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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Other  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I came to Bradley and entered the animation program in October of 2006. Currently Bradley only offers an Associates degree but I felt that it would be a good basis for further education afterwards. Let me tell you I was far from right. Bradley is a very very small school. Housing consists of expensive condos that are shared with students attending the neighboring school of YTI. Thankfully I never had to live in this school's poor excuse for housing. One of my fellow classmates has and the horror stories from some of his roommates were terrible. So don't expect much from the housing, not to mention half the people that live there do drugs and hold parties often so there is never much peace. Due to the size of the school class sizes are smaller and sometimes you can get that one on one with your teacher. That is if you're willing to go to their office hours on their time. My first two terms here were great. I had Will Guntrum as an instructor for my Drawing and Figure Drawing classes. He's one of maybe four teachers that I had in my course here that I was completely satisfied with. Will knew what he was talking about and I got my full worth out of those classes. This school requires a portfolio to get into the animation program. However Bradley will do anything to ensure that the proper quota is filled, including letting in students with NO talent that is required in the demanding field of animation. I have shared classes with students in the program that had no concept of basic drawing skills. Now I will give that some of them were more technically adept and once sat in front of a computer could do great things in 3d. However I have come across students that can do neither and it seems that Bradley will let anyone in the animation department, they really have no standards at all. When I finally got around to actually starting to work in 3d everything that we learned was very basic and our teacher did a good job ensuring that we had that strong basis to move on to the intermediate class fourth term. Fourth term for my class was a horror story made in hell. The administration at Bradley hired a new instructor to teach the 3d animation classes. Let's just say it was hell from day one. She was trying to teach us how to model in a completely different program than the one that we were learning. We did not animate in animation class. Anything and everything of the little that we learned in fourth term was self taught. There was never any actual instruction in the entirety of the class. In the end, let's just say that teacher no longer works here at Bradley. My entire class revolted and made sure that our voice was heard by the administration, however it took them eight weeks before they finally fixed the problem. So in the end we hardly learned anything that term. Fifth term we finally did have a teacher that knew the program that we were working in. However I was still severely disappointed with the teaching. Let's just say the way that we were shown how to model the human figure made things so much more complicated than they needed to be. In the end I completely remodeled my character and it turned out so much better than what it would have been if I had done it using the teacher's method. Also in animation class we were basically given busywork. "I want you to do this kind of animation." Etc etc. Never did we study and learn any of the 12 principles of animation that were laid down by Disney himself. We were told what to do and in the end it was just guess and check. Same goes for our class on texturing. Never were we shown any good techniques to use to create textures in photoshop. It was always, here's what I want you to texture so do it. Overall I am so pissed off at this school that it is inhibiting my creative output. If I don't have the motivation to do something, I'll just BS my way through it and get a passing grade. Because as of right now all I care about is passing this last term and getting out of this joke of a college that they think is so great. And if any of the other AI schools are as bad as this one I would steer clear. At least that's what I plan on doing. If you want a degree in computer animation that will actually be helpful to you don't go wasting your time here. Go to a school like Ringling or SCAD. At least there you'll get the proper teaching to get a good job in this field. I really wish that I had done the research before I came here. Waste of money that I could have been spending at a GOOD school getting a REAL education. If you have any questions about Bradley at all fell free to email me. Perceived Campus Safety: A, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 16 2008 2nd Year Female -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=43582&uid=3144'></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 Bright When I applied and then became a member of this school I was told that the teachers would teach us the student the programs in which to complete assignment. I throughout my first and second term have had to gain assistance from senior students to get anything done. Many of the teachers do not care if you need help and many are late for class. Some faculty should not be teaching the courses that they are. One teacher I have had for three separate classes does not have a degree in the digital art but only a traditional arts degree. In my first term class some lessons he was trying to teach the he did not know how to do so he had a student that had previous knowledge on the program teach that class. This is not what I am paying for. The housing that the school provides is poor at best. Any repair is grossly over charged. $90 for a door hinge or $216 for a lost are all over charged. In my houses case we called maintance twice and let the Resident Advisor that our smoke detector continued to beep even after we changed the batteries. Nothing was done for us. When the monthly inspection came around my two roommates and I both got a $259 fine for two alarms being down. Is this our fault or is it the school fault for not listening. This just one part why I am leaving this school and going elsewhere. I am writing this for people wanting to go here. I say go somewhere where your money will be well spent. Surrounding City: A, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Dec 06 2007 1st Year Male -- Class 2010    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=42650&uid=3144'></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 Education at BAVA is all what you makeof it. The educators there can only take you half way. It's up to you to put in the effort to succeed. The oppurtunity of the design field in today's economy is quite competetive. You have to go up against everyone in your class, and against other schools. Work hard now, and it will certainly pay off in the future. Starting Job: Junior Art Director, Preparedness: B+, Reputation: B+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Nov 17 2004 Alumnus Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=13421&uid=3144'></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   Interior Design  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright In our immediate area design jobs are difficult to find. Need to go to major cities. Bradley is a very good school and does prepare you well for your career. You must be willing to work very hard, and know you need to build yourself up.(financially & career wise) Sales is a big part of our field. Must be positive, and motivated and a good listener. Constantly read all the trade magazines you can get your hands on. Starting Job: Interior Designer, Preparedness: A, Reputation: B- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Aug 26 2004 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='sr_comment.js?sckey=11840&uid=3144'></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:    Next

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