The Maryland Institute College of Art

Date: Jul 20 2008
Major: Undecided (This Major's Salary over time)
I attended this school back in 1994. It wasn't difficult to get admitted, and I had high hopes of learning a lot of technical skills from the faculty. However, the faculty did very little as far as technical training, and the general education classes are of the "grade" yourself variety. Most classes seemed to focus on content rather than technique. I will say that this is a good school if you are extremely talented, need little guidance, and if you already know what you want to do as an artist. I knew people who smoked pot for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and then I knew those who were very dedicated and focused on their work, so there was a wide range of students as with any school. Maybe I was took young when I went here, seeing as the school is in an urban, yet isolated environment. If you don't have a car, forget about it. Only the strong survive, I suppose. I would consider taking continuing education classes here, now that I have a college degree in a totally different subject area. One more thing is that some of the students are really competitive and will hog the studios, so you have to figure out how to get adequate space and time for your projects.