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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Art & Design Department  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant I attended the school for a year, because I heard about how "prestigious" it was. I got there and found the exact opposite to be true. They are an utter mess! They have no money and use every mechnism possible to try to extract more cash from the students. They send you running in circles over the most basic questions- no one gives a straight answer. The teachers are extremely lazy and unprofessional. It seems that many of them develop unhealthy sexual feelings toward the students. They have no money and are very lacking in art equipment. The list of the negative aspects of the school could fill a novel. Oh, they bounced my refund check. There is a tendency of students killing themselves or attempting suicide on campus. If you question the validity of the art theory they are trying to promote, the faculty will try to destroy you. Campus Aesthetics: B+, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Sep 30 2007 1st Year Female -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=41435&uid=186'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Horrible administrative team and extremely overpriced. They mislead everyone explaining to them that they are "artists" by virtue of being accepted. Your dollars are more important to them than your valid complaints about access, policy and the amount of time wasted in classrooms. The review process is extremely flawed--conducted by random teachers who dont know your work. The year I was there there was some controversy as people failed there reviews after receiving high marks in all their classes. There is no appeal process nor an explanation of what they are looking for--and personal motives play into the process heavily. Basically it's illegal as you should be provided with a contract if you're paying all that money. Some great teachers in the new genres dept. A certain female film teacher is truly evil and has screwed over many a good teacher's livelihoods and students in her relentless pursuit of micromanaging to make up for her failed career as an artist. Do not take her class--especially if you are female--her only objective is to destroy you and make herself feel better. Preparedness: B, Reputation: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Sep 15 2007 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=41231&uid=186'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Other  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Hello, I'm 21 attend AI SF and I'm in the Game Art and Design major. My advice to everyone who reads this review. Ignore the others who came here to complain about the fact that they had to drop out cause they couldn't take it. I've been attending AI for into my second year now, and I LOVE it. The faculty is great, they love their work and helping us learn it. The building has great location, right off the bart station, with ID required entrances. The computers are fairly new and have strong hardware, and all the newest versions of every software is on tap to be taught with. The student base take their work seriously but very few come off as pig headed or snobby, most of us are there to learn and help each other to learn to be the best in our fields. I feel like the only people who've seen this site came here to complain because they had an issue, but I'm there now, and this school has made a difference in my life for the better. I hope that reading this will help you to realize that just because 6 people have had a problem with this school, the thousands of others who are or have graduated from this fine institution love it and wouldn't be any were else. Education Quality: A+, Extracurricular Activities: B Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jul 14 2007 2nd Year Male -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=40207&uid=186'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Art & Design Department  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I've been at SFAI for the better part of two semesters, and i could not be more displeased with my experience. SFAI's only concern is pulling themselves out of debt, and therefore they will take anyone who will cough up tuition (tuition-high quality of education-very, very low.) The end result is a student body whose intelligence level is well below average, and whose truly creative output is nearly non existent. If one does not wish simply to sit around, smoke pot, drink, lick faculty ass, and socialize with either the hyper art theory-obsessed self-absorbed condescending to-be art critics, or the Neanderthal-like skateboard riding urchins who comprise the other half of the student body, stay well away and get a decent education elsewhere. I'm transferring next year, and I've gotten into both CalArts and CCA, so this isn't the whining of a bitter untalented artist, merely the complaining of someone who loves art and wants to get the best education he can. Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else. Surrounding City: A+, Scholastic Success: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Mar 18 2007 1st Year Female -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! 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