I work at a University with an top-tier, elite MFA program (not in film) that attracts star-eyed students from around the world. I've seen so many really talented folks chewed up and spit out by a pretty brutal system where there is not much besides enormous debt and creative bankruptcy on the other side of graduation. However, I've learned not to be a dick about squashing dreams. Most of them know the reality in the back of their minds but are so enamored with the idea of the MFA that they are compelled to move on it.