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| Super Brilliant | As once said by one of my instructors, "you lose your equal protection rights, once you sign on the dotted line".
Full Sail teachers are like the mafia, they give power to certain students, have them find dirt on certain students, then if the so said student does not comply, they threat to blackmail, and defame through social networking sites! Worse, they will send you a virus to crash your computer, to force you to come from behind, and the management is not hardly aware of what their hired hands are doing, because they are too busy trying to herd the next flock of students. It was the worst educational experience of my life, and I did not nor could I have learned anything from the so said course directors. Some of them were not even qualified to teach the subjects, and they knew it, when I confronted them. So, for me it was an uphill battle, and they tried to intimidate me every step of the way. I kept my dignity throughout, because I would not let them win, and finished. However, I hope to never see any of my former classmates, especially those who had been there for years while studying other majors, as it was just like starring in a movie, with the mafia coming after me. | Useful Schoolwork: A+, Education Quality: F |  | | |
| | Jul 01 2010 | 1st Year Male --
Class 2009 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Quite Bright | If you cannot realistically afford to attend or expect immediate highly-paid job opportunities on exit, DO NOT ATTEND FULL SAIL. If you get the concept of a career arc and can both afford to attend and to spend a year or two at the bottom of the ladder (just like the rest of the universe attempting to enter highly competitive media careers), there is, to my mind, no finer school in existence.
Attended the school 95-96 and have both been back many times since and hired a great many grads since. This is not a school about theory or some abstract concept of making "art," but brimming with programs designed to generate technical proficency that will lead to actual employability. | Education Quality: A+, Collaboration/Competitive: B | | | |
| | Jun 26 2010 | 1st Year Male --
Class 1996 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Quite Bright | All right. I am attending this school in three months to get my bachelor's on recording arts. I have been researching this school for two years and for nearly a year, I decided not to go there because of money. And then I realized it's what I really want to do with my life so I should do it because if I'm that passionate about it, I'll work hard because that's the person I am. I'm not saying this school is for everyone and I've heard plenty of reviews. But what I am saying is that if you want something bad enough then you should work your butt off to get it. Don't go into a tough field and expect things to just be handed to you. Sure, it's way expensive, but honestly BOTH of my admissions reps warned me of that before hand. I think my reps have been very informative and they even had me get in touch with kids who were still in the program to see how they liked it and what they thought. Don't go into this school thinking it's right for you just because you're attracted to what they advertise and expect it to be easy because you will be made a fool. | Innovation: A+, Education Quality: B | | | |
| | Jun 16 2010 | 1st Year Female --
Class 2013 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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Im currently enrolled in the Computer Animation Program from 2009-2010. Honestly, i don't think i could of picked a better school. Yes the school is very expensive, but once you graduate you can come back and take any class in the program you graduated from for FREE. Your purchasing a lifetime education not just a diploma. Now one thing to know about this program is that it's constantly changing, every month a class will be updated or changed to fit the needs of the students or material needed to be taught. A Panel of industry professionals come in every few months to review what the school is teaching the kids and they give feedback to the course directors of what they would like to see implemented or changed. And these panel guys are coming from Sony, ILM, Blur, WB, and many other leading effects houses.
The program is HARD there is no way around it, you have to be completely committed and self motivated, no one is going to hold your hand, because honestly... that's how it really is in the real world, this school teaches you how to be an industry professional and will not let you graduate if they are not completely convinced that you can produce the quality work they demand. The schools facilities are top notch and there's always enough space for everyone, yes hours are tough but they're supposed to be, you will work 12-16 hour days 6 days of the week, but hey some studios work you even harder then that, there's even some days you will have to work for 40+ hours straight, but with 3 coffee shops located on campus it eases the pain. The instructors are great, most of them are industry professionals or really knowledgeable on the subject they specialize in. They're all extremely helpful, funny, and really nice. Btw, i always found it funny how some people would complain that some teachers aren't super successful industry pros.. well if they were super successful why would they be teaching at a school? But with that said, all of our teachers are required to keep practicing or take up side jobs to keep their skills sharp, and yes 2 of our teachers did some work for Avatar. And for the record, about all of our talented Animation teachers came from Disney.
Now about the job leads, the studios contact the school and say hey we would like to see X amount of students who are really good in this area, and yes they will recommend the best of the bunch! why on earth would you recommend someone whose work is not as good? how would that be fair to the people who really worked hard to graduate with a quality reel? If your complaining about not getting a job lead, then guess what, your work is not good enough you should of worked harder. The only people i ever hear complain about this schools CA program are slackers. If you really want to do CG, and you've got the determination and self drive to push your self to succeed then this is the school for you.
one more thing... i know a lot of people complain about winter park, but personally i think the place is beautiful and really artistic. If your complaining about it costing money to have fun, then please tell me what free fun you've been living off of for the past few years? also a lot of people i know who complain about money are spending all of it on video games and comic books and toys, and i don't.. which is why i can afford to eat better and go out once in a while. | Scholastic Success: A+, Extracurricular Activities: F | | | |
| | Jun 03 2010 | 1st Year Male --
Class 2010 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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