SVA Computer Art vs NYU Tisch Animation?

College Majors Visual Arts and Film Majors
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What are your thoughts/personal experience/advice on these two schools? Which school offers better financial aid/scholarships?

SVA (total cost = $56,373)
Pros: close to home, has amazing industry connections, the work produced seems top-notched
Cons: not in a university setting (I’d like to minor in science as I have interest in becoming a scientific visualizer)

NYU (total cost = $63,472)
Pros: close to home, one of the best film schools in the country, is a university (I always have the option of double-majoring/minoring in a field other than art)
Cons: more expensive, I don’t know much about their animation department (haven’t seen much of student works/achievements)

I hope to become an animator, storyboard/concept artist, visual effects/cgi artist, or scientific animator. The dream is to one day be working for NASA in at least one of these fields.

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Look into MICA, RIT, or Carnegie Mellon. They have opportunities to minor in a science and work with other majors. It would prepare you much better than SVA (commercial art focus) or NYU (film theory focused more than hands-on).