Which college to attend - Digital art & 3D animation- Queens, New York

[INathan]

Hi, everyone; I´m 17 years old, have a High School diploma (Not from USA), I am resident in Queens, New York and I want to attend to a Digital arts and 3D animation college or institute.
I have done a deep research I thinks these are the best two possibilities:

The Art Institutes of Philadelphia - Online - Media arts & animation - Bachelor
City University of New York (Queens college) - Campus - Digital media program - Bachelor

I`m interested especificly in taking these classes:
General digital art
Drawing for 3D animation and storyboard
3D modeling, texturing, compositing, animating and rendering
Sound FX designer and music composer
Film editing, composing and mastering

I am good at:

Creativity (Freaky MacGyver-like ideas)
Drawing (Finishing, shadows, shades, etc)
Music (Recording, Editing, Mixing, Composing)
Video and Image (Editing, Composing, Rendering)
3D (Modeling, texturing, Rendering, Stereographic)
PC (almost any task)

I can manage to handle any software with a little practice and some Internet research and tutorials, but, for now, I`ve only experience with these mayor software:

Google Sketchup
Reallusion IClone
Adobe Phosothop
Adobe Premiere
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Audition
Magix Video Pro
Sony Vegas
Fruty Loops
Corel Video Studio
Pinnacle HD
Audacity
Phantamorph
Genetica
Terragen
Natural motion Endorphin
Microsoft Office
And so, and so...

As you can see, I haven`t almost any experience with Autodesk 3D Studio or Maya or ZBrush, because I know that they are extense classes that I may learn in college.

Now, what I`m asking for is:

Advises about any college requirement or career tips.
Advises according to my interests, knowledge and your experience.
Opinions about what topics should I be studying or software that should I be practicing.
Statistics about jobs hirings on each branch of my career so that I can focus my effort on that one.
Computer hardware or software requirements.
Tips about learning or software techniques.
Any other useful opinion, advise, idea, tool, webpage or possibility.

I really have a passion for this carreer and I really hope that you could help me.

[haradaken]

go Gnomon~