(IADT-Tampa) The Audio Degree is a complete and total waste

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Educational Quality	F	Faculty Accessibility	F
Useful Schoolwork	C	Excess Competition	D+
Academic Success	F	Creativity/ Innovation	C
Individual Value	F	University Resource Use	F
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A	Friendliness	D
Campus Maintenance	A	Social Life	F
Surrounding City	B	Extra Curriculars	F
Safety	A

Describes the student body as: Friendly, Approachable Describes the faculty as: Arrogant, Condescending, Unhelpful, Self Absorbed

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Lowest Rating Educational Quality	F

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Date: Sep 10 2011
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
The Audio Degree is a complete and total waste of $30,000+. Even when the economy was good (like 15 years ago) there still weren't enough jobs available to accommodate all of the graduates being pumped out of this school (and neighboring schools). At least 10 of the audio/video classes (which by the way, I still don't understand why audio students had to take video classes) are a complete waste of time and money. And the internship is the worst part one of them all. I paid this school almost $4,000 to be an indentured slave, to almost run myself to death, and to be hated and treated like crap by the engineers/assistant engineers at the studio I interned at. I wish I had wasted that money on hats. Or shoes. IADT was supposed to help us find jobs after graduation and I have yet to hear back from them and I've been graduated for almost 3 years now. I, and most all my fellow graduates/friends, still work in retail. I grew tired several years ago of sending out my resume and making follow up phone calls to places that aren't even reading them. My credits won't even transfer to another school! (I still can't believe that one.) I feel that IADT stole my money and gave me a worthless degree. I grow more bitter with each loan payment I make. I wish I had gone to MTSU instead. They're not only cheaper but they offer many more classes that IADT doesn't (for example: analog tape and mastering to name a few) and their degree is much more prestigious. And they actually have a nice studio on campus and IADT doesn't. The studio we had to use was a dump in a storage unit.

Responses

I don't see what your issue is with IADT. How is it their fault that the industry you chose isn't hiring? How is it their fault that your internship went bad? How is it their fault that their credits won't transfer to another school? You're complaining about issues they have no control over. I'm sorry you had such an awful post-graduation experience with them, but I for one find them to be excellent. Maybe you should've done some more research into your college choice before had, or even chose a different major. Try taking responsibility and putting the blame where it is deserved.

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