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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Know someone who went to a specialty school for animation and game design (scad). He’s very talented but didn’t graduate and is now mid-20’s, living in parents’ basement, not really working, but has student loans to pay off. Tread carefully down this path. [/quo I agree -and what I have to say goes for all specialty art schools. The point of college is to educate your child with a strong exposure to all the liberal arts and sciences so they are a productive member of society and the workforce. The standard BA does that -no matter what your major is, there is a standard required curriculum. Not so at most art schools. A student who is interested in art should go to a college or university with a strong arts department. Nine times out of ten the student will change majors - at my SLAC - which had a good studio art and art history program - all students changed their majors at least twice. An art school like SCAD doesn’t offer that opportunity for change and development in other intellectual disciplines. Second, most people know that a bachelors degree from SCAD isn’t a conventional bachelors degree. The school is recognized only by the Southern Association of Colleges and Institutions. Ergo if you want to go on and do grad work in a field unrelated to SCAD and not at SCAD you are going to have difficulty. It’s expensive. And, finally 66 percent drop out. And something like 97 percent are admitted. I would discourage art school for any 18 year old but especially SCAD. There are much better options and ones where you will be required to read, analyze and learn to write -traits which employers seek.[/quote]
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