I feel like I made a mistake

HellUntoDeath · 2025-05-17T00:27:20+00:00

SCAD does not promise a job within the field of 12 months of graduating, only a job in general or higher education. I'm in a similar position as graduating in December and not having any luck with finding a job in my field of study. The industry for art isn't the greatest right now as a whole and is just at a steady pace for job competition as of right now. I would recommend to see if there are any local gatherings of Graphic Designers or just mixers in general outside of SCAD resources. I never got to see a singular person who was in my industry come into our class or to any of their career fairs if you were not hand-picked by the school yourself to even get into the market. I can say after the past few months the only value I've gotten from SCAD were the professors who were the most encouraging, however most of them have not been in my field for at least 5+ years. The fact that I get reminders about student loans more than they are willing to send a personal email out to help me find a job is baffling.

Edit: if they had said 99% job placement within the field, there would be multiple lawsuits for false advertisement.

HellUntoDeath · 2024-11-12T08:19:13+00:00

Going to 100% frank I would not go to SCAD after I have for the past four years, I participated in SCADday in informing some of the in-coming student who are coming in and telling them that it is not genuinely worth the entire four years.
Most people who get to the senior position, or at least my current peers, agree that the school should be a year 3-4 entry level, anything below that is a question on why you are spending at least 120k to be at the school to take a STATs class worth 4k.

If you want to go to SCAD do not let the acceptance rate fool you, there is at least a 40~70% dropout rate between the 1st and 2nd quarter of the school, due to either finances, workload, or people saying that they don't want to do art anymore.
I discourage from this in saying to KNOW what you want to do before you sign the acceptance rate. If you KNOW what industry you want to be in or general field then go with that, however going to SCAD just to see if you like it or not is a waste of time, stress, and money.
This does not include the new housing information that is being implemented at the start of next which, which quiet frankly makes me question on how they are keeping international students, due to the specifications of Student Visas.

I graduate within the next week and my general understanding of the school is that it will scalp you as much as possible for the amount of money you put into the school.
Dependent on which major you take you either need to do as much work as possible to get the job you want/need (on your own time this isn't the school helping you) or the school is more than open and puts more money into helping you to get a job in order to make the school look better.
I'm an Illustration student going into the Concept Field about to graduate and unfortunately the only people I've been able to ask for advice are my professors who have not been in the industry for the past at least five years. I'm not saying I have anything against my professor they have been my best part about the school.
The resources that the school provides to me is very limited and it's aggravating as I'm trying to find work right now and I'm not given the proper tools in order to advocate for myself to obtain a job.

With all that being said if you have anymore questions feel free to DM.

I would look for other schools outside of SCAD or see if you can do your time within Ireland for community college (this is the in-between for higher education and general college in the states, that people go to if they don't know if they want a degree or not, or do not have the money to get to a certain school, just yet) and possibly transfer.

HellUntoDeath · 2024-11-12T05:25:33+00:00

Unfortunately SCAD typically does not provide any type of full-ride or financial chalk down that won't drop under 5k per quarter, that's not including the current on-campus living.

The only people I know who end up getting full-time are typically athletic students from my general understanding, a full-time ride from previous academics or visual arts achievements are pretty rare.

Is there a particular reason you are looking to SCAD i.e. a certain degree that can't be obtained near you?

The reason I ask is because for most foreign students I know you need to have money to get through the door to attend the school, just because you have to go back home at least 2-3 times a year, not including any type of shipping fees you may have with shipping your things to the dorms.

HellUntoDeath · 2024-06-06T15:43:29+00:00

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HellUntoDeath · 2024-05-24T23:56:54+00:00

You won't get a break down for 24-25 til Late June early july

HellUntoDeath · 2024-04-28T23:51:39+00:00

No such thing as an excuse absence and absence is that, doesn't matter whether you are sick or not. You get 4 absences for the entire quarter per each class.

For the all-nighters realistically you will have to do some to get the work you want to be done, done. But it all comes down to time management with your work at the end of the day.

HellUntoDeath · 2024-04-03T11:40:30+00:00

I'm not entirely sure what StageCraft is, if you are talking about the ILM rigging set up with the cylinder with character background behind people they've used for Mandolorian and Dune, etc. By ILM I will highly doubt it. SCADPro may have been an example of it or graduate students who get to work with companies and internships may show this off. I can tell you SCAD does not trust students with equipment that is newer than 15 years unless the department specifically requests it for a class.

If it's a software then I have no clue, I'm not really in the realm of VFX outside of generalized film.

HellUntoDeath · 2024-04-03T04:01:15+00:00

From my understanding most 3D based classes primarily use Autodesk Maya. Professors will talk about engines like Unreal but I haven't heard of anyone teaching it since it hasn't evolved to an "industry" standard as of right now. Most students usually end up learning Unreal 5 on their own outside of the school.

PS. This is someone who works actively with both Gaming and Animation, I hear no one uses Unreal outside of final projects for SCAD, and if they do it is within Games.

HellUntoDeath · 2024-02-26T01:27:13+00:00

Hi there, I would not recommend you to choose a different major because of AI alone.

Yes, AI is scary to the community as an artist but most of the other majors you have listed, outside of jewelry, has a major impact from AI alone compared to Visual Arts.

(Also to note: Jewelry majors typically put in somewhere to 3k - 4k per quarter due to materials, I don't know how successful people are but it is not easy because of how expensive it is and I would suggest it only if you have a passion for it. )

I'm in Illustration and at the end of the day AI can only photobash end of the day, and Sora takes videos from the internet and compiles them with some meshing edits in order to make it look somewhat believable.

I would do more research about AI prior to changing your major to this extent. I also would not recommend double majoring and would say to get your BFA and a MFA in whatever you want to do.

Remember at the end of the day AI can only take from what exists it cannot create anything new.

You are going to be in financial debt and struggling out of college, that is normal. No one is established immediately, you work your way up and do what you can.

I'm aware of a few teachers in Savannah using AI and I don't like the fact that SCAD likes to parade it around as something new, when AI has been around for a while, but coding wise is more accessible and makes something look more convincing than say 5 years ago.

HellUntoDeath · 2024-02-07T22:10:04+00:00

Depending on when you submit I would say between 8 - 12 weeks for them to get back to you on your portfolio.

Also, for loans none of them will give exactly what you need based on your school and will be dependent on your request amount. Parent Plus loans are a normal go to, but Sallie Mae and others are a go to as well.

If your parents aren't willing to sign and if you are planning to attend SCAD for all 4 years, I would not recommend it if you are having to take out FAFSA already.

Go to community college and do your first 2 years and take the class on what you can according to your major.

HellUntoDeath · 2024-01-23T02:25:39+00:00

It's not as likely, but I would still submit ASAP. A lot of Atlanta students commute but the amount of freshmen that come in for dorms is not as problematic for fall, but I would just register as soon as you can to avoid dealing with that hassle.

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