<p>...? i am a little lost</p>
<p>USC, UCLA, NYU in any order.</p>
<p>Jon</p>
<p>thank you guys</p>
<p>Add Northwestern and Florida State.</p>
<p>top 4: USC,UCLA,NYU,COLUMBIA....no order</p>
<p>Columbia is very good on the graduate level; I would not recommend for an undergrad studying film. Northwestern and Florida State do not have the same connections other film schools have.</p>
<p>Jon</p>
<p>the only downsides to columbia are the tuition and that it sometimes takes 5 years to complete the grad program. 50k a year for 5 years...</p>
<p>There are many Northwestern grads in LA -- they are called "The
Northwestern Mafia".</p>
<p>NYU, USC are the best in the country. My third would be UCLA, even though undergrads are only in the film school for their last two years...its still the best. </p>
<p>Florida State is probably fourth, but it cannot compare academically to either of the top three. The Film school is one of the best though. </p>
<p>Columbia undergrad is mostly cinema studies, but if thats what you're looking for, its one of the best.</p>