I entered this school fresh out of high school.  I was so excited...art was my passion and what I loved to do more than anything.

The first year wasn't too bad, but it rapidly went downhill.

The school is so focused on constant negativity.  I didn't expect to be babied, but to have things I spent a lot of time on made fun of in class with the teacher's approval was horrible. 

Once a year, you will have to take all your work in front of a review committee.  This is a group of about four teachers who will look at everything you've done and tear you to shreds.  Expect to see many heartbroken students that day. 

I finally left the school when a teacher I thought highly of (and also happened to be the head of my major) humiliated me in front of the class.

If you go here, the real way to succeed is to become “buddy/buddy” with the teachers.  If they don't like a certain style or media, don't do it even if it's what you're best at.  If you're quiet and shy like me, don't go here...you will simply get walked over, ignored, set up to fail, and ridiculed.

I am a big believer in constructive criticism, but that is not what I received here.  It was like being in high school gym class again, but even worse because this was something I actually cared about.