Your opinions on SFT & AADA

[annlafferty]

Posted: 5/11/07 at 11:01am

Hey guys, I live overseas and recently got accepted to both SFT and AADA New York. However, since I'm not even living in the States right now and these schools are amazingly expensive, I've been trying to figure out if they are really good, reputable conservatories that are worth the money or are they just scam schools? One thing that sort of raised a red flag for me was that SFT claim to have Matthew Fox from Lost as a part of their alumni, but then I went to another acting school website (can't remember which but I know I saw it) and they claim he attended their school at pretty much the same time he supposedly went to SFT????? I really don't know what to think of that ...

I haven't accepted either of their offers as yet ... can anyone advice me? Would you recommend going to either of these schools? Or would you recommend that I just come to the States and take some acting classes? I thought of doing this in the beginning, but I've heard that the industry is a lot more receptive toward you when they see that you've had two years of training? For you guys who are actually living in either NYC or LA, is this true? Do you think SFT and AADA are worth the 18000-21000 dollars a year that they're asking? And what are your opinions on NYFA (NY Film Academy)?

Any info/advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks a lot guys!

Ann L

Updated On: 5/11/07 at 11:01 AM