Anonymous Anonymo

Review of Academy of Contemporary Music

I cannot recommend ACM to anyone.

I cannot recommend ACM to anyone.

I absolutely hated my time at ACM. I completed my BA within 2 years at ACM with a 1st. That it's a degree that is offered as 3 years in 2 years is one of the few good things, because I don't think I could have spent any more time in this joke of a university. At times it felt more like preschool than a university! So much of it was so basic that there is no way you could enter the music industry in any sector with what is provided by ACM. Even if you'd like to learn something and are really motivated your enthusiasm gets destroyed by the extremely bad organisation, communication, pointless modules, and the way they are being taught. Lectures were so extremely boring that most students turned up 1 hour late on a regular basis (or not at all) and then just spent time on their phone or on facebook. There was no seriousness whatsoever. It all comes down to the way ACM is run, the problems already start at the top. Complaints are generally ignored, even if made by multiple students. A lot of essential facilities have not been working for most of the time and false promises were made that something would be done, but nothing really happened. It's really quite ridiculous. It's really that bad that during my time at ACM my love for music actually declined, rather than increased. A lot of that is due to the teachers. Most of them were just really messed up and so bad that I really hated them by the end of my time at ACM. Some of them seem to be failed musicians who are frustrated and need the teaching job but don't enjoy it and so they don't really care. Some were good as well, but the majority wasn't.
It's a lot of money and you don't get what you've paid for. I do think that getting education in music can be really valuable to ones career, but I would strongly suggest to go somewhere else!