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Intelligence: Bright
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SAT:
Lowest Rating Educational Quality F
Describes the student body mostly as: Arrogant, Snooty, Closeminded
Describes the faculty mostly as: Arrogant, Condescending, Self Absorbed
Highest Rating Educational Quality F
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I
was a film major at SVA who dropped out during
my 2nd year there. Let me just come right out
with it and say that THIS SCHOOL IS HORRIBLE! Just
all around a horrible school. It is totally overpriced and
overrated as most NY film schools are. The professors are
film industry rejects who never worked on a feature film
in their life and teach film classes to pay the
rent. Many of them are actually former graduates who don't
have a film credit to their name. Embarrassing! They will
over-analyze just about everything and come off as pretentious. They
speak out of their a$$es and are extremely condescending, hurtful,
and unhelpful when they criticize your films/work. Teachers here are
so discouraging. They actually suck the creativity out of you
and try to force their ideas on how to do
things onto you. Some of my high school friends who
went here became so discouraged that they stopped pursuing art
as a career completely. Sad! And don't even get me
started on the students who go here! It's extremely hard
to make friends. Most of the students either don't speak
English, are anti-social, or are film snobs or snotty kids
who form cliques. Most of the kids who go to
this film school are obsessed with being artsy and becoming
the next Orson Welles. No one is approachable or genuine.
And as a Hispanic young man I witnessed first hand
how racist and elitist teachers and students are at this
school. I always got dirty looks from people and was
often excluded and ignored because I wasn't a rich white
kid. Back where I went to school everyone regardless of
ethnicity got along fine and I was well-liked and popular.
It being NYC you would think people would be tolerant
to everyone right? WRONG. The buildings are horrible and cramped.
Bathrooms are ridiculously tiny. All the staff is really mean
spirited. Not into helping students at all. All about the
paycheck. There is no sense of community here. No brotherhood
of artists. Everyone is so selfish and concerned only with
their work and getting “famous”. Good luck trying to get
together a crew for your movie. The cameras are always
in short supply. They really are ages behind in the
supply department. The lights are old and they lack most
essential film industry tools. Nothing here is “high tech” or
“cutting edge” as SVA always boasts. Most of the students
who go here are pot head hippies who have no
genuine love of film and have no direction in their
lives. As a person who is the anti-thesis of that
I did not fit in here and found this school
to be a sorry excuse for a film school. I'm
assuming that if you're reading this you care about art
and want to further your knowledge and love of it.
You want to grow and share yourself through art. If
this sounds like you please avoid SVA like the plague.
As a matter of fact unless you are sure of
it avoid art school. You're better off studying art through
books and taking an apprenticeship/internship where you can learn from
a real industry expert who hopefully will nurture your talent
and love for the arts. It's a lot of money,
stress and most of all pain and grief saved.
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