Flagler College right for me, and do you recommend any other schools?

Question

I'm a freshman in high school and been looking at colleges. My grandma just came back from St. Augustine for vacation and she said I would love Flagler College. I would like to double major in acting and print journalism. I'm more of a tv/film actor, but I know most universities go into mostly stage, except for NYU. Even USC, CAL ARTS, and UCLA only go into stage according to the people who I talk to. My grandma asked them and said the same thing. She said it has a beautiful campus tho, and that they said that they have a great journalism program. I'm from South Florida. I was born in Tampa for a couple months, and then moved to Coral Springs/Tamerac for 5 years, and then moved to Lake Worth near Palm Beach for another 5 years. I now have been living in Metro ATL for 4 years. I don't really like GA at all, I hate the fact that it is too southern for me. In FL it wasn't like that... Is St. Augustine like where I use to live, or is it different? I always heard NF is really different from SF. How is Flagler's journalism program, and will I get what I what? I like the fact that it is only 4 hours from both my grandparents and 6 and a half hours from home which isn't too bad. I can always go see my grandparents on weekends. I also like it because it is by the beach, and that the school use to be a hotel, and has a lot more girls than guys.I also want to be a entertainment journalist, like I want to work from Variety. The other fact I like about it is that is so cheap compared to NYU. I never heard of it before my grandma told me. I know the average GPA is only like a 3.1, so I'm not sure if is that good of a school compared to NYU. What do you think? Should I rather go to NYU than Flager College? Should I go to UGA free, and then transfer to NYU? NYU is the only college that really only goes into tv/film acting. I checked into lots of other schools and use to have a huge list. Is there any other schools you recommend in Florida or anywhere? Can you also tell me more about Flagler College? Any feedback is fine. Thanks!

Answer 1

Flagler College is stunningly beautiful. If you can do a campus tour, it's  a must-see. As for culture, northern FL versus Southern FL versus Georgia, I have no idea. I only know north Florida well.

Flagler is a solid school. Nothing wrong with it. But it in no way, shape or form is comparable re: reputation with NYU or UCLA.

UGA is a strong school, and extremely reputable. It's considered quite strong, academically. If you can go there for free, that is a sweet deal. UGA ranks in the top 40 or so universities in the US.

It is very, very, very hard to transfer into Tisch at NYU. Extremely difficult.

In Florida, for film acting, I'd have you look at Florida State. It's one of the top film schools in the US - top 10 - and it also has a very strong acting program. It's also an extremely well respected school overall, so it would work for journalism.

Answer 2

Yeah, you should go!!