<p>I it might be silly to post this on a board with so many longhorns, but I thought it would be worth a try. Hopefully there are some Film and TV students on here.</p>
<p>How does the Film and Television program at UT stack up to USC and UCLA? UT has always been on my radar for film school, but I am not sure the choice to make when decisions come out (assuming I am accepted to any of the schools I applied to). I know many will point out that USC and UCLA are two of the best in the nation for film, but I like the pacing and opportunities that the UT program seems to offer. The main advantage of the Cali schools are the contacts and location, but around Austin there are plenty of smaller, satellite, or indie studios/filmmakers.</p>
<p>Anyone have some more insight? Just to let you all know, I feel that all three of my top choices are reaches, but I have to try.</p>
<p>Your question is exactly what I'm wondering about too ... I heard that the film school at UT is top 5, but I'm wondering how it really stacks as compared to USC and UCLA, like you have said ...</p>
<p>Post #17 is from me, and I found some links to sites that compare the major film schools. As far as rankings though, there are no official rankings of film schools. In the thread I referenced, someone posted a link to a site called "toptenfilmschools" or something like that. Well, if you look closely, all the posts are by one guy. Just because some guy starts a website ranking film schools does not mean he's an authority on the subject.</p>
<p>I can't remember which site it was on (of the ones I sent links for), but one person commented regarding UT that Roberto Rodriguez (director of Spy Kids, etc.) had written a book about filmmaking which was skeptical of film schools in general. He attended UT film school, for whatever that's worth.</p>
<p>My S applied to UT for film production. He was accepted for summer as Liberal Arts (unclassified), so I assume he would have to apply to transfer to film at the start of the fall semester if summer went well. </p>