<p>Sorry I haven’t been watching the thread. This may have changed with the change to semesters, but he had credit for 5 classes with his AP tests. Four of those were humanities/social studies credits, so he really has been able to focus on math, some physics, and a lot of computer/software/game design. I believe there were 9 required humanities type classes required when he started, so he only had to take 5.</p>
<p>I have heard from professors and students that they are well aware they need to take a broad perspective because of the competitiveness of the gaming industry, but that they are able to find a variety of computer jobs based on their education.</p>
<p>Dislike of the food is a reason many students choose to move off campus sophomore year. There are a lot of apartments nearby that cost about the same as the dorms, which is not cheap, but they can do their own food.</p>
<p>If he isn’t interested in art that just lends more weight to the idea of taking a more broad programming major like computer science. But as you can probably tell I’m not an expert per se at GD so he might want to talk to people with more experience. I don’t know if either of you have stumbled across our Reddit page at reddit.com / r / rit (I had to put spaces, I can’t post links here). It may look intimidating filled mostly with RIT in-jokes, but it is actually a good resource to search or even post in to get the raw opinions of RIT students. Just remember they’re raw opinions, and people there are generally nice.</p>
<p>As far as the MAGIC studio (formerly known as the CSI building formally known as building 87), I’ve been in the facility for events but I haven’t taken a close look at the production equipment they have there. I don’t <em>think</em> they have any sophisticated mo-cap stuff, but I do know the art school has a room that does mo-cap. That space is often used by people university-wide who are being funded to do projects or create startups. Check out magic.rit.edu.</p>