Rashard Matthews

Review of Full Sail Real World Education

good school at times (online), but very expensive,...

good school at times (online), but very expensive, and if you get behind on payments or classes its very hard to catch up. I feel this institution put profit/money before education. Now don't get me wrong not every one at this institution is like that, I actually had one adviser really try to help me find funding for school through outside loans, but everyone I spoke with in the Financial Aid office basically had the same mind frame (when it's time to pay up at Full Sail, it's time to Pay up at Full Sail) I actually had someone in the Financial Aid office tell me that. Another issue I had is, the school changed my advisers literally every other month, so I never had the opportunity to create a real relationship with none of my advisers, so every other month I had to reexplain the same situation to a different adviser and they try the same thing the previous adviser did that didn't work until I got a new adviser. All in all it was a great learning experiment, I wouldn't go back unless I had the MONEY/Time and on campus, but don't go off of my experience because it was probably bad timing for me. Also I just transferred out, to a school in my home town for the same degree in which I had to start over, because my credits were not accepted because Full Sail is not regionally accredited.These folks are professional liars and unprofessional representatives of higher education. My son applied for and won a $20,000 scholarship that they have not and will not award him. Their degree programs are quite expensive as it is, but to take away $20,000 from a young man who worked against his Asperger's Syndrome to create something that someone on a committee there felt was worth while? That's unacceptable, so my son has enrolled at the Academy of Arts instead. They granted him a scholarship they actually paid out.I earned my Masters in Internet Marketing with their online program and it was a great experience. Live sessions with instructors who are always available. Even being in the industry I feel I learned a lot.