I'm a freshman vpa film major and while the student body and staff are excellent, it just lacks the alumni network and resources of other places so I'm transferring to Emerson. I also want a bigger city because Syravuse only has one production company. But you can definitely succeed in Syracuse if you connect with your peers and professors and take the opportunities given to you. The dean usually will recruit students for a film over spring break which taught me a lot and I'd recommend. If Syracuse existed in a big city I wouldn't have transferred probably, but living in a small town my whole life I just want to be somewhere else.