<p>Hello. So recently I learned about Full Sail University, and I'm interested in their Entertainment Business program (MBE). I'm currently a High School Junior who hopes to get into the Georgia Institute of Technology, but I'm interested in what other colleges have to offer. So what is everyone's opinion of Full Sail and what are the benefits of attending such a technical college, and how would attending Full Sail compare to attending a colleges such as Georgia Tech, and how would it effect my future? Thank you.</p>
<p>A lot of students in my HS’s class of 2010 are considering it. I’d probably be considering it if they didn’t visit our school ON May 1st.</p>
<p>Outta curiousity, I’m assuming ur from GA by the Tech interest; what HS u go to?</p>
<p>My wife’s college was recently acquired by Full Sail. They have a trade school model- you need to be aware of that. They are a for-profit proprietary insitution. This means that students are customers, there to purchase a very narrowly defined service.</p>
<p>In contrast, Georgia Tech is a traditional university.</p>
<p>If it were me, I would prefer Georgia Tech or almost any other university in the world to Full Sail.</p>
<p>Please do a Google search on Full Sail - I’ve seen enough reports to be very cautious about them.</p>
<p>What’s the likelihood that the technology you learn at Full Sail will still be relevant five years after your finish?</p>
<p>Wow. Thank you everyone for contributing to my post. Full Sail did looked quit suspicious, especially after I talked to one of their live representatives. Anyways I doubt I’ll continue to consider Full Sail at all but especially not over Georgia Tech. Oh and I got to Valdosta High School.</p>
<p>OTOH, for a specific student Full Sail could be the right choice. I have a close young friend who graduated from FS last fall, who got a job back in the northeast immediately and has been working in her field (theater tech) quite successfully. Nothing wrong with a “trade type school” for certain industries.</p>
<p>I wish all universities were trade schools, that’d just be great.</p>
<p>idk y one would be “cautious” about FS, they’re quite legit. Only thing is, you have to be VERY sure that you want a job in the entertainment industry, otherwise you won’t be able to do anything with the degree.</p>
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<p>Absolutely not. Though trade school is great for some.
- For-profit
- Everyone I’ve ever known to go there to do studio recording and tech work has had a very hard time finding jobs (same as though they hadn’t gone), said once they found a job that their education was only marginally useful if the studio used precisely the same systems, and have almost universally reported that they would have been better off interning or working for dirty cheap in the industry for the same time period because they would have had less debt and better experience and would have been more employable.</p>
<p>I don’t know if that’s true outside of the recording studio side of things, but I know for recording work Full Sail is a full waste.</p>
<p>1) Don’t most universities make a profit?</p>
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<p>Why keep doing schoolwork when you can have hands-on industry experience?</p>
<p>No, in fact, pretty much all universities are non-profit organizations. Total university budget at Brown divided by total students at Brown, for instance, is about 95k per student per year.</p>
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- Because that doesn’t work in every industry
- Because that barely scratches the surface of the goals of most universities. Education is not job prep, with the exception of a few select pre-professional concentrations/majors, and even then, the general curriculum and overall goals of the institution are not aligned with pure job preparation.</p>
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<p>Career training and education are two different things. Education is a process of developing critical thinking skills. Career training teaches you how to do things; a full education would stretch you to ask whether and when you should do those things, whether they’re the best things to do, whether there are other and better means to more desirable ends. Having skills with limited judgment is a pretty precarious thing. That’s why people with college career preparation frequently wind up working for people with liberal arts degrees who can break down problems, ask the right questions, synthesize information from multiple sources, and communicate with stakeholders.</p>
<p>All I know about Full Sail is that they sent me a rainforest worth of broachers to me over my high school career, and they didn’t spell my name right ONCE. It may be a decent choice if that’s what kind of career you want, but if it comes down to GA-Tech vs. Full Sail…hahaha, sorry… it sounds so funny putting those two schools into matchup. It’s like the Cav’s vs. the Thunder. There is no comparison.</p>
<p>Full Sail has the highest average student debt of any school in the country – almost 70k. </p>