The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago

Where do I start???
In 2009, I transferred from a university thinking that this school would provide better opportunities. Four years later, I am still TRYING to finish my Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts in Interior Design, but the fact that this school is all about MONEY makes it extremely difficult. Their motto should be «MONEY OVER EDUCATION.»
Their admissions directors get prospective students interested by telling stories of past graduates and giving tours of the classrooms full of hard-​working students. What they do not tell these prospective students is that, «Yes, we produce graduates but they have to pay a hell of a lot of money to endure tons of B. S!»
Now, I’ll be the first to admit that education is a very big investment and as long as I am getting the quality education I deserve, I do not mind. I thought I had done my research on every aspect of this school, but I soon found that to be short-​lived. Shortly after I transferred in and before I could even begin taking classes, I started facing issues with the Financial Aid Department. I knew that by attending a private institution that I would have some out-​of –pocket cost. I soon learned that scholarships, academic funding, and other funding was very limited or not available at all. Your only financial options are either private loans or the financial plan. Well everyone knows how extremely hard it is to take out private loans especially if the only bank that’s affiliated with the school is Sallie Mae and we all know about Sallie Mae. My financial payments started out as low as $ 156/​month and are now up in the $ 1000s/​month. It does not stop there, they have to make a profit so they charge a percentage on your balance. Most of the Financial Planners are clueless!!! The school assigns an F. P to every student which changes more often the it should. The Financial Planners take tons of training courses just to read off of a computer screen. I have had a incident whereas an F. P forged my signature on important documents and wasn’t even disciplined for their actions. Every quarter it is something new!
I wish I could say that the education itself is all the ILIAC has but that is slowly going out the window with everything else. As far as the Interior Design department goes, there are some great teachers that have great knowledge and years upon years of experience. Teachers who are still working in the field and really enjoy teaching as well as helping students. There use to be a lot of great teachers until a year ago, the company that runs and operates the ILIAC decided they needed to do «budget cuts» and get rid of a lot of other great faculty members. What I can not understand is how the company could afford to update the aesthetics of the school, but could not afford to keep quality teachers. Basically, my tuition pays for flat screen televisions, carpet tiles, limitless quotes on every wall. When I began taking classes, every class was filled to capacity. Now, there is barely a handful of students to take a class. Therefore, classes are being eliminated and students are forced to take classes outside of their sequence.
My advice to prospective students, high school and transfer students especially, is not to believe the hype! Everything the ILIAC has to offer is to make themselves look good. I recommend attending a university or an accredited institution.
I can not totally down the ILIAC, because I have had great opportunities come about by attending this school. I have met wonderful people as well as have the chance to work with very experienced teachers and professionals.

All I have to say is that in life there are evil evil people who don’t care about you. sadly in some cases, money rules corporate corporations who only want one thing from you. Money. I went to this school for a few quarters and it was probably the best decision I ever made. Why? Because it was a huge mistake that I learned from and I hope to share my mistake with others so they don’t do what I did.
This school is absolutely garbage, some teachers do care about you and they’ll push you and you kind of feel bad because they should be teaching at. Better school. The computers in the school arent even the schools computers, they have stickers that say they are rented. I always like to look at the small details because that’s where you find the bigger picture. I am not one to put peoples dreams down but this school gives you a lot of broken promises. They’ll tell you that you’re going to be an artist. They’ll tell you that youre going to be the next big designer. They’ll show you few of their alumni that actually turned out to be successful and they’ll post their faces everywhere even though, the alumni graduated 10 years ago.
A lot of students that go there just fly through the hallways thinking they’re the best because the teachers expect so little from them. With mediocre work, you can get an A. In the world of art, there is a business side to things which this school fails to show you. For a while I took a intro to web design class and we didn’t do anything. The teacher couldn’t answer my questions and she constantly said curse words. It is a very corporate school and its students are money machines. They don’t care about your education. Their Facebook page blocked me because I suggested that they get somebody to design their Facebook content. Believe me when I say this. don’t go here.
If you want to go to school for art, go to a university or a well known school. You’re better off paying more than having a education that will get you nowhere. Also, when I would tell people I went to this school, nobody knew about it or heard about it.
Either way, I’m at a better school now, I’m doing great. My life is on the right path.

it’s horrible to feel like you’re wasting your money. it’s impossible to write anything about education and not evaluate it in terms of waste of funds or worth the cost.
i had such low expectations going into this school, and even those were disappointed.
when i think about my time there i want to stab my eyeballs out.
mostly, i felt sorry for all the other students there who were doing so poorly and never would be hired in their chosen field. i felt horrible when instructors acted unprofessionally and almost shunned the really bad students.
for anyone who really wants to be hirable please put the time and effort into attending a more selective university. i want to say a «real university,» but that just sounds smug.
i hear that the ai schools are a crapshoot. some may be better than others. when i last attended this one it had a long way to go.

