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5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1
5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1
5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1
5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1
5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1
5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1
5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1
5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1
5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1
5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1
5.45.80.218:valid:Content Nonsensical, Duplicate Survey, High Vulgarity, High Grammatical Error, Probably Admissions, Content Useless, Malicious Intent/Faked, SPAM, :1

Statistical Analyzer:

I'm in my last month of Full Sail's Film Bachelor's Program. As of this posting, I graduate in 29 days.

Full Sail is a money-mill, not a school. To be fair, I know more about filmmaking now than I did when I started, but I can't help but feel that I would have learned more in a better environment if I had gone to a traditional four-year school. Unfortunately this wasn't possible, because since the credits don't transfer, you're on the hook before you realize you've been had, especially in my case, as a veteran with limited GI Bill entitlements: Once I had been to one month of Full Sail, enough of my benefits had been used up that there were not enough left for me to finish a traditional degree, even if I had a means of living while I applied and waited for a start date. The federal government's constant hamstringing of veterans' benefits was partially to blame for this, but Full Sail was the main villain.

There is tremendous potential for Full Sail to be a world-class film school, but they are too busy trying to make more and more and more money with a

no dollar left behind

The quality of the academics is seriously lacking. Nobody pays any attention in lecture, and everyone still passes. I've never studied or gone to office hours as long as I've gone here and I've never received less than a B in any course. It's designed for every student to pass (and thereby continue paying into the school).

The teachers are all jaded and depressed. Many of them want to teach more rigorously, but are collared and chained by administrators for whom academics take a back seat to profit margins.

Advising Staff are very helpful to prospective students, but once you're enrolled getting even the most basic of help is like pulling teeth, and the Business Office and Financial Aid Department are seemingly staffed by criminals on probation. None of them are the least bit competent, with one or two exceptions, and even the ones who are don't really seem to care or take pride in their work. The receptionists don't know a thing. They are literally the most vacuous, useless placeholders I've ever had the misfortune of having to try and work with.

I will say this: If you go to Full Sail, you can learn your chosen field. I did it. But it's much more of a struggle than it's worth, especially given the fact that you won't be able to put Full Sail on your resum?, without having to contend with its negative reputation among workers in most fields it represents.

I would only recommend Full Sail as a last resort to students who have tried and failed to gain attendance to more reputable schools and who still want to pursue their dreams.