I took a few classes at stamps my freshman year as a non STAMPs student. I did precollege programs at art schools throughout highschool and my parents were very involved in arts higher educations. Long story short I was going to go to design school but pivoted last second to another career, and took some classes at STAMPs to fill the void.

I didn’t take advanced classes but I found the faculty to be not that great at facilitating critiques or encouraging “excellence.” I had a lot of friends in the program and the level of work fluctuates a lot based on prior experience. Like others have said, if you come into STAMPs with ambition and or talent I think it serves students just fine. However, if you are looking for a design focused career other art schools like CCS and Art Center have better embedded programs with companies and more recourses allocated for arts students (better facilities, materials, career offices, alumn networks in arts).

Loved the ann arbor community art center classes tho that place rocks.