<p>First of all, congratulations to your daughter, @mrssoffel !!
As a Chapman graduate, I can assure that although Chapman is a smaller school and seemingly less prestige that USC, it is a great school to be in. It’s small but that’s a big part of its advantage. Unfortunately I wasn’t a film school major so I can’t speak for it very specifically, but I do have a lot of friends in film school and they were given so much opportunity to learn, work, explore, and produce. Class size here at Chapman is small and it enables students to know the faculty very well and allows the students to reach out very easily. If your daughter does come to Chapman, I’m sure she will have a great time!! We have students from all over the world that will broaden her experience and our clubs on campus are fun too! Students are always encouraged to be creative and express themelves!</p>
<p>In terms of comparing the two schools, one of my friends from Chapman did transfer to USC in his sophomore year because of a bet between him and his god-father. The point is that, he told me experience he had at Chapman was no less than experience at USC except that it’s a lot bigger school and that your perspective/experience changes mostly because of that. Curriculum wise Chapman has great courses to offer and have great resources.</p>
<p>Whichever school your daughter decides to go, best of luck. If she does choose to come to Chapman, WELCOME! I love Chapman and I hope she will too :)</p>