<p>No, I'm not already in. But I think I stand a strong shot (thank you for the threads ^.^). I have a friend that is up there working on the film program right now, and she told me that even if I don't get in my first year,you can re-apply your sophomore year (and that being an FSU student helps <em>a lot</em>). Either way, I'm double majoring (Economics/Film) and FSU is a better school in both of those than the local ones.</p>
<p>Hello again.</p>
<p>Even if it doesn't apply to you, I stand by what I said regarding the reason why most students want to go to FSU. I stand by it because I have overwhelming evidence in favor of my sentiment. I want to add that it's an unfortunate sentiment because FSU is an academic school but not everyone applies there for those reasons.</p>
<p>The problem arose primarily because you neglected to mention that you wanted to study film before I commented. Even so, to say FAU is "dreadful" without citing your supporting evidence is fairly irresponsible and it insults everything I stand for as well, so I guess we're even. Let's move on.</p>
<p>I've had an overwhelmingly positive experience at FAU. I've had great professors who have changed my life. I can't read about a new cancer cure or see a movie or talk about dating without something my professors have said coming to mind. When they talk about higher education shaping the minds of the future, this is what they're talking about. </p>
<p>So to hear that FAU is "dreadful" makes people believe that this sort of thing doesn't happen when obviously it does.</p>
<p>That's what I'm saying. I'm not arguing that FAU's communications department outdoes FSU. Obviously, with a dedicated Film School and the resources lavishly provided to them by the legislature every time they bring up the "ahem, flagship" card in budgetary meetings, it makes sense that FSU is currently the best place to study Film in Florida (until UCF builds a film school... Orlando is a prime place to study and work in Film)</p>
<p>Anyway, you can attend FAU for two years (just fulfilling your core reqs) and then transfer to FSU for the last two years to complete your film degree. People do that all the time. If you can't leave home and you have to choose among the local schools, FAU makes the most sense. However, if you feel so strongly against FAU, you can always attend FIU (they hate us anyway since we defeat them so often in sports).</p>
<p>HA! This thread sounds like the story of my life tallchild. I too, have crazy parents & because of that, they REFUSE to let me go to UF (I too live in South Florida) even though i'm basically being handed an acceptance letter (UF Hispanic Scholar baby!).
They think it's too far away and that i can't handle living on my own yada yada yada. I'll be 18 and 3/4 by the time I graduate high school, meaning 19 a month after college starts for me. And they STILL are keeping me tied down. At the age of 19, I think i can make my own decisions.
But anyways, they cant tell the difference between a good university and a bad one, unless its harvard. They think UF = FAU. For that reason, they actually want me to GO there and live with them. Yea okay.
So i've given up the UF battle after tears and arguments and "You Just DONT understand!!"s. And i'm like you know what? They are going to pay for all of this stuff, so whatever, UMiami for me.
They're gonna let me live on campus or off, dont know yet. Probably ON so they can monitor my every move through hidden cameras in my clothes. (They SWEAR that i can't make the right decisions). They basically want to keep me on lock down. Why dont they just make me wear a chastity belt? That's kinda extreme. But anyway.
Tallchild, my advice to you is to SUCK it up like I did. I was like, whatever, i'm being the bigger person. I just want to get the heck out of my house and live somewhere else, even if it is in a dorm w/ a stranger. I need independence, something my parents never seem to have been able to loosen up with.
Do what you have to, go to FIU or FAU for 2 years, the general education courses are the same in every university, it's just the last two core years that count. (And i told my parents otherwise so they could rid the idea of me going to FAU for 2 years, LOL). (They weren't born in this country so they don't know the system)
Alright, this is the end of my rant. Your dad is making your life impossible right now, but you'll forget about it when you are older and applying to FSU for your junior year. That's what parents' jobs are...make kids lives hell... the end.</p>
<p>I have nothing productive to add, but wow, I didn't know parents like that existed (no offence.) My parents took persuading, but I'm 17 too (turn 18 in Jan '08) and I'm going to Ohio all the way from India.</p>
<p>I really don't understand the logic behind any of this. If OP (and now also
fabi0lita) are getting/going to most likely get MONEY from schools to help pay for college, why make the kids go to another school where the parents would have to pay for it? I don't get it. Some students don't get offers like this from schools and have to work, work, work to be able to pay for it. </p>
<p>Are they trying to raise little Norma Bates' or something?</p>
<p>I believe the OP can use her scholarship at any state school, but that she wants to attend FSU.</p>
<p>BTW, this phenomenon is not that unusual. Parents who haven't gone away to college themselves often place these restrictions on their children. My sister-in-law refuses to let her children leave the state to attend college, which is greatly limiting her second born in choices. (Her eldest is commuting to college from home because she didn't feel he was equipped to "live on his own.") The second-born will attend a residential college provided she gets into one of the two she is allowed to attend.</p>
<p>It's not a Norma/Norman Bates thing. Parents can be overprotective. They can misunderstand what awaits their children. They can make this last stab at controlling the lives of their children. However, their children will still have their own productive lives.</p>
<p>I meant NormaN. Sorry.</p>
<p>I don't see how it is productive. What if the kids end up bitter?</p>
<p>FAU is not a 'dreadful' school, thank you very much...</p>
<p>fabio in post 43 is so funny.
