while USC is located just south of downtown Los Angeles. At first this might seem an even draw. After all, they are both great cities, just in different ways. In my experience however, they offer two very different advantages/disadvantages with respect to their film schools. New York is by far the more dynamic and action packed of the two cities. The Tisch Film School is located in a very young, hot part of the city and attending school there provides immense stimulation and interaction with the great mix of New York inhabitants.
NYU does not have a traditional campus, but instead has several dozen buildings spread throughout the Greenwich Village area. While this does not provide the ‘protected’ feel of an enclosed campus such as USC’s, it actually makes for a much more exciting experience living in New York City. USC’s film school on the