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Having just finished my MFA here, I feel profoundly ambivalent about the School and my experience at it. Some of the faculty have been absolutely amazing & have changed my life & the way I look at design; others have been absolutely dreadful. A quick warning about the Dept. of Architecture, In Arc & Designed Objects: the MFA program is in many ways EXTREMELY limited in scope, in the sense that the faculty is quite limited and most of them will refuse to work with you if they do not share your interests. In this sense the School is geared mostly to satisfying the faculty , not the students. However, if you can muddle along long enough you will meet some wonderful educators here, and if you DO manage to find something you're passionate about, you will almost doubtlessly locate faculty who will support you 100%-- you just have to LOOK hard! Overall I do not regret having come here, but it has been a rocky road. Know what you are in for-- keeping reasonable expectations will help tremendously! Like anyplace else, the School of the Art Institute has its share of wonderful, creative people as well as arrogant insubstantial a-holes. Jun 06 2003 Architecture The New School

Great school. Jan 24 2003 Architecture Design is Political

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is an MFA factory where students essentially buy their degrees. The majority of the faculty are consumed with their own creative work and career, caring little about the students. The school is ridiculously overpriced and there is little financial aid offered. The TA positions pay between $8-$11.25 with no stipend or tuition waiver given; students are able to work 6 hours/week at these jobs. The equipment is unreliable and poorly maintained. Often students are forced to invest in their own because they cannot rely on the film and video cameras working properly. If you can get the *one* merit scholarship that is offered then it might be worthwhile because at least you didn't pay for it. Otherwise I recommend saving your money to buy a house or travel the world for a few years, since attending SAIC will be a frustrating waste of money. Teaching jobs are so scarce and low paying that taking out 50k in loans for an MFA is not a good investment. Dec 27 2001 Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc

 

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