I "graduated" waaaay back in 1994. I hesitate to s...

I "graduated" waaaay back in 1994. I hesitate to say graduate, because the school is not noted anywhere on my resume and none of the classes would transfer to a university. I noticed that most everyone that has graded as "excellent" have yet to enter the real world with their "real" two-year, overpriced trade school, worthless diploma. Back then, I paid $18,000, which I thought was ridiculous even then. I am completely dumbfounded and astonished that people shell out the dollars they do to go to this school now -- this isn't frickin' ivy league Harvard after all!! When I graduated, I quickly realized that the jobs paid next-to-nothing so I went back to a four year, state university, (which NONE of my classes from Full Sail transferred to), and got a real bachelors degree in computer science where now I make real money.

I just want to warn people as I am an old-timer here, but this was a constant complaint from all my former classmates. I don't know of a single one that graduated and really hit it big, however you may define "hitting it big". Even those that moved to LA to become producers (for very well known artists) never really made much money and end up hating the entertainment industry and leaving (can't imagine why, with all those genuine people in LA-LA land). Many went back to college or pursued other careers.

The safety. Well, I see things haven't changed here much, in fact, it's only gotten worse. This school is pretty much in the ghetto, and you couldn't pay me a million bucks to live there now.

Just want to throw in a dose of reality to this crap school. When you're 18, like I was, it's easy to be enamored with the glossiness and facade that they put up. Fortunately, you now have the internet which offers honest reviews; back then you were literally sold on the BS they served to you (Thank GOD for the internet). I wish my parents would have guided my decision better and did more research themselves, as this was a horrible waste of 18 months of my life and money. Again, state school offered me a much better, well-rounded education, which also gave me four more years to mature and figure out how to navigate this world. I highly recommend anyone to not even consider this school straight out of high school. The chances of you changing careers is likely, and finding this out after you shelled out tens of thousands of dollars is not the way to do it.

This school is a business! I can't begin to stress this enough. This is a FOR PROFIT university where a handful of people have become incredibly, ridiculously wealthy on poor students' backs. The school has been known and cited for targeting lower income students, which is incredibly egregious on their part. They take out insane amounts of student loans, only to be swimming in debt when they "graduate" then go on to earn maybe 30K a year (if they're lucky).

Just apply some pragmatic reasoning and think about how crazy the following points are:
1. The school has NO admission requirements, except money. What respected school in this country lets ANYONE get in?!?!? Even State Universities have requirements.
2. This school FOR PROFIT
3. This school is in Florida; home of some of the shadiest business practices and loose business laws in the country. (UGH....Florida)
4. This school has classes that start monthly, just pumping students out on a conveyor belt, basically leaving the market flooded.
5. NONE of these classes will transfer to a real university. A real university does not make a profit.
6. This school costs as much as Harvard University. Think about it!!! Say it to yourself, then when you graduate tell people that you graduated from Full Sail University and then watch their eyes gloss over because they never heard of it. Then, as comparison, say you graduated from Harvard, and see the response you get. I rest my case.