Google 20% Day 2

3 goals for today:

1. Research more in depth about undergrad in business and economics

2. Master degrees in film

3. Most reachable goals for film industry

Undergrad in Business and/or Economics:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/137062-best-undergraduate-economics-program-24.html

Undergraduate programs in Economics are presented in the link above. The best programs for economics are mostly ivy leagues; the first ones on the list are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc.. The chances to enter a great university in economics is not as high, but there is a chance for anyone to enroll in the best universities after the first group. 

http://www.facebook.com/EducateAbroad?ref=br_tf

Educate Abroad is a program that helps people with their application processes for Prep Schools, Colleges, Gap Years, and summer programs. This page in Facebook haves many links to college acceptance rates, rejection letters, and more! One link I found useful was the one of college acceptance rates. Columbia had around 7 percent of acceptance rates this year. 

Master degree in film Columbia University and Stanford University:

Columbia University: Offers MFA in film, ranked 8th in Hollywood Reporter.

http://arts.columbia.edu/film

The website of Columbia school of arts talks about the film opportunities at the university. There are many recognized alumni that have been successful due to their development at Columbia, including Kathryn Bigelow. The website was helpful because it allowed me to take a look at Columbia's program as they want me to see it, now I must research based upon other's opinions. The reasons Columbia gives the potential candidates include: Location, (New York City is known as the "capital of America". They argue that by being in the Big Apple will give them connections and higher chances to enter the industry.) high academic achievement and faculty, and distinguished alumni. 

**Stanford University: Offers MFA in documentary film and video, ranked 16th in Hollywood Reporter.

**I didn't do further research with Stanford University because it is a very exclusive program (only 8 students take the course and make films the old fashioned way) 


Goals for next class:
1. Acceptance requirements for Columbia University MFA
2. Best college fit for me and study economics course descriptions
3. Possible Gap years after graduation. 

April 2, 2013

I was absent on April 2nd because I was visiting boarding schools.

Google 20% Day 1

3 goals for the day:

1. Research which are the best colleges that offer a film production career

2. Research what undergrad career most of the famous directors/actors did

3. Research about undergrad opportunities

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/25-best-film-schools-rankings-215714

In the website above there's a ranking of the best colleges in the world that offer Film. I learned that many of the first are located in California or New York City. I believe that they are located strategically to be close to Hollywood (L.A.) or Broadway. At the bottom of each school there was also a list of recognized directors that went to the school. One I was very interested in and that was in the Top 10 was Columbia University. It is the only Ivy League ranked in the Top 25. The other school that caught my eye was Stanford University. Although it was placed lower than Columbia, it is a great school with a high reputation and recognized alumni. 


http://www.collegecrunch.org/fun-stuff/famous-people-the-schools-they-went-to/
The website above helped me realize all the Bachelor degrees (or almost degrees) famous actors and directors studied before either dropping out or getting a master degree. The website said that a major in fine arts is one of the most common studies actors study. Yet, there is still a lot of variety of undergrad studies famous film associates study. The knowledge I mainly acquired was that the undergrad study doesn't matter as much as long  as you get a Masters degree in filming. 

http://homeworktips.about.com/library/maj/blmajore.htm

As I realized that I can do almost anything as an undergrad, I Googled what could be a good work for my personality. This website was a quiz that asked me basic questions about my personality. As a result, I got 'Enterprising Personality' with the job options of: Business, Sales, Marketing, Management, Leadership, Training, Political Science, and Economics. Previously in my life I had considered Business and Economics, because both of my parents studied it and because I find it a very interesting subject. 

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1387464-undergraduate-ivy-business-school-easiest-get-into.html

The link above is one of many that I found useful in College Confidential website. Its a website where people ask questions to the audience about college, majors, boarding schools, or anything related to studying. I saw the opinions of people about the best schools in economics and/or business as an undergraduate major. I didn't have a lot of time to research about the undergrads in these majors, but I will continue researching next class. 


WHAT I WANT TO LEARN NEXT CLASS:

I want to continue researching about the undergrad opportunities in business and economics.
Start research of Master degrees in Film.
Research what is the most reachable career opportunity in the Film Institution. 

CWW AMAZON LINK

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx?ID=e0ed7a30838b4360b845143d6f571ac4

I made a graph with a online graph maker. I used it for Math class.

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