The “top tier” schools you see mentioned repeatedly on these threads all have great industry connections - what some call their “mafia”. But those same schools also have high academic standards in most cases - and will probably require some math as part of the curriculum. All of the schools listed at the top of this thread have “industry connections”, but it also depends on the drive of the student as to how they are accessed and utilized. If you do not want to deal with academic requirements, but are concerned about industry connections, you might look at the programs that are not college based in NYC and LA. I am certainly no expert on those, but there are many of them out there. They are often designed for people who just want to “get down to business” in the world of theater.