Anyone planning to go to Full Sail?

[A Weary Exile]

No, im already going to a real university studying something more lucrative. Also you couldnt pay me to go to florida, thats americas wang.

Tell me about it, I have to live here.

 

[A Weary Exile]

1) If you decide to transfer, your credits won't move with you.

If I get into Full Sail I will definetley not transfer.

2) Full Sail is incredibly expensive. If you plan to come to Florida to study game design, you'd be better off going to a (credible) state university.

Full Sail is accredited by the board of something or other. The course I'm taking is around $29,000 and with Bright Futures Scholarship (75% of tuition for a 3.0) and the Full Sail Merit Scholarship ($5,000 for a 3.0) I've got most of the money covered.

3) The schedule is whack. You essentially only take one class a month, and then get a new class the very next month. Sound good? It's not. Your hours will vary wildly, and your classes and labs can be anywhere between 12 noon and 12 noon.

Meh. Who sleeps nowadays? I'd probably switch between full-time work and taking classes it will take a while but I'm dedicated.

4) No on-campus housing means you'll need both an apartment and car to go to this school. Since it's near UCF, traffic may be a problem.

I'm going to try to room with my semi-rich friend, but I'd live in a box if I could go to Full Sail.

1/2) At 35k, good idea. But, since you live in-state, you could get tuition for a full four years...for considerably less.

How much less is "Considerably less"?

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I'm going to go there, or at least try to, but not for game design. I'm more into film making and music than creating video games. The best game I've ever made was a flash game where you click on a nutcracker's head until his head comes off.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

How much less is "Considerably less"?

Well, it may not be considerably less, but it's still less.
Assuming that UF is a $6,000 in-state tuition per two semesters and that UCF is about $7,000/2 semesters, you'd be looking at $24k-$28k for a full four years. I'm not factoring in housing/food since you'd still need to add those to your bill if you went to Full Sail. Also consider, though, that only the money due for each semester is paid, so if you decide to transfer, you wouldn't lose money.

Also, if you found that game design isn't the field you want to live with for the rest of your life, you just fill out a change in major form and (BAM!) you're still in school with a new degree. If that happened to you at Full Sail, well....you're kinda out of luck.

And going to a four-year institution, rather than Full Sail, will allow you to have more control of your schedule and allow you to try to hold a job, too.

 

[A Weary Exile]

I'm going to go there, or at least try to, but not for game design. I'm more into film making and music than creating video games. The best game I've ever made was a flash game where you click on a nutcracker's head until his head comes off.

That's more than I've done, I have no access to game making technology whatsoever (Sad I know).

Well now at least I know two people that want to go to Full Sail.

 

[tsatoma]

They've tried to get me to go to them, but I've declined each try. They were simply too pricey and I refuse to move to a place like Florida. Maybe you should just try to find a few other options before choosing Full Sail.

(A quick question: If any of you are going to Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, do you think you can PM me what it's like? I'd greatly appreciate it since I'm moving into that area soon and it's an option for me.)

 

[wildpeaks]

I used to want to, but 60K per year, no way.

 

[Bigeyez]

How much less is "Considerably less"?

Well, it may not be considerably less, but it's still less.
Assuming that UF is a $6,000 in-state tuition per two semesters and that UCF is about $7,000/2 semesters, you'd be looking at $24k-$28k for a full four years. I'm not factoring in housing/food since you'd still need to add those to your bill if you went to Full Sail. Also consider, though, that only the money due for each semester is paid, so if you decide to transfer, you wouldn't lose money.

Also, if you found that game design isn't the field you want to live with for the rest of your life, you just fill out a change in major form and (BAM!) you're still in school with a new degree. If that happened to you at Full Sail, well....you're kinda out of luck.

And going to a four-year institution, rather than Full Sail, will allow you to have more control of your schedule and allow you to try to hold a job, too.

This. I'd like to add that you can shrink your tuition costs even more if you attend one of the states community colleges for 2 years and then switch to a university. A single semester at a CC will run you about 3-4k. You can take all your general ed courses during the 2 year period at a CC and be ready for your major courses when you switch over to a university.