Goodness, where do I start. I currently am enrolled in the culinary arts program and I swear the money spent on this place has been completely waste on WHO KNOWS.
I come back to school today for summer quarter to find flat screen 42 inch T.V.‘s all around the entire school main and loop campus! what the hell? my $ 40,000 a year put towards this school is spent on useless decorative objects and new picture wallpaper. They should be using the extra money on ummmm. better more new experienced chef’s, updated computers, how about a health club membership???
The more I think and talk about it the more I start to get a little pissed. I don’t like to think about the money I’m wasting so much.
I have always wanted to go this school, I swear the most helpful staff is my counselor, they help me out more than anyone! On top of that they’re kind and polite, they have ALL the info on everything, it’s quite impressive. But the chef’s are anal, rude, sometimes judgmental, and some are full of themselves. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of them are also sweet, very helpful, and are wonderful teachers and I get we’re suppose to have experience and be pushed to are highest limits. But wtf are all of paying you for? To listen to your smart ass comments and sarcasm? I know how to cook, and I swear I know much more global cuisine then all of them, what they get it from text books? Give me a break. One «good» chef called a Chinese steamed bun a «Chinese Sandwich». I asked my mom if Chinese culture has a sandwich, she said «what??? we don’t have sandwiches…» I Stared at him with my eyebrow raised for I swear the longest freaking time.
This school, I mean all I got to say is W… T…F… are you doing??? What happened??? I wanted to come here for years and years all throughout high school and my couple years wasted in community college. Sometimes I wish I would have just stuck it out at the community college a little longer for their new culinary program and building just to pay less than half of what I’m paying now here.
There’s so much more I can say but I’ll keep it shut… for now.

If I had a time machine…
This was the biggest waste of money ever. Everything having to do with this school is a rip off. Almost everyone I knew that went here (including) myself transferred and went to a REAL school. I wish I had Unilocaled this place before giving them any of my money. I thought if I went here I’d be able to get a degree in fashion marketing and actually go places with it. I was here for about year before I saw that it was a road to nowhere, and a waste of time because I wasn’t really learning much. Trust me, you’re better off going to a real university or a real art school like Columbia. This place will rape you out of your college fund and give you bogus credits, half of which won’t transfer. And if you do for some reason choose to attend this poor excuse for a school, DO NOT do student housing! My roommate and I paid $ 2000 together a month for rent (via student housing at Presidential Towers (you can probably get a 3bdrm apt there for that!) who gives the students the crapiest apartments they have! We got a tight studio with outdated appliances and filthy, hard carpet. They put us right by the garbage chute so the smell from the garbage would seep under our door and stink up our apartment, along with the smell from smoke… Because of my bad decision, my graduation date was set back and I’m still trying to catch up!
I wouldn’t recommend this place to my worst enemy… or would I?

