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I've heard some unpleasant stuff, no specifics but I've heard it's really expensive and kind of a scam.

A friend of my cousin went to FullSail for sound recoeding.  I've never talked to the guy, but he does have a job, so I guess it worked out okay for him.  Although the job is at a hip-hop studio in NY, and I guess he doesn't really appreciate the wacky weed that the artists smoke in the studio...

NIce school, I considered it for a time.  The tuition is something outrageous though, and I just don't think that much money is worth an associates degree.

Mercury52 wrote:

My girlfriend and I have both received mailings from FullSail.  We're currently each about to finish our undergrad work in fields related to what FullSail offers.

Prices do seem mighty high, and I seem to recall reading somewhere that they are not an accredited school.

I'm sure there are better, very reputable, places to spend your $$.

According to wiki, it is:

Wikipedia wrote:

Full Sail was founded in 1979 as a recording studio workshop. A Film program was added in 1988, and the school was accredited to award specialized associate’s degrees in 1990. A third degree in Digital Media was added in 1995, followed by Game Design and Show Production & Touring in 1998.
Full Sail received additional accreditation in 1998, allowing the school to issue associate of science degrees, and 1999 saw the addition of a Computer Animation associate’s degree. In 2003, Full Sail added its first bachelor’s degree in Entertainment Business (designed to be combined with an additional Full Sail associate’s degree), followed quickly by the Game Design & Development program.
In 2005, three programs – Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design (formerly Digital Media), and Film – were expanded and accredited to be offered as Bachelor of Science degrees.

But, they don't cite their sources so I can't say for certain.

Schools like FullSail, Expressions, etc are usually rip-off. If you want to be some cog in a wheal, or someone that never uses their training, or you simply want to offload excess money... go to one of those places. If you actually want a real education in design, sound, digitalmedia, whatever... goto a real college or university.

OR, at the very least, hit up a place like BVAC (http://www.bavc.org/).


but hey...visit places before you make -any- decision.

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Fullsail is not an accredited college.  The tuition is outrageous, when I was interested in going it was something like 40G.  And from what I remember of the school, there are no dorms, so you'd have to find a place out in town. Yeah, the school looks awesome from the website, but at the price, it's not going to be worth it. 

If it's sound you're interested in, you may just want to ask around in sound houses and studios in your area, see if you can intern.  I'm currently going to grad school for a masters in music, but have an assistantship doing the recordings for concerts at school, and my dean helped me get an internship at a company out in town.  Sometimes you can get what you need locally, which means cheap.

But trust us, Fullsail is sketchy!

I've about had it with people talking crap about a school they haven't been to or even researched. The general complaint is that Full Sail is to expensive...unless you go to some really cheap school or get a scholarship, no four year college will be any cheaper than Full Sail. I graduated June 27th from the Show Production and Live Touring degree program, and now I'm about to start my third month of the Music Business Bachelor's. I'll be honest, if you don't LOVE what you think you might want to come to Full Sail for...DON'T COME...ITS NOT FOR YOU! Personally, I love music and I think I might possible go crazy if I couldn't work in this industry. During the show production degree, I was taught and had access to all the latest sound equipment. Like anything in life, you get out what you put into Full Sail. If you sleep through lectures and don't pay attention in labs, then you probably won't get a job in your industry. On the flip side of that, if you genuinely want to learn and ask questions, you will get the best education possible for whatever field you decide to go into. Yes, Full Sail is fast paced, but its no different than a may-mester class at a four year college. The people that graduate from Full Sail and don't get jobs, ARE JUST BEING LAZY OR THEY WERE STUPID ENOUGH TO PAY FOR TUITION AND NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF FULL SAIL'S RESOURCES! Overall, Full Sail is a great school and I would recommend it to anyone who is serious about their career and wants to learn from the best.

Somebody needs to. People wanted the truth about Full Sail...my previous response is the truth. I'm just tired of seeing whole forums of people who have never been to Full Sail or even to the "Behind the scenes tour" run their mouth about how bad it sucks. Its frustrating because I used to be the same way...I read all bs about how full sail was a scam before I came here. Now that I've been here long enough to know that its a really good school, I want people who are thinking about coming to Full Sail to know the truth about what they are getting into...not some one one sided douchebags opinion that thinks he's knows what he's talking about. That having been said, I would be happy to answer any questions about what you can expect if you come to Full Sail.


***Who cares if this forum is from 2 years ago...people are still going to find it through google and read it.

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tbsc88 wrote:

Somebody needs to. People wanted the truth about Full Sail...my previous response is the truth. I'm just tired of seeing whole forums of people who have never been to Full Sail or even to the "Behind the scenes tour" run their mouth about how bad it sucks. Its frustrating because I used to be the same way...I read all bs about how full sail was a scam before I came here. Now that I've been here long enough to know that its a really good school, I want people who are thinking about coming to Full Sail to know the truth about what they are getting into...not some one one sided douchebags opinion that thinks he's knows what he's talking about. That having been said, I would be happy to answer any questions about what you can expect if you come to Full Sail.


***Who cares if this forum is from 2 years ago...people are still going to find it through google and read it.

And people are going to read your responses and get the idea that Full Sail is full of rabid students posting on multiple year old threads that nobody cares about because they get their panties in a wad.

Also, I hear all the students at Full Sail are both smelly and doo-doo heads.

tbsc88 wrote:

***Who cares if this forum is from 2 years ago...people are still going to find it through google and read it.

Zombie Threads (giving new life to old threads) are encouraged in this section of the forum.   Most of the other popular sections have the opposite policy.

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This thread is funny, I haven't logged on here in forever, yet this title seemed so familiar... and then I realized it was the same one. NICE.