The Art Institute of Seattle

Date: Mar 24 2011
Major: Computer Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
Long story short, I spent 10 thousand dollars on a school that has the money to provide the top notch equipment, and yet all of my classes I had to switch to different classrooms that supported my theory they were 'unorganized'. After that most of the computers were older, and in one of my classes after switching classrooms 3 times (yes, 3) I was given a room with small desks that were falling apart and missing screws. It's a very low quality school that is extremely overpriced. Really think about what you want to do with your life, and if you do decide to do something artistic, you don't need to attend a school that charges 8 thousand dollars a quarter (that's correct, 7200 a quarter not a year) but instead go for a bachelors at a real university. You'll save money, get a better education, get REAL parking (I had to pay 8 dollars a day to park in the parking garage next to the school, with no options for a school parking pass or anything like that). It's downtown Seattle so getting too and fro in a car is nearly impossible after school and a real hassle. You'll also get a team of highly trained and respectful staff to teach and help you along the way at a university, as opposed to one of my teachers with a masters in Fine Arts and owned an art museum tried to tell me,

You don't understand or appreciate art, and if you don't conform to the reality of art and design you'll never improve.

This school was the biggest waste of money, and a huge sink of time. They will not work with you on scheduling, and pay very little attention to each student.

Of course, if this was a community college, it would be neutral. Mostly because I'm paying a community college 1/8th of what I'm paying them, so shouldn't I have expected to get better treatment for that kind of money?

If you are set on going, please by all means do and perhaps even prove me wrong on this review. Just make sure to check your options and check the pricing of your options first, just to make sure you know what you are getting into.