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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant It wasn't formal enough. It was wasting my time. I didn't need the integration of my social life into some groupy-concieved, academic bs. I needed individual thinking people, of the staff and of my piers. The Fine Arts program is here and there and everywhere. It takes steps in the right directions, while many faculty members step upon the others heels. It needs more clarity not to seem hypocritical. Perceived Campus Safety: A-, Friendliness: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Sep 09 2008 1st Year Male -- Class 2012    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=54179&uid=295'></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   Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright no job placement at all. Social Life: A+, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 28 2007 1st Year Female -- Class 2007    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=42459&uid=295'></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   Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Ringling promises many things they cannot, and did not keep. The biggest broken promise is the one of job placement after graduation. Prospective students are promised a 85-99% placement the first year after graduationa and that is completely false and misleading. The career services there consist of 2 people, two very busy people with little time to devote to individuals. After graduation, wide eyed and eager students are heading into a highly competitive job market unaware how hard it is to land a job because of false information given to them by the school. They are under the impression that the sight of "Ringling School of Art and Design" on their resume will drastically improve their chances of getting a job, when in reality that thought is dangerously wrong. It took me years after graduation to get a job in a creative field, and I've yet to get one with good pay. Ringling will say what they need to, and continues to do so simply to "capture" new students. They seems to know that although we (artists) love what we do, we are all still afraid of being a "starving artist". They know this, so they tell you what you want to hear as a meager attempt to calm your fears. If you choose to attend Ringling, be aware that getting a job after graduation is completely up to you, and is VERY difficult. Collaboration/Competitive: A, Individual Value: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 12 2006 4th Year Female -- Class 2010    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=21910&uid=295'></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   Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Average i'm a first year CA student from out of state and although Ringling looks and seems really great from what they show you and tell you there are a few things you should know before considering this school. Yes i will admit that Ringling is one of the top schools for computer animation, they seem negect other majors. Unless you are interested in Computer Animation or Graphic Design, don't waste your money and go else where. the nice weather doesnt help much when theres never anything to do and your school is placed in the middle of the ghetto. Yes the school is in the ghetto, sarasota looks really nice until you travel down MLK(the road that runs through the school) and 301. Ringling is fortune enough to be placed in what most people would call the projects. At any point in time whether its during the day or at night you will have an opportunity to see crack-heads, prostitutes, and bums. one of my first weeks i had an opportunity to see some prostitutes get picked up maybe 20 or 30 ft. from the dorms. But it's not so much the crackheads or the prostitutes at will bother you, sure youll be asked by them for money and cigarettes atleast twice a day. It's the rest of the neighborhood that you need to worry about, there's been instances of students getting mugged walking back from the gas station to their dorms(on school property), or students getting shot at or somethings as innocent as being yelled at and occasionally spit at while walking or crossing MLK.rd. But my favorite part about this school is that we or maybe even you will get a chance to pay almost 40K to go here and not feel safe or comfortable. The school is very busy spending money on trying to expand and make a better name for themselves but seem to hide a lot from the public. For instance not too many people know about this but yes a Graphic Design teacher was arrested and charged with possession of Cocaine. The student body found out because she was in the news paper for it, but the schools seemed to inform anyone about it where the faculty wasn't informed and she was considered out on a medical leave(yeah good medical leave). Safety is an important i must say, and there is security driving around on their golf carts but they're mainly around to give you the sense of security but their only job and purpose on this campus is to provide a false sense of security, drive teachers from their class rooms to their cars(because the teachers don't even feel comfortable walking to their mercedes and bmw's) and locking up the gates(to keep the crackheads and bums out). To top all that there was also an instance where along greensboro ln. right near the fishbowl(mailroom) where students that live in the dorms park their cars had their cars vandalized. A group of between 10-12 african americans decided that it'd be a lot of fun to jump and run across every single roof and hood along that road. Along greensboro ln. there were about 15 or 16 cars parked and every single one of them were trashed, people's hood were smashed enough to make the paint chip and the roofs were smashed in enough to be very well visible from the inside of the car. After that incident happened, the police were called in imediately but somehow it took them about 20 min. or more to come. While the students stood outside security drove past a number of times on their golf carts but didn't seem to care or make any effort to help, but aren't they employeed to protect us and OUR property while on Ringling School of Art and Design property. Greensboro Ln. is a road that runs along ringling and on the other side are students housing which is owned by ringling, so wouldn't that mean that it is still their responsibility? This school is only good for one major, computer animation. The school seems to neglect all other majors and is too busy jacking up the cost of admission to pay off their new buildings and buying out the property around the school and the city of sarasota. Unless you are dedicated to succeed at computer animation and can afford ringling's outragous tuition should you consider this school.. If you are truely considering this school, don't do it unless you are interested in computer animation and also take the time to ask some serious questions when you get your tour and take the opportunity to see the MLK and the beautiful community surrounding this school. Education Quality: A, Campus Aesthetics: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Feb 05 2006 1st Year Male -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! 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