Life of a Fullsail Student?

[Young Geek]

( sorry If I posted this twice )

I am a highschooler currently looking into Fullsail to purse a degree in Game Art. I would like to recieve opinions, though I'd primarily like to here about the life. Where do you 'live?' Have a job? How do you pay for appartment?

I heard their schedule is messed up.

[BigJohn]

I went through a similar route, though with a different school. Looking back at it, it's not quite worth it in my opinion. A better route would be to get something like a fine arts degree from a regular university, though some do offer 3D courses too now.

Here's the catch with those schools. They're accredited by independent bodies. This basically means that what makes their degree a degree is just the fact that they say so. What happened in my case was that I wanted to get a masters, and then found out I can't because no university will accept my credits. Universities in the united states are accredited regionally by a government body. Schools that specialize in production art like this are usually accredited by the national accrediting commission. As far as I know, Fullsail is no different.

Now, that's not to say that the education that you'll get won't be good or even great. Schools like Gnomon are now world renown. But it's something to think about. In my opinion, the most important part of becoming an artist is mastering the more traditional skills. The technical skills you can learn on your own, or even take a course or two.

So... it's something to think about. As far as where you live and how you pay for it, most everything is covered by loans which I'm still repaying :)