I felt that college was where I should be, that’s what everyone around me was doing so I jumped on the band wagon. Armed only with the basics of sewing and the now luke warm passion for the industry I did what I could to get it. (not hard btw) I’ve been attending this school’s fashion design program since April 2009. I was worried about possibly not being accepted and losing my application fee. Not to worry because even if you draw stick figures and write shitty papers they’ll still be happy to take your money.
I don’t come from a wealthy background and I’m not a minority with babies in each hand, so just getting through the financial aspect of enrolling was heartbreaking. I was to make monthly payments to the school and we worked out a figure that I could afford. Since then my payments have more than doubled, and I can no longer afford to attend this school. The only suggestions I got was to take out a loan, or find a co signer. Unless I pay the amount due, a hold will remain on my account, I cannot register for classes in the Summer and will loose my financial aid. Ain’t the system wonderful: D
As for the classes, do your self a favor and take as many Gen Eds as far away from this school as possible. You will not learn shit and be handed a passing grade just to get you the hell out of there. I didn’t buy the book, do a lick of homework and got D’s on my test throughout my Stats class, but hey, I’ll take the C, and the only reason I did so shitty in that class is because I can’t understand a flippin word the man is saying!
The core classes, the ones that actually pertain to your major, they go by fast. The teachers know it too. Numerous times we’ve had to cut out entire projects because it became impossible for us to complete them in the 12 weeks given for the quarter. Nothing stuck. I couldn’t construct another jacket if you asked me to. I was getting A’s and B’s in these classes, but that’s easy when Teach is walking you through it step by step.
There are a handful of Teachers and Professors there that I truly valued the time I had with them. I think highly of them and appreciate the effort they put into me. I don’t cherry pick my teachers because my schedule never allowed that kind of freedom, but if yours does, DO ask your fellow students, they’ll tell ya what’s what.
It’s sad to know that there are so many other students with the same issues but also comforting knowing I’m not the only one who feels this way. College can be a HUGE investment. You don’t have to be in college because it’s the right thing to do. I’m 26 and I still don’t know what I want to do with the rest of my life, but now I’ve shackled myself to the damn industry and a hefty debt when I’m done.
Do your research! Within yourself and whatever institution you should so choose to end up at. I can’t speak for the other programs but if you’re thinking of going to ILIA for fashion design, consider your other options. After all, I feel the whole industry is going to be working in sweat shops making goods for China in a few years anyways.

Our minds can deceive us, and we can convince ourselves that this really IS what we want; that having a degree is what’ll catapult us into happiness, fortune and a better life. At least, that’s what I tricked myself into thinking. I told myself that having a degree is what I «needed» next, that there were no other options, career paths or things for me to do.
Like many others, I trusted the fashion design program to prepare me for what I wanted to do with my life. I was paying thousands of dollars a quarter for an education I thought would be worth it — and I’m a questioner, which means in order for me truly learn, I ask a ton of questions.
Well, a lot of teachers there don’t really dig that. They don’t like it when you take up their time asking questions. Most teachers only explain something once and expect you to get it right away. (Sewing 101 — Mrs. O’shea doesn’t really care about you, and will not repeat any instructions. I’m not completely sure why she’s there.) While I was getting A’s and B’s, I felt completely ripped off. I came out of patternmaking 1 knowing absolutely nothing, having spent the last 10 weeks in a classroom with a teacher who said, every class, «I hate this industry. If I could do my life over again, I wouldn’t choose this field.» or «my boss is punishing me by making me teach you guys. I’m used to teaching students who know what they’re doing». Not the best learning environment. Oh and be aware that these are quarters. You don’t have much time, just 11 weeks to learn a TON of stuff. Most of it you only do once and they expect you to remember it for life.
Listen. Before you decide to invest in this art school, I strongly advise you to think about everything you want in life. Is your passion in fashion? Interior Design? Graphic Design? I mean, is this what you see yourself waking up and doing every day? Do you want to travel, go to Europe or backpack somewhere? Because I think these are important things to consider before you invest thousands of bucks into a program here. What happened with me was that I returned for my fifth quarter, made it through one week, and my gut/​mind/​heart was telling me that I couldn’t do it anymore. It turned out that I really wasn’t into the fashion degree program, and I knew there was something else out there for me. A few weeks later, I got my dream job: Flight Attendant.
I really, really want to stress to you that there are a lot of things you can do on your own. You don’t need to spend all that money for a 11 week sewing class, when you really, truly could watch you tube videos and get a textbook. Same goes for Patternmaking, draping, and fashion sketching. try it on your own, and make sure you design things before you go into this program. I discovered that I love to create, sew and be crafty, but I actually could never be in that industry. Plus, I felt like I wasn’t learning anything.
A degree is just a very expensive piece of paper, and if you are determined to get one, please consider other schools.
I hope this helps, and if I can relay anything to you, it is Follow your gut. Follow your dreams. I took a huge, huge risk and withdrew from school with no job, a newly signed lease, $ 36,000 in debt (after four quarters) and I got the job that I feel like I was born for. (flight attendant) It is a big world out there, and I really want you to explore it.
x
Marjie

