Rob Mello

Review of Full Sail Real World Education

Prospective students - go to a NON-PROFIT school. ...

Prospective students - go to a NON-PROFIT school. The education is better and WAY less expensive. Full Sail does not have a good reputation.

I attended this rip-off school in 1994, and it's clear that nothing has changed in 25 years. Maybe if I had the benefit of on-line reviews, I would have made a better choice.

In my case, during the tour, they told me that you could test-out of classes for full-credit. When I opted to test out of the live sound engineering class, it was pointed out to me (in the fine print) that you had to make that choice *before enrolling. So I sat in a class for six weeks learning how to do something I had been doing professionally for 5+ years.

Their digital music class at the time was on a Synclavier - technology that was invented in 1978 and no longer found in recording studios in 1994. I can only imagine how far behind they are in gaming and digital animation.

What's especially sad is that many of the 5 star reviews are from "local guides" - paid reviewers and not students or grads. This is their marketing machine at work - that the exorbitant student tuition pays for.