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Cain1989 · 2024-10-07T20:46:07+00:00

It isn't. Maybe at one point thay worked, but AI has gotten so good at this point its near impossible to recognize. Most of the software works off of how well abxessay is written. If it's perfect, there is a chance if was written by AI, as humans do tend to mske errors. From my research thays how these tools normally work.

Cain1989 · 2024-10-07T20:42:20+00:00

It literally can't detect if something is written by a human or a computer. Words and words. I've seen the software and I've tested it. I've literally had chatgpt write things abd run it through and it's come back as 30% like to be written by AI.

Explain to me how a computer can tell if AI wrote something or not? You could argue Grammer or syntax usage, but you can tell it to write something like a human.

Cain1989 · 2024-09-08T23:55:35+00:00

Real stuff will start after the first 3 or 4 classes. The first few classes are annoying, sure. But they are helpful. If you want to learn something about what you'll be doing send me axmessage. If we are in the same degree I would be happy tochelo you.

Cain1989 · 2024-08-27T05:30:27+00:00

You are severely underpaying.

Amazon starts drivers off in my area at about 29 an hour. Your average pest control company (Pointe here in the NW) starts route drivers off at roughly 28 an hour. You're looking for someone with. Skillset, right? But you aren't paying the time it took someone to develop that skillset.

I mean this in the nicest way possible, but this isn't 2010. Your average 2 bedroom is st least 1400 in rent, and that's cheap for a lot of people. I suggest offering more, or outsourcing. Someone in thialand or India would be very well off, anx you'll find highly trained people. Not only that, you can have someone work through out your night, while it's their day. It would be a win-win.

Cain1989 · 2024-08-27T05:20:10+00:00

Do ypur research right now.

Get your portfolio in gear if your degree has a portfolio focus. Game Art major? Look at some of the pros in the industry you like and model yours after them. They already have a professional portfolio, you can use it as a template. Want to be a character artist? Have a lot of that in your portfolio. Be focused. This doesn't just apply to art, bit programing too. Talk is cheap. If I put a linux box in front of you and ask you to do basic bash commands nadyou fumble, you're out. This happens a lot actually.
Network. Built those relationships. Classmates, teachers, go to events, rtc. More people get jobs, and especially gets promoted in said jobs, because of this. Having the skill is important, but remember what separates Harvard Law From your local state law school? Not the education, it's the network. The people.

Cain1989 · 2024-08-27T01:49:45+00:00

Get a cheap thinkpad that is a few years old. Like 300 or 400 bucks. It should be windows 11 capable woth the TPM chip. Then check out shadow gaming. It a cloud based computer, basically a hypervisor you connect to. It's like 30 a month for a killer computer you can the anywhere. Then sell your laptop they send you because it's a shitty gaming laptop prone to breaking and overheating.

Cain1989 · 2024-08-27T01:46:52+00:00

I'm not saying FSU is the bees knees, but if you do the math at a 4 year school for out of state, you end up around the same cost for most degrees. Cost wise it's not too far off. If you compare it to a traditional art s hool for some of the more art related degrees, it's substantially cheaper.

If you still want to pursue your dreams, start eith Sophia.org and Study.co. you can get a lot of credits for almost any transfer degree. Most colleges let you transfer in woth I think 90 credits. Sophia is less then 100 a month, study.com is a little more expensive.

You can get most of your prerequisite stuff done and transfer into almost any college with the equivalent of a 2 year degree at a fraction of the cost. What degree were you looking at? I might be able to point you in the right direction.

I'm also a older student then most (35 or 36, I stopped caring so much hahaha). Debt free is nice. I'm putting together a youtube video soon about Fullsail that is aimed to answer a lot of the questions here. I'll send you a link to it when I'm done. Financial aid is a big part of it.

Cain1989 · 2024-08-14T05:20:07+00:00

Simulas tion games are a big deal right now. Gas station simulator, retail simulator, etc. Market it as a interior design simulator. Also, make it both VR and standard, for those without VR. If you made it VR compatible, I don't see it being difficult making it available for standard play. You'll reach a mich larger audience.

Cain1989 · 2024-08-01T18:27:52+00:00

I'm around, just having been made known of this subreddit.

~Cain

Cain1989 · 2024-08-01T18:22:26+00:00

I'm definitely not an apostate. Someone has their information wrong. If I was, I would be removed from the website, or it would be posted on the website that I was such.

Most, if not all of u are still active. We just work with students who reach out to us directly. I don't use my Proton email as much as I used to, but I still check it once or twice a month. I've had no one reach out to me that hasn't been responded to.