Here’s some advice for anyone thinking about enrolling here or at any other school: take some time and do your research because you will be making a major investment in time and money. The thing I noticed immediately about this listing is that the school has paid for a premier listing so that it gets featured at the top AND that a a few of it’s own staff members have posted ratings for it (Paul M. and Elizabeth V. are admissions directors at the school). Ai is a chain of corporate-​owned schools and this is certainly a business. Ai has locations across the country which are owned by Education Management Corporation, a publicly-​traded corporation. So their allegiance is to stockholders, not students. Ai’s Chicago location (known as The Illinois Institute of Art) cannot call itself The Art Institute of Chicago because there is already a school by that name, SAIC, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (also known simply as the Art Institute) is a very prestigious art school, so please don’t confuse it with The Illinois Institute of Art. The Illinois Institute of Art will accept just about anyone, and most of the students there were suckered in by the admissions (sales) staff. The majority of their students were underachieving h.s. students and some of them even have difficulty reading. My caution to you here is «buyer beware.» Do a little Googling and read up on for-​profit colleges before you set foot in this place. Check out the art programs and financial aid packages at UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago) and other local NOT-​FOR-​PROFIT colleges.

I’m currently a student at AI Chicago, majoring in Media Arts & Animation.
Contrary to what many reviewers here thought, this is a working school — meaning, you won’t just be handed information, you have to work for it.
I have how the school is run and who it is run by, but I love the teachers. The gen ed teachers (most of them) are great and teach all their students on a different level. The art teachers are incredible at what they do and I have learned so much from them, it is insanity.
At the beginning of my major I was taking nothing but gen eds and art foundations, and I hated it because I didn’t understand why I wasn’t doing anything related to my program yet. Now I realize how much those foundation classes have helped me.
Contrary to what a past reviewer has said, AI Chicago DOES require a GPA and Portfolio. The Portfolio is only for majors that require a good amount of drawing (Media Arts & Animation and Game Art & Design for example). I had to have a 2.5 cumulative GPA to be accepted in to the program.
Yes, AI Chicago does accept practically anyone… I have seen people here who are not going to be successful in their major unless they work much, MUCH harder. But you know what? That’s their prerogative. Don’t be upset because not everyone in your class is a picasso like you think you are. If they don’t make it in their career then that is their problem, focus on YOU.
AI Chicago is a commercial arts schools, not a fine arts one. We have life drawing classes, but it is not here to teach you how to paint or sculpt, it’s here to help you learn and to be ready to enter the art world through a commercial means: concept artist, fashion designer, game designer, etc.
One of the biggest upsides to AI Chicago is their Career Services teams. These guys are INCREDIBLE and there is no other school that has a career team like this one. These guys not only help you find work while you’re still in school, but they also keep in touch with your up until six months after you graduate to help you find work placement. Their work placement percentages of graduates is off the charts and makes me very hopeful.
Another great thing about this school, at least for the Loop campus, is how they generate workshops to help you in your spare time. They had an amazing concept art workshop with guys from WB Games (formerly Midway Games, known for their Mortal Kombat games) and I learned so much from this. There were also workshops from experienced and successful Freelancers, and acting for animation classes. I would not be where I am today with out these free for students work shops.
Over all, this school has great career departments and great teachers, and equipment for students to use for free. Some of the departments can feel incompetent and rude, but don’t let this ruin your opinion, make your opinion for yourself. My roommate graduated from ILIC and if it were not for his great experiences I would not have enrolled — my admissions representative was incredibly rude to me and wanted nothing to do with me after I was enrolled and she got her commission. Don’t let Linda be your Admissions rep.
Again, I can’t really speak for majors that are located mainly at the Mart campus, like fashion and fashion marketing, and interior design; but I work at my school’s library and all my coworkers in those programs say it is a blast and they learn a lot. As for the Loop campus, we have a hell of a fun time over there.
You can’t just sit back and let teachers teach you and expect to excel, you have to work for it and want it. It doesn’t matter what school you have listed on your résumé, as long as you have the talent that interests the clients.
TL;DR: ILIC has it’s downsides: admissions, financial aid, general jerk staff. But it’s upsides are great: Career services and teachers really know their stuff and help you with anything you need. But as with anything, you need to know for yourself what works for you and what doesn’t.

