<p>Hey. I'm a member of GCS and I can definitely say it is worth joining... although finding time between your classes to do work for what essentially will become another lab/studio (depending what side of the dev team ur on) will be done through sheer willpower and cutting off hours of sleep.</p>
<p>I know these questions are old, but here's what I've heard as answers:
The ETC allows a person to be able to work in visual effects/animation. It's not all gaming at all, although many students choose to concentrate their projects on it. If I remember correctly, there were people who went on to work in Disney creating the theme park shows, the virtual stuff. There's one example of people not working in games. And I guess the fact that Dreamworks recruits from the ETC is good evidence too?</p>
<p>Also, nowadays, I don't think undergrad is allowed to participate in Building Virtual Worlds, although I think the lecture classes, when offered, are open to them.</p>
<p>And Waffles, was the guy u stayed with named Chris?</p>