Full Sail Review #2

22 Responses to “Full Sail Review #2”

1. CurrentlyLearning says on: 28 June 2009 at 4:46 pm

   I’m currently there. It isn’t a scam. You’re just ignorant.

   I went to a traditional 4 year college right out of high school. It sucked. Everything about traditional school sucked – I was being LECTURED TO by GRAD STUDENTS, taking BIOLOGY and ECONOMICS and GEOLOGY for a Computer Science degree, semesters were too long, and it’s impossible to find a job for 3 months in the summer that’s worth a damn.

   I figured, let’s knock it all out at once. And I am – I’ve got 7 months left in the Game Development program, and I haven’t taken any classes that weren’t pertinent to my major. Yes, about 70% of my class has left the school, but here’s why. About 1/3 that leave have some kind of financial issue, and it’s true – the school isn’t too helpful or forgiving there. I’ve seen it in action, and it’s horrendous. Another 1/3 of the leaving population simply couldn’t hang – either mentally or physically(seriously). The last 1/3 leave for the same reason as yourself: they can’t get past the fact that THIS SCHOOL IS REALLY A BUSINESS – THEY JUST WANT YOUR MONEY! Even if that is the case, are you really going to let it prevent you from learning? I mean, who in their right mind doesn’t want your money? It’s expensive – yes, but many expenditures REQUIRED at other schools are either included, or not there. Such as – no housing means no requirement to live there your freshman year, INCLUDED BOOKS!, included software(sometimes), included laptop(kinda), etc.

   About the “teachers are all self absorbed jerks” with no real credentials – in my degree, we have REAL ex-industry and current industry professionals giving lecture. We use and learn REAL industry software, coding languages, and technique. We use industry tools.

   And seriously – who expected credits to transfer? Having a class for 40hrs a week is INTENSE! It can’t be compared to 1-2 hours of a subject a week – you simply learn more. The credit is definitely different, and if you ask many industry professionals, it prepares people for a real, 40hr/week job as soon as they graduate.

   So – if you want to graduate without working, without studying, without staying up for frequent all-nighters as part of your regular schedule, without working on group projects for months on end – don’t come here. And while you’re at it – stay away from any industry that requires real effort.
2. Pegasus says on: 30 June 2009 at 3:21 pm

   The truth of any schooling system is that the student only gets out of a program what they put in. I have a degree from a liberal arts college, and by my senior year I was teaching the teachers things. Apply yourself a little more and push yourself to get better. No teacher can make you do anything that you yourself do not want to learn.

   Most of those kids went to that school feeling like they pay the money and show up they will get the degree. Lazy people are often the ones with the most complaints.
3. Mark says on: 17 October 2009 at 12:26 pm

   People respect Full Sail in the industry whether it be music, design, or web. Clearly you are just trying to stir up controversy to drive traffic.
4. tim says on: 7 November 2009 at 7:11 pm

   As a game development graduate at Full Sail I can say that it’s often the people who really didn’t care the entire time that ended up without proper jobs after graduating. Often people stuck around just to collect living expense checks that the school HELPED them obtain. The recording arts degree program sticks out in my mind as being the one with the MOST students who were really after ROCK STAR type dreams. The problem is they like to party like rock stars too and want those dreams handed to them. This is why they flunk or pay lots more for missing class. Every class has a 90% attendance policy. If you skip class you fail and have to repay. Otherwise if you fail academically you get a second month to retake the class free of charge. This is probably due to the extremely heavy schedules the students at the school are put through. This school is for the focused. Or people ready to become focused. There is plenty of second chances for people that have real unfortunate things happen in their life, but almost none for the slackers and people not really ready to work.

   I know plenty of bitter people that I went through the school with now. The school offered them a 4 yr degree in 2yrs and in return it cost them the same as going to any other 4yr private university in the US. A quick way to go into debt yes, those who didn’t make good grades or weren’t really following their dreams will suffer, but the people I’m still in contact with… Know they’re stuff not only professionally but academically as well.

   This review is not really a proper one based that the reviewer doesn’t even mention what degree he or she was in (although hints at the music type business of their teachers). And that each degree encompasses largely different classes. I shared a classroom with other degree programs only during 2-3 classes that I took at Full Sail.

