Full Sail University

Date: Mar 24 2005
Major: Electrical Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
Lets start at the beginning. Your admissions rep is going to give you what is generally classified as a soft sell, meaning that they will not really push you into doing anything. After a few conversations they will more or less make a statement along th lines of "you need to get moving" or "this school isn't right for you". Both answers may light a fire under you to enroll. Many of them will mother you until you are enrolled, calling you frequently just to "chat". They are building trust, be careful where you place it. Once you are in school you will get personal attention to your legitmate concerns from very few teachers, citing that they need to focus more on the class as a whole. By the time you graduate you will have done a lot of things but not had nearly enough time either in class or on the gear to truly feel comfortable presenting yourself as a viable asset to any project in the real world. Even though they state that you will learn you every aspect of whatever degree program, the truth is they only go an inch deep into the ocean of the field. Once you graduate they say that they will help you find a job. They make it clear that they will not give you a job, just the tools to find one, however their lead bank is full of the bottom of the barrel, unpaid jobs that will never, and I mean never, roll out into something remotely decent. When I graduated I spent literally days speaking with the placement department attempting to find anything that could prove to be a positive lead. Even years later now, I haven't seen one decent lead. Every job that I've had since post-graduation I have gotten on my own. Even once I completed my internship (again that I found on my own) they tried to take credit for my work. They didn't help with any of it. All the statistics the school will throw at you to make them look good are drastically skewed (remove at least 30% from any number they give you).

In all Full Sail will give you a glimpse of what the industry really is and in no way is a

Real World Education

On average class sizes range from 40-150 people. Do you really think that all the money is being put into your education. Think more realistically, it is going to those who bring in the dollars and for those who sit in their comfy offices and look at the empire they have built and deceived thousands of people to buy into.

Avoid "Full Sail Real World Education" at all costs. The money is better spent on manuals.