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Full Sail University Review By Ex Staff Member

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DAndrae says on: 24 March 2009 at 3:07 pm

I dont know what to do about this school. Ive been accepted already. Before and after ive been accepted ive been hearing bad things about how people are in debt. I thought this school would be cheaper than SCAD whose tuition is $27,000 a year for 4 years. Now I just dont know what school is for me anymore. What do you think?
carol says on: 6 April 2009 at 5:13 pm

DAndrae- DON’T go to Full Sail. My son is 90k indebt and making pizza for a living. I co-signed all his loans and am paying $810.00 a month for the next 30 years! I am a teacher and this amount is all I can handle, so how in the world would he or anyone else like him do it. Even if you postpone payment on the loans until you can find any kind of job, the interst on the loans capitolizes. We have nearly 25K from that which is what makes this so difficult. We started out borrowing only 40K. If that is not enough to convince you remember he now can’t get anyone to accept ANY of his credit hours so he can go back to school and get a “real” degree. I don’t know what SCAD is but pick a traditional college where cost is low and you have lots of time to change degress or schools and your money and time are not wasted.
Allie says on: 16 April 2009 at 2:52 am

what are the other school options for film ?
Greg Smith says on: 1 July 2009 at 3:20 am

Allie – The University of South Carolina has a great film school.
Dan says on: 31 August 2009 at 3:16 am

1st thing – youre just mad because you dont have your job there anymore so therefore you are trying to make it look bad so that everyone else will say no to that school.
2nd thing – if you dont like it then thats your opinion
3rd thing – you only talk about the bad things about that school and havent said anything about the good things that are happening in Full Sail.
4th thing – “and most staff view full sail’ers as high school/ university rejects.” — weird that I graduated from high school and I got accepted into 10 other universities and colleges besides Full Sail
5th thing – if you cant afford it then dont go. take some responsiblity for your actions, you know how much it is going to be and you accept it so therefore its your fault not anyone elses.
6th thing – as a parent you co-sign for a loan and your son is making pizzas for a living…well maybe he should try a little harder im sure with a degree he can get a better job then making pizzas its called — tell your son to get a better job cause he has loans to pay he wanted to go there so he needs to suck it up and pay for it even if he has to work 40 hours a week.

its life. deal with it.
Ann says on: 24 November 2009 at 10:01 am

DAndrae: SCAD actually is a pretty bad scam, and the people I know who have gone there either have equivalent loans to Fullsail or way more. SCAD’s classes also do not transfer, but even worse you cannot transfer credits into SCAD, not even an English Comp course. At least you can test out of them at Fullsail. Go thoroughly google SCAD and you’ll find quite a few alarming things about it. It is like the hellmouth of art schools.
Gary says on: 20 January 2010 at 11:17 pm

I am a co-founder of Full Sail. I am so sorry to read these negative reviews. At issue mostly is the money. I do know what a college costs to run it, and honestly this kind of college is VERY expensive to upkeep. Students demand what is NEW NOW, and that is costly, for sure. At issue is this: how does a school obtain excellent equipment and teachers and keep the price low to the students? Community Colleges are helped by the State to fund their expensive things, and to obtain good teachers. A private entity is designed to do it all by themselves. So, the question I have always wrestled with is “How do we present the best education, AND make it affordable when costs are so high?” It is a challenge for students to try to make those big payments when the tuition goes up so high, and the industry they serve won’t pay more than 40 bucks an hour for well qualified people. The entertainment business is changing so fast, each year the cost of creating film works, or recordings goes down. What a conundrum, you want to be in the biz, but you can’t afford the cost of school to get in because you can’t pay the LOAN back before you are dead. I don’t have the answer, it is up to competition to fix this situation. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me or visit my website – http://www.garyaplatt.com for more information. I am currently a school consultant and I’m happy to help you in any way I can to discover your path to success. Gary
Jan says on: 8 February 2010 at 10:02 pm

I am excited that a University like Full Sail actually exists. Can anyone give me some insight as to a private school Grades 8-12 that would have the same opportunities for creative, expressive students?Jan