SCAD rated Biggest Rip off in America?

taxguy
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:51:13 +0000

Rainingagain, yes, I will still stand by my opinion,and it is my opinion, that SCAD should have portfolio requirements or have better academic requirements. I am not thrilled that they in the past did not meet either criterion. I have the same problem with some other places too. This isn’t limited to SCAD.

In all fairness, I haven’t checked out SCAD’s admission policies recently. Thus, maybe they have upgraded their policies to include higher academics and/or portfolios.

However, I did see the animation work and animation offerings and facilities at SCAD. I have to say that I was blown away by it. Their offerings in both animation, sequential art ( which is primarily 2d) and VFX was FABULOUS. I will have to give them the credit that they deserve for this. I also liked the facilities that housed these majors. There were plenty of high end computers and a number of rendering farms.I certainly can’t complain about these.

Sadly, most majors were in other buildings. Thus, I didn’t see the work or check out the offerings of other majors and can’t comment on them. I also didn’t see any dorms; thus, I can’t comment on those either.

As I said above, I just didn’t like where they were located. I felt it was a bit too seedy for my taste. I don’t like a number of people begging me for money right by the school or look like they were in a drug induced trance. This becomes a particular problem , in my opinion, if a student wants to work late and night.
I also didn’t feel that Savannah was as good a location for internships and making connections as that of Manhattan or LA. Yes, SCAD does get studios to come check out their students and the students’ work. However, internships just doesn’t seem as easy to come by as that of some schools in better locations such as USC, SVA, Calarts etc.However, each person has their own perceptions of what is important.

Bottom line, which I am sure will shock you , is that I would certainly recommend SCAD for a student interested in animation or motion work with the understanding of the downsides mentioned by me.