I considered being a film student.
Then, after researching, and fully seeing just HOW difficult it is to get into that kind of business, and just how few film students actually get the career they want ( depending on what it is; If you want to direct porn, it may be different), but making big nation-wide release films, that kind of career nearly comes to the boundary of impossible to reach, and being a film student doesn't actually help, unless you think of it this way : if you gain an internship to work on a film (like a grip or something) you can experience what it's like being on set, and you learn more, but also you officially have "experience" in the business, and the more you get, the better off your chances are. I would ASSUME the best way to do that is impress a director or producer with whatever job you do and hopefully be asked to work on another project with them. See, studios do not want to hire a director just because he's/she's a visionary, they want their director to have a good amount of experience in this field, because they're putting YOU in control of how this film will be made for the public.
So, you think that doesn't sound too difficult, right? No, it doesn't
But
There are THOUSANDS, maybe even MILLIONS, in this country ALONE that are doing the SAME thing you're doing, and reaching for the SAME prize as you.
Sorry, but when I looked at all those facts, the prospect seemed futile to me, so I did not pursue it.