CRAZY QUESTION - Georgia Tech or SCAD

<p>Now, before I go on, to the people that read the title might wonder what kind of an idiot I am trying to compare a technical engineering school to an art school. The reason why I ask this is because while going through GTech's facebook page, they posted an article here: 2013</a> Top 50 Schools in the US for Game Design and Development | Animation Career Review</p>

<p>I have also found SCAD on Princeton Review
Top</a> Graduate Schools for Video Game Design</p>

<p>I have already been accepted to Tech as a transfer student from Georgia State (Which was a breeze because GSU is such a basic college) with a 4.0 GPA, and looking at this made me curious.</p>

<p>Am I thinking about transferring to SCAD instead of Tech? As of now, no and it'll probably stay that way (Unless something really convincing comes in the way and sweeps me away).</p>

<p>I'm not exactly what you call a great artist. Instead, I'm the kind of guy that you wouldn't expect to draw, and be surprised that I draw as somewhat of a hobby. Most of my friends would be like "Whoa, you can draw" (Surprised by the fact that I don't draw stick figures). But it's not to the extent of "Whoa, you're really good at this." My drawing skill is very, very basic and I have no extensive knowledge of it. However, I was always interested in becoming better at drawing and never got my hand around it, so to me SCAD could be considered something my long-time desire accomplished.</p>

<p>I'm currently accepted at Tech as a Transfer Student under Computational Media, which if you guys don't know is a mix between somewhat of the "creative, artsy" side of people with Computer Science. My goal is to become a Video Game Designer/Level Designer (Doesn't necessarily need to be able to draw). I am well aware that Tech is a prestigious school, and it offers a lot. </p>

<p>To be honest, if SCAD had better reputation, I would've chosen SCAD over Georgia Tech. However, from what I hear about them, it's just a smarter and better choice to be at Tech. For one, I hear that job hunting after graduation from SCAD is tough. In fact, I know several people who have returned to their countries because they couldn't find jobs after graduation. Second, I know that the reputation of SCAD is essentially: "A school for rich-spoiled-kids" since it is really easy to get into.</p>

<p>My question is this: Just exactly what makes SCAD's Interactive Design and Game Development so special to receive such high praise? I'm just very curious, because despite my belief that Tech is a much better school than SCAD overall, if the specific major I'm into has more to offer, why not?</p>

<p>Also:</p>

<p>My tuition fee for SCAD and Tech are essentially the same because despite living at Georgia for half my life, I'm still considered an International Student and I have to pay for Out-of-State tuition fee at Tech, which annually sums up to around 46,000 according to one of the papers they gave me :C</p>

<p>(For the record, you should just go to Tech because of the better flexibility you’ll have.)</p>

<p>Yea, that’s also part of the reason why as an overall factor, Tech would be my choice. I was just curious why SCAD was highly praised for the Gaming and animation major. Is it that good? (Tried reading the other thread with parents review but half of the **** sounded completely trollish, I didn’t know what to believe)</p>

<p>I’m glad someone bought this up; I was tired of reading the other thread myself.
I’m pretty much in the same boat as you, kanagani. SCAD seemed to have classes that I really would enjoy compared to the other game design themed programs (with the exception of the CMU program but that is extremely difficult to get in for me), but after doing some further poking around it appears that either people love it or hate it. The reason why it’s probably rated so high is that the program caters specifically to game design elements. The creations and projects from the courses in the program appear to have better applications to games than some of the other schools listed. The Parsons “gaming” program, for example, has more of a new-media feel than gaming one.</p>

<p>I am also wondering how SCAD is in terms of graduate school.</p>

<p>I was looking into Animation and Interactive Media also and I’ve only heard good things word to mouth but I haven’t talked to anyone that’s graduated just students, parents, and prospective students. Price was something they mentioned negative. </p>