very possibly, I have never asked them why they transferd. So my realy
point in all this has nothing to do with which is the better school. In my
opininon they are equal but have differnt focus.
My question is about why the school and the students feel the need to exclame that they will get a job and keep it.
First lets examine what job your affter, If you wish to be a
lighting Designer you are talking about being a freelancer thats not a job thats a career. Ok so what job are you keeping. Shows are few and far between especialy on broadway. I urge you to list more then 20 lighting designers who have designed the lighting for a broadway show! Then compare that number to the size of your graduating class and every class before yours and tell me truthfuly how could every purchese grad end up working. They may work in other fields but we dont need 20 grads a year who can design one of the 10 or 15 shows that opend this year.
So lets examine this statement i think we will find flaws in both sides. I do think though that if you are sure you will get a job you might be unprepared for a huge suppriese when you graduate. This is not to say YOU wont work but peoplle from your class will its just life.
Furthermore, as a freelancer there are times of the year that have no work it just doesnt exist. If you have learned film lighting or convention lighting or even architectural lighitng, you will be able to fill in the gaps. But to be closed minded is an negitive thing.
Last about your teachers working broadway. At all the big name schools all the teachers are professionals. They work in the field they are most comfertable with. But the tricks are the same broadway or small black box the only differance is the scale. The tricks are transferable; what is not is a bad attitude you cant do big shows and small if you cant work with the little people once and a while with out driving them crazy. So mabey look into taking a class in experimental design or lighting or architectural lighing you might be supprised when this comes in handy.
JH