I hate liars, and what’s more, I hate liars who deceive you at the same time.
I transferred to the ILIA after two years at the University of Wisconsin where I completed my associate’s degree. I came to Ai thinking I wanted to someday work in fashion and perhaps open up my own business. As time progressed, I changed my career path and wanted to focus strictly on marketing and advertising; but found myself stuck, literally, in my fashion marketing and management program.
After three quarters at Ai, I started to notice I wasn’t getting the education I was promised or deserved. Professors seemed to know little about what they taught, exams and essays were BEYOND easy, and I never felt challenged. With this in mind, I went to my admissions officer and notified him I was interested in transferring to Columbia and joining their communications program. My advisor, Tim, told me that none of my credits from Ai would transfer and that at this point (three quarters in) I should just finish at Ai. My advisor lied to me, I could have transferred and all but ONE of my classes would have moved over with me.
Furthermore, after graduating I learned that Ai has a policy where they only hire professors who are industry experienced. However, that experience only has to be ONE day in a given field for them to be considered «experienced». No teaching certificate and little experience equates to a poor class experience. A professor could literally work at Forever 21 for a day, quit, and say he or she has fashion industry experience. This makes perfect sense because although some of my professors were remarkable and had a positive influence on me and my career path, the majority of the staff were under qualified and under educated – unable to answer the questions my classmates and I challenged in class.
The Art institutes are a for-​profit school and I urge anyone interested in applying to or attending this school to dramatically reconsider. After $ 60,000 in student loans, I am left in debt and without the education I was promised.
For more information, read up on Education Management Corporation, a for-​profit institution located throughout the United States.
For those of you who don’t know, a for-​profit institution’s first goal is to take your money, make profits, pay professors, advertise, and THEN teach you. Whereas not-​for-​profit institutions do things in reverse.
I strongly advise you to stay away.

Did you know that he US Department of Justice filed a massive lawsuit against the company behind the schools, Education Management Corporation, accusing it of fraudulently collecting $ 11 billion in government aid by RECRUITING LOW INCOME STUDENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING STUDENT AID MONEY… Whistleblowers claim that students graduate loaded with debt and without the means to pay off the loans, which are then paid for with taxpayer dollars.
This is based on the fact that the school was engaged in the illegal practice of paying recruiters for every student they brought in.
«Those rules are designed to prevent colleges from recruiting unqualified students just to collect student aid money. «
************EDIT*********** man is hind sight 20÷20… With the small fortune I invested, I could have had a medical degree with a SECURE JOB. Don’t gamble $ 40−80K on an education what just «might» (small small tiny chance) get you a job that can pay bills, and even more, pay pack your fancy art degree student loans, WITH INTEREST. Oh FYI, If I pay back my Federal Student Loans consolidated at 6.25% on an IBR (income based repayment) Plan, I will have paid over $ 110,000 in interest! OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN INTEREST IN FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS.
However, I do feel that I got cheated on about 4 or 5 classes due to the staff. Several of my professors in college had «personal issues» that basically left the class paying about 1,500 for nothing more than to be «handed» an A for learning absolutely nothing.
***********EDIT********** Those classes I got «cheated» on only cost $ 480/​hourly credit! So if each class is 3 hours that is $ 1,500 per class. Times 4 or 5 classes. You do the math…
For example, one of my teachers was losing a parent at the beginning of my quarter (11 weeks), instead of getting a sub for the class; she tortured herself by trying to teach during this difficult time. Which basically resulted in dismissing everyone only15 minutes into class which is normally 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Handing an entire class an A is not helping or preparing us for graduation and is DEFINITELY not part of a higher learning curriculum that this school boasts.
In my opinion, there is a HAND FULL of teachers at this school whom are competent enough to be teaching toward a degree which probably surpasses their own education.
******UPDATE*******
5 YEARS AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF ART — CHICAGO:
I am currently a restaurant server. The only industry jobs I was able to get with my EXPENSIVE diploma mill for-​profit private art school degree were, internship after internship after internship (in Chicago), and an assistant jewelry designing job (in Naples FL) which paid $ 8.50 an hour.
The amount of money you pay for these degrees should be illegal. Even more, if an 18 year old walks into a bank and asks for a $ 40,000−80,000 unsecured loan, the banker will laugh in their face and tell them to not let the door hit them on the way out. So why are KIDS being lent a monstrosity amount of money to pay for an education in an already saturated market?
It just saddens me. I was midway through my education and I realized that I was in trouble. I knew the industry wasn’t going to be as plentiful as it was hyped up to be and that I had to choice but to finish. If I would have quit ¾ the way through, I’d have the debt with no degree. What little it’s worth, at least I did finish.
This post is mostly to parents. Don’t let your kids be fooled my the schools clever and professional marketing tactics. People following their dreams is one thing, but following them right into a cold hard dose of reality is quite another. These are not the times to gamble on an education attached with a lifetime loan that only «may» manifest to a career…
And if I have already rendered ample reason to 30 individuals, then I feel a great sense of satisfaction. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT AI, THATS OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS YOU ARE NOT GETTING thanks to ME!!! I will continue to spread the word to as many people as I can, as well as reach out to as many social media networks within my human limits.
Former Ai Student ID: 313 235