He claims parents won't loosen up, he pleads for his independence, he wants to argue that he can make his own right decisions, but his tells us his mommy and daddy are paying his college bill. He cracks me up. Hey fabio, you want independence? You want to makle your own decisions? Pay your own way! You need to see fab, that your parents are not limiting your options. If you decide to take the gift of their money and attend the school of their choice, then that was, in fact, your choice. You have the option of paying any school you wish to attend that will accept you.</p>
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<p>Look at where their math faculty came from, FAU may be fine academically. But the party theme could be quite 'dreadful' in comparative with FSU for a film study major.</p>
<p>younghoss, i am a girl to begin with. Second of all, I have a 100% BF scholarship to UF, 6 hours from my house. Instead, my parents want me to go to UMiami with no scholarship. So actually, it's not my choice. THEY have the choice to pay nothing, or everything.</p>
<p>FSU has arguably the best film school in the country. I dont understand how that comparison is valid?</p>
<p>Also, faculty:</p>
<p>Harvard
UVA
Columbia
MIT
Cornell
Wisconsin
UIUC
UChicago
Cal
UBC
CIT</p>
<p>umm that's pretty decent</p>
<p>It may not be that the father did not have a residential college experience. Mine had one for undergraduate AND graduate school, yet REFUSED to provide one for me or any of my siblings. I wanted one so badly I went off to college at age 25, taking advantage of the Independent Student deal that kicks in at age 23 (was 24 when I started though.)</p>
<p>Waiting until 19 isn't so bad...my advice would be to get a job, preferably a nice-paying one like your nearest UPS hub or a manufacturer, because you can get those straight out of high school; and start saving up money. Then bring up the "moving away to college" thing, but make it clear that it is your choice and there is nothing anyone can do to stop you.</p>
<p>Yeah, that comparison was strange. However, what I think the person was getting at is that the university is not dreadful and as evidence, the math department did come from some pretty impressive places (Harvard, MIT, Berkeley). </p>
<p>In regards to:</p>
<p>"FSU has arguably the best film school in the country."</p>
<p>While FSU's is good -- especially because they pay for the costs of production -- my understanding was that NYU had the best film school in the country. So I took a look into it.</p>
<p>A quick Google search brought up the following names repeatedly...</p>
<p>AFI
NYU
UCLA
Caltech
USC</p>
<p>...with AFI (American Film Institute) usually topping each list. FSU only appeared in one list. However, FSU makes the most sense if you want to stay in Florida. </p>
<p>Come to think of it, do any of the other Florida universities even HAVE dedicated film schools? According to IMDB, the film schools in Florida are:</p>
<ul>
<li>American Intercontinental University - South Florida</li>
<li>Florida State University Film School (Tallahassee, FL)</li>
<li>Full Sail Real World Education (Winter Park, FL) </li>
<li>Miami Dade Community College School of Entertainment and Design Technology (Miami, FL)</li>
<li>PBCC Motion Picture and Television Production Program (Palm Beach, Florida)</li>
<li>Valencia Community College Arts and Entertainment Program (Orlando, FL)</li>
</ul>
<p>Meaning 2 universities, one of which (AIU?) no one has ever heard of and is on probation, 1 technical school, and 3 community colleges. Therefore, I'm not insulted because of course FAU can't compete with FSU if they don't have a dedicated film school. Our interests are in biotechnology, psychology, business and education so I don't think they're going to build a film school any time soon. Besides, as I stated before, having one at UCF would make the most sense. They have one of everything else... they might as well have a film school.</p>
<p>So yes, FSU makes the most sense... but it doesn't really have a lot of competition here either. I'm surprised UM doesn't have one considering it is a private school and Miami is the location of a lot of film/TV.</p>
<p>There are also several private schools near Orlando that have programs. UCF has a theatre program, and students have easy access to the theme parks.</p>
<p>FAU Guy, FSU has everything a film student looks for. The only problem is that it gets overshadowed by the likes of USC, UCLA, NYU, etc.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know. Again, I've heard good things. If I was still a film student, I probably would have gone there (things have changed and I actually don't think FSU has my current major -- Psychobiology -- so I couldn't have gone to FSU for that)</p>
<p>Also, I found out Miami actually has film--who knew?</p>
<p>Governor Crist signed into law last week that FSU, UF and USF are allowed to charge an additional fee that would NOT be covered by Bright Futures. See this link for more info <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362903%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362903</a>.</p>
<p>Tallchild will need to take that into consideration when looking at the financial aspect of her decision.</p>
<p>BTW, D1 is considering Fsu not for the parties but they have an honors program that will automatically enroll her in law school at FSU and has programs where the undergraduate students work with the law professors.
From the FSU Honors website: Students who are accepted into the Honors Legal Scholars Program will be automatically admitted to the FSU College of Law upon completion of the stated prerequisites of that program.Both programs also give students a head-start on their chosen careers by allowing them to become members of the professional school community while they are still undergraduates. Honors Scholars in both programs are given pre-professional advising, and they meet with professors, observe classes, and shadow current students in either the FSU College of Medicine or the FSU College of Law.</p>
<p>Good Luck - I'm rooting for you.</p>