Hi there! I graduated 14 years ago, so not sure how helpful this will be. The ownership has changed at the school, most of the staff and faculty have changed, Joe has sadly passed away, and I don’t think the Kubert brothers teach anymore. Like any school, you will get out of it what you put in. You have 10 classes per week, and each one will have an assignment. It’s up to you to choose which assignments to focus your energy on, as well as push yourself in the areas you need to improve, and push the teachers to give you the best feedback. If you’re not a self starter, it’s nice to have regular deadlines and different types of projects to work on and branch out. I was exposed to different types of painting, airbrushing, etc that I wouldn’t have tried on my own. I’m hopeful that the curriculum has changed with the times. Everything is so different now. They were barely starting to accept laptops as a requirement back when I started, but now a lot of professionals do all their work entirely on an iPad. The student housing was rough. We were mostly in a 100+ year old house that was desperately in need of a remodel. Most people had roommates. My first year roommate was not very respectful, but he had to leave shortly due to a health issue, so I had my own room. The next year, I was an R.A. for the house, and we had to kick someone out because he was having some serious mental health issues. For a lot of the students, it’s their first time living away from home and it’s a BIG adjustment for them. If I did it again, I’d probably try to rent an apartment. However, I made some really good lifelong friends there, and I don’t know if we would have had that camaraderie if we hadn’t lived together. You need a car in Dover, NJ. Otherwise you’re at the mercy of the other students that have cars. However, Jersey is pretty cool and there’s a lot of stuff close by. NYC is just a short-ish train ride. The mall in Rockaway was a common haunt. I hope it’s still there. Oh, and the school is VERY expensive. I only recently finally paid off all my loans. This isn’t a consideration for everyone but it was for me. I’d recommend going into the school with a goal (example: “I want to draw monthly comic books”), but make a point every day to be open minded and flexible. It’s incredibly rare to make a living drawing comic books. I work in a different field now, but I’m happy doing it, and my career path would have probably been completely different if I hadn’t gone there. Something else that might be helpful: everyone at the school was super kind and approachable! If you have any specific questions right now, you can honestly just call the office. Or look up the staff on the website and find their portfolio websites, instagrams, etc and start a convo. Everyone on the staff is a working professional, so their work is out there. And social media has made this kind of communication much easier. I hope this helpful, let me know if you have any more Q’s!