Ringling college of art and design Reviews

I really like Art, Science and Technology but I can't participate here!
So tell me to How can I participate in this place?

Awesome college and people. So nice and professional. Student rooms and buildings are big and well cared for. Preparations they have implemented for in person classes this fall are first class! So happy my daughter attends this high quality and professional institution. Highly Recommended for fall 2020 classes and beyond.

Beautiful campus. Self tour of school. Ample security. Great programs.

There are many good school that are more affordable with the same skilled teacher please think twice about how you plan out your life and recognize that the arts in general are difficult to make a living in. Stick to a major that will give you a practical skills and can help you make a real living. Don t be fooled by pretty pictures and fancy stuff. Student loans can destroy your life and going to college isn t suppose to make things harder it suppose to be another step to securing independence.

I attended Ringling in the late 80 s and even then it was a great and formative experience. Now one of my sons is a graduate and works for a big online game company in LA. Perhaps the best educational facility of its kind in the world.

College for rich kids. Active participant in Gentrification. I know. I was assigned to a site where they tore down massive sections of a working class neighborhood to extend the school

Under President Thompson's leadership Ringling has continued to grow and amaze. While my stepson was attending he'd tell me about the work he was doing in class and it made me want to quit my job and go back to school. The instructors are top notch and the graduates' work is one of the biggest feathers in the the college's cap. The schedule is demanding though, so any students planning to attend should be ready to work hard and understand that an 'A' only comes with diligence and excellence.

I currently study motion design here and the facilities are the best, the professors are all stellar. They teach by devotion not just for the pay. Honestly could not have made a better choice for college, they really give you all the tools to succeed in the art industry. The last two motion design graduating classes have been 100% placed in the industry within 6 months of graduating

I was there for two years until I had to take a gap year. I studied Game design.

It's a good school in general and people do come out with an amazing portfolio. But I want to point out some things.

The school is unnecessarily expensive. Yes, it's a private school that provides technology for their students, but so do community colleges and universities where a tuition for a year there would total just a semester in ringling. Not being able to obtain a loan for the year will guarantee being forced to take a gap year. They don't accept payments per semester in terms of student loans.

As a game art major, the labs are limited and they all close at 2 am. And you would think that's not so bad. It's bad if you have a lot to do with deadlines so close to one another. The one thing that's always asked for is a 24 hour lab, which never happens. The education is amazing, but to know some more experimental stuff or to get better at specific things (like lighting and VFX) that's something you have to do on your own time which is something not a lot of people have in this major. The teachers there are amazing at what they do since they've been in the industry themselves. The education feels like giving the basics and people experiment with it to see how they can do it better.

Faculty and administration wise tends to vary. I've heard a lot of people tell me that there are people who are of jo help and would give attitude, but my encounters with them are quite pleasant. If you know what you need and how to ask for help, it will be given to you. But that's also hard to distinguish sometimes.

Housing here is descent. Comes with a bed, closet or wardrobe, drawers, and a desk for you to work in. Some of these places have mold and shouldn't have people in it and yet they still put people in. And there's new housing that is brand spanking new and very pleasant to live in. For people with an ESA (emotional/emergency support animal) it is quite hard to get that covered and have to fight quite hard to get the acceptance in for your pet. I would assume it would be different for specific people. Some of my friends struggled to get their pets in.

A good amount of activities for students who have time to connect with others. Student run and they're fun to be a part of. And for those out there: don't bother trying to start a fraternity and/or a sorority group here. Never happened here.

And last but not least: food here definitely sucks. With the exception of the mac and cheese and the ox tail they serve a few times. Their cafeteria has cause a lot of health issues and are not always well cooked. Sometimes serving undercooked meat. From when I was there there are 4 food locations: Hammonds (main cafeteria, and where most of the trouble happens), outtakes (serves snacks and bottled drinks. Please check for expiration dates. Sometimes they're not removed so keep an eye out for that. Also be cool with a guy name Pete, he's a cool guy), Roberta's cafe (haven't had anything there), and Brickman's cafe (they serve sandwiches and soup. Probably the best source of food from on campus prepared by staff, but also has had their problems). One of the problems that occurred was the upbringing of the nobora virus because people would serve with unwashed and un-gloved hands. I had a few friends affected by it.

As many universities, it is full of high schoolers who just graduated and along comes some drama. I was part of a graduation class that has so many problems and drama, i had more friends from other years than my own.

In general, it's a good school. I would not recommend coming here if you want a more detailed education if it's not Computer Animation or Illustration (the most prefers majors; yes there's favoritism in majors as well). I would also not recommend coming here if money is an issue. Can probably get way better education at an affordable price somewhere else. But power to you if you do decide to come here.