   Prior to Full Sail I received a Math Science Associate Degree at a more tradition college in New York. New York has an extremely traditional college system, but every school is largely the same. Even the private schools are part of the system. Teaching largely what the system dictates. The people teaching at full sail were real people who had been in the real world, doing real things that got them by in life. I don’t know about you, but life tends to be the best teacher. Full Sail is definitely for people who are ready to do what they love. Not that you won’t need to read books, but you will be doing the technical things that the book teaches instead of just reading about them.
5. Christine says on: 27 April 2010 at 4:44 pm

   I’m planning on starting at Full Sail in late June of this year for an online bachelor’s in Graphic Design. All I’ve heard is how ridiculous the schedule is and how they abandon you after you’ve started…honestly I think this MIGHT be what it seems like, but if you think about it – this is Full Sail University, “Real World Education”. Hence, they are preparing you for the real world. Yes I will probably have to teach myself. Do you expect everyone to hold your hand and personally lead you through every course and make sure you’re happy? Every college is looking for your money. If they weren’t, then why else would they require money…? I don’t know about you but I’ve never heard of a free college.

   I think I agree with the whole “you get out what you put in”. If you’re willing to put in the huge amount of time and effort (and if you’re as driven and motivated as most people in this industry HAVE to be), then Full Sail should get you far. Work for your position in the industry and you’ll be recognized for it.
6. Tainerif says on: 30 April 2010 at 8:07 pm

   To the Person who wrote this review:

   Ahahah, sounds to me like someone failed out of RA/MBBS because they thought they were going to be the next Dre. While I DO agree that security is a joke, the teachers are not. Is it a scam? sure why not, but most schools are. If you go into any school, not just Full Sail, expecting to be handed jobs and such when you get out, you are sorely mistaken. Fullsail is a good school, but its a better business. Do they overprice degrees? yes. But if you can’t keep up, sorry, sucks to be you. Show up, pay attention, and when you go home, research, tutorials, study. QUIT WATCHING LOST. Its a school that isn’t for the faint of heart. Work your ass off, learn to function without sleep, and quit crying. I have a degree from a “traditional” college, and after being at Fullsail for almost 3 years now (DAD grad, in Masters of Business at the moment) I could nor would ever go back to that dull talking head normal college. I’d get bored.

   suck it up and learn some work ethic. Your only going to get out of it what you put in.

   -Tainerif
7. Broke Parent after Full Sail says on: 28 May 2010 at 11:22 pm

   I cosigned a loan for my son. He attended Full Sail for three months, and now I’m stuck paying $20k. The classes were all hours of the day and night, since this is a 24/7 school. I’ve talked to 10 other students who are either stuck with loans, or their parents are stuck with Loans.

   This school is a SCAM. Anyone DUMB enough to attend this school after reading the bad reviews, deserves what they get. There are people who are working on a class action lawsuit against Full Sail & Sallie Mae for duping people. Sallie Mae has started to now sell their loans to the Dept of Education.
8. Robert M. Blatnick says on: 6 June 2010 at 2:49 am

   I am currently enrolled in the (online) Entertainment Business Master of Science (EBMS) degree program at Full Sail University. After this month I will be halfway through completing my degree. I read numerous negative comments about this school when I was doing my own research prior to committing. Well, let me say this, every single course that I have had thus far has been challenging, interesting, knowledgeable, and overwhelming most of the time. It is very fast paced and if you are one to procrastinate, the opportunity to catch up will not present itself, nor will you graduate.

   The Associate Course Directors (ACD) and the Course Directors (CD) are EXCELLENT, period! They are there to assist you and answer any of your questions. They want to see you succeed. I have the upmost respect for each and every Course Director that I have had thus far. They are well educated and are by no means either remotely related to “self absorbed jerks.”

   The EBMS program at Full Sail University offers an advanced and in-depth curriculum that enhances business and management skills in preparation for entering or advancing through the entertainment industry. If you are passionate about music and/or film and you are highly motivated, you will find this school to be very rewarding. The course material is very challenging and fast paced, procrastinators and people who are lazy, need not apply.

   The curriculum consists of, but not limited to, courses that address executive leadership skills, project and team management, entertainment business finance, global entertainment business strategies, negotiation techniques, product and artist management, entertainment law, media publishing, media distribution, Internet marketing, mobile marketing and business plan development.

   Acquiring exceptional organization and communication skills has substantiated my leadership ability in the past and this is a key factor for anyone to excel and become a leader in this industry. This diverse and proven business program will amplify my potential and ensure future success within the entertainment industry.

   Sincerely,

   Robert M. Blatnick
   Cleveland, Ohio
9. Jon says on: 25 July 2010 at 11:52 pm

   I’m Sorry but this school is a huge SCAM. I went, graduated and even my teachers some who never had professional training, I even had some who never went to college said it is way over priced. It is not respected in the work field they all know it is accelerated and nothing accelerated is good. Not enough time to absorb the info. No worries the government is aware and is in the process of cutting off all loans to for profit schools.

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