They seriously need to change their name – the current name confuses people into thinging it is the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which it is not. It is nothing more than a for-​profit school.

My cousin has been going there for the past year. When he first started, he was very nervous since he didnt do so well at Uof I. He had a great admissions person really sit down and help him figure out what he wanted to do. It is really something to see the changes in him. He is on the honor roll and just decided to go on and get his BA.

I currently attend this school as a Fashion Marketing and Management student and I really do enjoy it. I skimmed a few of the other reviews and everything is pretty much based on tuition. So far, I think it’s worth the money you put into it. Though there are plenty of negatives about this school, there are equally as many positives. The teachers are very knowledgeable and have experience in what ever major they are teaching in.
The things I hate about this school is the Financial Aid dept. and the gen ed. classes. Financial Aid is a complete mess and charges you for things that you have no notification of so make sure you keep up with everything in that department. no joke. Gen ed classes are dumb. I recommend taking those classes at a community college or something. it would save you a lot of money too. I’ve notice the dumbest people in a few of my gen ed classes and I can’t believe they even got into this school. Seriously. you don’t know how to calculate perimeter??? Yeah it’s an art school, but EVERYONE should know how to calculate that before entering college. REALLY! perimeter??? I learned that in grade school.
This school is accredited unlike many other specialty schools. The faculty is incredibly helpful, and the art classes are educational and you learn the skills you need once you graduate.
B.

I have a really big issue with people rating colleges based on tuition. News flash: Unless you come from extreme poverty or want to attend a school with 30 – 60 a classroom, you are going to pay for it.
AI focuses on the arts part of learning, not the gen eds. Their philosophy is based on the fact that artists should learn valuable skill sets, not how to algebra (unless it is needed for the job, like an interior designer using AutoCAD). Check out some of their graduates-​they work for Disney, Michael Kors, CNN… you get out of it what you put in. If someone is creative in nature, they may not be the cookie cutter college student. Expect some differing personalities and backgrounds.
They do require portfolios for some of the media degrees (now-​maybe not when others were here) and every student is reviewed by a committee of faculty members ONLY. So, admissions may encourage them to apply, but they have no say in the final decision on admission. The people in class are chosen by the very well versed faculty.
The school is regionally and nationally accredidated. They were not always that way but most «trade» schools are only nationally. AI is not a trade school. The faculty is awesome. I can list out where they came from and what they are good at but I really should not have to.
The school has made some significant changes in the last 5 years. Goldman Sachs is a major stockholder (started 3 years ago) and since then, the culture has significantly improved. Besides-​with so many stuck up schools in Chicago, I think it is a breath of fresh air to have a school look at what students COULD BE with instruction, rather than judge them so harshly and require portfolios for everything. What kind of encouragement is that for people who love it-​but are not sure how to do it yet.
Every school will have a few people you won’t like and along the way, it may even cause you to go a little broke. But that is college life.
Check out what one grad says…

I’m a current student who also graduated with an associates in graphic design in 2001. I came back to save credits, hoping the school would have grown and improved. After one semester, I am so disappointed. They DO let anyone in. I think it’s true that you can learn here but you’ll have to teach yourself for the most part. It’s just poorly run and it’s run like a business, not a school. Sales, sales, sales. It’s really too bad because they COULD have a much better school. Some of the teachers are really talented people who really do care. You can get a lot of information out of them if you want it. The resources are all there, the administration just spends so much time trying to bring in new money, I mean, students, they spend no time on the current ones. They don’t have a quality product. I wish they did.
I’m just there to get the piece of paper with the BA on it so I can get a flippin job.
PS — If you are a student here, audit your own financial statement often. I just found $ 3 grand worth of overcharges. I doubt it was intentional, they’re just sloppy.