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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I will be graduating from CCAD this spring with a BFA in fine arts-sculpture...and I cannot wait to be done with the place. CCAD seemed alright at first- they hand out good scholarships to incoming high schoolers native to the area and offer extra scholarships if needed. I was lucky enough to get a very good scholarship and win another scholarship they offered but was only allowed to accept one. They neglected to tell me this before I went through several interviews and portfolio reviews to win the second scholarship- which ended up going to the second-place winner. The freshman year was grueling (but the curriculum is changing) and I spent many sleepless nights on tedious projects with strict guidelines and quick deadlines. Teachers during this year seemed to choose favorites quickly and if you weren't one, you didn't get nearly enough attention. It was also this year that I noticed how bad the buildings on campus were. One building that houses mainly the painting and figure drawing classes is falling apart but yearly covered with a new coat of paint. Holes in the floors peer down into the classrooms below and the corners and edges of doors leak in Ohio's lovely rain and snow. The roof is also constantly leaking and flooding some parts of the uneven floors. The sculpture lab where I spend most of my time is no exception. Just this past week some heavy rains came through the roof and down one corner of the senior studios like a small waterfall. This ended up flooding the studios with a nice later of stagnant water that sat for 3 days before someone was able to pump it out (the smell of stagnant water is wonderful!). On the topic of studios, CCAD is horribly short of space for seniors. Only a small portion of seniors get studio spaces after filling out forms and adding a name to the long waiting lists. Every once in a while though I will stumble upon a sophomore who has a senior studio (funny how that works...) by being close to a teacher. One thing people complain about is the lack of job placement through CCAD, and I really have to agree. A lot of schools work hard to set students up with internships or job opportunities, but CCAD does not go out of its way. The career services department has a website set up with random art-based jobs that students can apply for, but I wouldn't trust most of them to be legit or worth the fight to get. If you want an internship, you have to go to the site, hunt an opportunity down and apply for it. If you get it you then have to work your internship around school since they won't count them towards class experience. A big problem that does reflect itself in career services and student services is the lack of communication. Time after time I have been personally told one thing by my advisor, only to be surprised later and hear the complete opposite from another. Advising sessions for class scheduling seem like they would help you stay on course to your programs requirements, but it never happens that way. The only students who end up having their scheduling go smoothly are the ones who track their courses non-stop on their own and never go to an advisor- well, only to fix a mistake that the office workers have made. TRansfer students from other schools and student looking to take some classes at nearby Columbus State BEWARE- the credit transfer process through CCAD is outrageous and confusing and changes rules from one person to the next. I'm finally almost done with the place and, looking back, wish that I would have switched schools early on when I still had the chance. Surrounding City: A-, Useful Schoolwork: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Mar 11 2010 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=65837&uid=1043'></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 Bright I went to CCAD for a semester and I have nothing good to say about it at all. The staff members and the students who are loyal to the school seem to have a chip on their shoulder and seem to act as if they are better than everyone else because they attended or are attending ccad. The professors don't allow students to "think outside the box" and more focused on the preciseness and the perfection one can display rather than the concept behind the project. The professors are also very bias and tend to favor certain students a lot more than others. Every project was ridiculous and unnecessary. The school wants students to view art as work and labor intensive rather than it being about something you love and use as a creative outlet. This place is terrible and the entire school thinks they are the greatest when in reality, there are fine art and design programs at other schools that are way better. Oh and this school may make you want to do heavy amounts of drugs and kill yourself. I would not recommend this school to anyone. Ever. Campus Maintenance: B+, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 09 2010 1st Year Male -- Class 2013    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=63736&uid=1043'></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 Bright I am a second year illustration student that came across this site and read all the comments. Many of which I noticed are almost 10 years old and negative. It is now 2010 and CCAD has improved a lot from what I read from 10 years ago. CCAD focus's very much on professionalism and fundamentals. The first year was very challenging in area's I had little experience in, such as 3D art. The projects were about precision and composition. The teacher I had first semester had us glueing boxes but the precise measurements was a challenge and that is what the project is about. It's fundamentals. The second semester for 3D I had a different teacher that focused on conceptual ideas in the 3D art. I found this more enriching and more thought provoking. If you find that a project is boring and mundane then you can find a way to make it more fun and the instructors respect that. For some that is what art is about. Most of my instructors have been helpful in different ways. Some would consider them inadequate for their job just because they only hold a BFA but even they have a thing or two to teach you. Nowadays most instructors hold more than a BFA, most have a MFA. As for job placement, CCAD now has a Career services center which provides FREE access to internship opportunities, on or off campus jobs and various workshops. I have joined many of their workshops and they are VERY helpful. I learned how to create a Creative resume, write cover letters, interview skills and various social skills. Most students that go to these workshops are Seniors which I find disappointing. I found that many lower-class man do not take advantage of this information provided. I believe that anyone can find a job in their field if they are persistent and apply everything that they are taught. On top of the Career services Center, every week a visiting professional artist comes to speak in the auditorium about their career, techniques and advice. These are also free and should not be missed. Artists from every major has come to speak. My favorite so far has been James Gurney, the writer and artist of Dinotopia. The workload can be very heavy but it depends on how you handle it. There are many what seem to be pointless projects but later it is realized the importance of them. A common lesson taught in many of my sophomore classes is efficiency. How fast you can finish something to your top potential. Not being a "One trick pony", and learning multiple techniques and figuring which to apply to a given assignment. Mastering various techniques and media are important. I've found that some projects are best done digitally while some with traditional media. It depends on what direction you want to take with it and your skill level with certain techniques. In my illustration major many classes such as "Commercial Figure Drawing" and "Marketing" are focused on being professional and working with clients. While other classes such as "Illustration Methods" focus's on just technique and a variety of media. Some instructors are said to just babble on about random things in their life but I have found this is them telling us their experience and should be heard. Coming from a family in poverty, CCAD is very expensive. I will have a considerable amount of debt but I feel I am getting my moneys worth. I take advantage of the free career workshops, visiting artists and complete all of my tasks given to me. I'm not much of a networker which is said to be a necessity in the art world but I am confidant I have what it takes to get a job in my expertise after graduation, thanks to what I have learned from my CCAD experience and my persistence. Don't expect to be successful just because you got a BFA from CCAD. The successful will have taken everything in and apply it. CCAD gives you the skills and information, it's up to the individual on how to use it. Not everyone is cut out to be a successful artist. Faculty Accessibility: A, Extracurricular Activities: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 08 2010 2nd Year Female -- 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=63712&uid=1043'></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 Quite Bright If you want the fundamentals of good design and strong design logic to become part of your DNA this is the place. If you are looking for a party school this is not it. Although I did have a great deal of fun. There is not a strong professional network. If you are looking for a degree that will guarantee you a job, CCAD is not that place. If you are a self proclaimed rock star and need the design skills to match... welcome Faculty Accessibility: A+, Surrounding City: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 12 2009 4th Year Male -- Class 1991    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=62213&uid=1043'></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      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6    Next

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