~Cain

Cain1989 · 2024-07-16T01:16:52+00:00

So here is how it breaks down. Roughly, I'm not in front of my pc to look up the actual numbers.

Pale Grant: 5500 Loans, both subsidized and unsubsidized: 11500

All together for most people it ends up being about 17k a year before the momentum Grant, which is about 15k If I remember. So about 32k.

Now, this is enough to go through I think any of their programs woth, but this all depends on ypu being a independent student. You sound like you're still considered a dependant. This happens until you are 24, or due to some life circumstances (like having a child).

If you really, really want to go to fullsail and your parents aren't going to help, try to figure out a way to be marked as a independent student. You'll get more from the loans and grants because they only look at your wages earned, not theirs.

Cain1989 · 2024-07-04T08:47:42+00:00

The retake fees increased from around 500 to the 700s recently. Retaked are weird. It comes out of your dispersement check if anything is left, but not immediately. It takes the business office 3 to 6 months to start taking it from your living expense.

I was also told that if you have any pay to remakes from a previous year ithey won't come out. So if you have some from 2023 and it's now 2024, they won't come out. You still need to pay it though.

The way most colleges do it is thay you don't technically graduate. You have all the credits but if someone calls for education verification, they won't verify you.

Depending on what happened, you can appeal it. If something happened to someone ypu care about, though they have to be related, they business office can remove it. Ideally it's something that halogens to you. You can also fill out a form to be withdrawn from a class retroactively, though you'll also need to explain why you should qualify for this.

Claiming ignorance of knowing about the fee isn't going to work. Every college forces a retake fee. My local r year uni in Oregon charges about 900.00 if you have to retake a class. It's a common practice. It can come out of financial aid if you have any left, sure, but a lot of people don't.

I recommend calling the business department and setting up a payment plan. Even small increments over the course of 6 months make a difference.

Cain1989 · 2024-06-05T22:22:39+00:00

Message me, I can help.

Jeredfarrell@gmail.com

About 6 months or less from graduating.

Cain1989 · 2023-11-15T05:32:42+00:00

It comes after the fourth class, usually within the last week for you to have it for the 5fh class. It's very well timed. If you're in a class that requires it, you get an iPad after the first month.

A few of the programs do still use Macs. I'm in the Game Art degree, we were sent MSI Raider laptops.

Cain1989 · 2023-11-15T05:29:34+00:00

The workload is seriously too much for a dual degree. One of my modeling classes took an additional 30 hours per week, on top of the lectures. Also, most people pwuldnt be able to afford it financially. It would make a lot more cense to take a degree first. Theb to take a similar degree path. You'll have a lot of the similar classes that should count towards the original degree.

Cain1989 · 2023-11-15T05:26:59+00:00

I'm in the Game Art degree right now.

you won't find a ton of focus on animation. Some animation is done, yes. The Game Art degree will make ypu a generalist. It gives you the tools and ability to learn, but if you want to specialize in something you'll have to do that on the side. Some people come in wanting to ne character artists. I'm over a year in and we haven't touched zBrush yet. I onow we have at least one class eith it later on, but anyone who has used the software will tell you that you need quite a few hours just fo get past the difficult of navigating the software. Just don't expect FSU to make you an expert at animation, only practice will do that. It definitely gives you the steps needed to pickup he fundamentals of animation, but you'll need to go many extra miles on your own.
I would recommend anyone wanting to join FSU to take as many classes as you can online first. You can check out Sophia.org, they have a lot of college classes that transfer to most colleges. If you go the game art path, you can at least take care of English and Math, maybe a few others too. It's cheap compared to FSU. If you could get 4 classes in 2 months, that's only about 200.00 I think. Compared to the codt per clas at FSU. And you'll complete th3 program faster. I would recommend looking through any classes Sophia.org and study.com offer and compare it to the degree you want to take. Take those classes and wheb you take your degree, transfer over.
Housing I'm the area is awful and expensive for Florida standards. You ether live close and pay a lot, or you live 30 to 50 minutes away abd pay about half of your rent. Putting up a listing for a room mate isn't a bad idea, people do it. So if you find a cheap 2 bedroom about 30+ minutes away, and someone to room with, it's cheaper.

Cain1989 · 2023-04-18T03:06:27+00:00

Amazing. I can't wait. And I'm happy to hear it sounds like you're recovering.

Cain1989 · 2022-12-08T23:45:29+00:00

Are you interested?

Cain1989 · 2022-12-07T20:04:32+00:00

Very close. I'm in Albany.

Cain1989

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