with the classes available for a program that is more “theory” based. They have classes for crew production, advanced production, lighting, screenwriting, etc. They also have plenty of film festivals for student films and such. Another interesting class is Magic Lantern, which is more of an internship in my opinion, but you still get 4 units for completing it. So in my somewhat biased opinion, I think that UCSB is the ultimate choice out of the three. I am very passionate about film and extremely excited to start pursuing what I love at UCSB. The beach and amazing socal location don’t hurt either:)</p>
<p>Did you get your acceptance on the first day( March 22nd) and are you a transfer or freshmen? I am still pending…</p>
<p>Yeah I did get it on the first day and I am a transfer.</p>
<p>What were your stats dude?</p>
<p>I have a 3.6 UC transferable GPA, IGETC complete at the end of this spring and a TAG. I have 49 units complete and 19 in progress. I was actually kind of surprised that I got in on the first day. My friend just got accepted a few days ago and he has a 4.0.</p>
<p>hmmm. I have 35 complete, 25 in progress, lol. Maybe thats why.</p>
<p>35 complete, 25 in progress and a GPA of 3.35…we’ll see</p>