Hi Mitch,
I remembered reading what Welles and Antonioni said about film making; "You can learn it in three months". Which is totally true, whatever there's to know about filmmaking, basics to intermediate filmmaking per se, you can learn it in just 10 weeks. In fact Antonioni did attend a workshop and then started shooting. This is not to say film schools are not useful, I'm a film graduate myself but... what you learn that's gonna help you later on, you can learn anywhere. What they don't and can't teach you you can only learn by doing.... and paying 24.000 bucks for learning what you will only learn by doing is, in my oppinion, luxury. I hope I didnot offend anyone and if I did I'm deeply sorry... all this to say it's too fricking expensive!! and ask is it worth it?
PS: I'm considering applying to MA in Film Making... seriously. Self-contradiction all over me these days.