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I am a musical theatre major and IQuite BrightMusic - Performance
I am a musical theatre major and I thrived at this school... I had many opportunities to hone my craft and did so. I learned about music/theatre/acting/dance at all levels and had great professors. I was cast in all productions and in many different roles from children's theatre to Shakespeare. Also had roles in student's films so was exposed to tv/film as well as stage. Hope it all pays off!School is small but found that to be a benefit.. also location is great, just a short train ride to NYC!
4th Year Male -- Class 2010
Faculty Accessibility: A+, Education Quality: B
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Ok... Five Towns college.Quite BrightFine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc
Ok... Five Towns college.
If your a film major, and you are willing to dedicate at least five days a week to doing pre production, shooting, or editing, five towns is the place for you. If you seek a place to get your hands on more than adequate equipment and talented peers, five towns is the place for you. Our chair is solid, and he has brought the program out of the ground as it was left by the administration.

Heres the catch.
MONEY HUNGRY ADMINISTRATION
The school is poorly ran. Where is the money coming in, going?
The teachers are under paid. The facilities are mediocre.
There is really no film Department.- just one big room where all film classes are held. and a smalllllll studio space.

Where is all the money going?- nobody knows nothin' as they say.
The registrars office is directly referred to as the torture factory.
When you want to have a meeting with anyone of importance it basically takes a court order. I still havent had a meeting with the beings in charge, after two letters to their offices, and many denied phone calls, and voicemails,

months and months later, im sitting here with my thumb in my ass thinking of what i wanted to talk to them about ( just kidding, im still pissed)

The cafeteria closes at 6:45, and then they sell left over perishable food- nothing hot- in the basement of a dorm which is hard to get to because unless you live in that building, you have to walk a few football fields around the dorms, down a big ass hill, to the bottom. After 1030= there is no food, or drink access. Oh yeah, you can't pay cash at night after the cafeteria closes. The food served is probably a quarter step up from mcdonalds health wise, and a step down taste wise, although the people working in the cafeteria are usually pretty nice, and most of them interact in a friendly manner.

The owners and operators often smirk at students, or not acknowledge them.
There is no relationship with the student body on their part- probably because they only care about making money, and care little bit to better the emotional state of the school's student body and faculty.

There are always extra fees attatched to classes, which is bull shit because the tuition is higher than it should be. so basically you could take five classes, and barely touch any equipment for these classes and at 300 dollars per class "fee". thats 1500 bucks a semester that could be saved for a senior project.

The dorms are bullshit- if you drive a car, or dont mind commuting like twenty minutes. or riding a bike for fall semester and spring when it isnt 0 degrees or snowing. I would strongly suggest finding an apartment with ftc students. Your life will be a ton better i promise you.

The parking lot is where its at..... enough said
ALL IN ALL-
College is what you make it. If you go to school with a passion to learn a craft, and make yourself accessible to work on projects, help fellow students, converse with faculty, be around and care about others in the department, work with students on projects outside your department- then you will go far in and after school.

All college is, for film students, and even audio kids- NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK. learn the basics of everything related to your line of work, narrow yourself down to something you really like to do for the cause, and something (as a backup) that your good at for the cause, and learn a lot about those two things. Get good, and network. spread the word and get yourself out there. I'll be the first famous person to graduate this joint. watch it

3rd Year Male -- Class 2010
Collaboration/Competitive: A-, Individual Value: F
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Please please please dont go here im tryingNot so brightMusic - Performance
Please please please dont go here im trying to help you save your money soooooo many kids transfer out because the students are all soooooo rude, arrogant, and self absorbed , they even ignore you because they think they are better then you when the truth is their all freaks that will never make it in the music industry. There is absolutely no talent at this school when I heard people sing I couldnt help but laugh... The students are also extremely jelous so if they think you are a threat you wont hear the end of it from them and they will make fun of you. I can go on and on about how bad this school is the food is unedible and unhealthy. If you love to sit in your room all day long and not have 1 friend then I guess this is the place for you... Dont even get me started on the professors none of them are up to date on any material for example in the music classes all you learn about is music from the 1800's or before that era because that is all they know. Trust me on this one do not waste your time and money I can garuntee you wont be succesfull coming out of five towns college
1st Year Female -- Class 2013
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