good colleges for...

i’m going into my junior year now and i thought i’d start looking into good colleges for photography and graphic design.

do you guys know of any colleges with solid programs for both?

let me know!! :)

and anybody know if they make you get a macbook? that’d be a plus haha

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   Ameeee said 2 months ago

   Yo if you search the threads there are a few posts on this topic :)

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   DrewGliever said 2 months ago

   I’ve heard a lot of good things about fullsail.

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   Killer Napkins said 2 months ago

   dont go to memphis college of art. hahaha

   i dunno i jsut went there for about a week and left...

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   Fredette said 2 months ago

   R.I.S.D is supposidely an awesome school, you have to be pretty 1337 to get in I hear.

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   awakendesigncompany said 2 months ago

   hey, you do have buy adobe programs to keep up with some classes. so that’s a major plus :)

   and if you think a macbook is a necessity add that to the college wishlist for your parents ;) lol

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   swade said 2 months ago

   im going to savannah college of art and design, and its supposed to be pretty good! haha

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   ryanmiller said 2 months ago

   full sail was awesome

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   fiftyeights said 2 months ago

   ryanmiller said: full sail was awesome

   hey dude i have a question about carraway for you haha. :D

   swade said: im going to savannah college of art and design, and its supposed to be pretty good! haha

   yea i’m taking a class that i guess has connections to that college so i may be able to get in there.

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   weaselfarm said 2 months ago

   i went to art institute of fort lauderdale, and am going to art institute of pitt now.. Ive actually learned a lot i was a skeptic going in because freshman year i went to cleveland institute of art which is a real good art school. but i actually love the art institutes its more like a real college not just an art school

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    fiftyeights said 2 months ago

    awakendesigncompany said: hey, you do have buy adobe programs to keep up with some classes. so that’s a major plus :) and if you think a macbook is a necessity add that to the college wishlist for your parents ;) lol

    haha i would rather it like be one of those things where like they have you buy one through the school because everybody needs to work with the same computer. so that i can get a car too haha

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    awakendesigncompany said 2 months ago

    fiftyeights said:

    awakendesigncompany said: hey, you do have buy adobe programs to keep up with some classes. so that’s a major plus :) and if you think a macbook is a necessity add that to the college wishlist for your parents ;) lol

    haha i would rather it like be one of those things where like they have you buy one through the school because everybody needs to work with the same computer. so that i can get a car too haha

    haha that would be amazing lol.

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    fiftyeights said 2 months ago

    yea haha. thats why i’m looking for it to be included :D any colleges do that?

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    One for One Clothing said 2 months ago

    ryanmiller said: full sail was awesome

    really?

    whats so good about it?

    i was looking into it but i couldn’t find any real info on if it was a good school.

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    Killer Napkins said 2 months ago

    Ringling is an awesome school for design and illustration.. they have great contacts too...

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    skullface said 2 months ago

    I’m looking at
    Cleveland Institute of Art
    College of DAAP - University of Cincinnati
    Syracuse University
    SVA/Parsons/Pratt/too much money/in NYC
    IADT Chicago
    University of Central Florida
    Full Sail 'cause it’s accredited now?
    Ringling College of Art and Design

    (in order of location)
    ahh.

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    bridawson said 2 months ago

    skullface said: I’m looking at Cleveland Institute of Art College of DAAP - University of Cincinnati Syracuse University SVA/Parsons/Pratt/too much money/in NYC IADT Chicago University of Central Florida Full Sail 'cause it’s accredited now? Ringling College of Art and Design (in order of location) ahh.

    I go to Syracuse University, I’m in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications for Illustration Photography it’s great. All the professors have been in the industry and have a lot of experience; the facilities and equipment are also top notch. We’re in the top 10 communications schools in the nation. That’s just Newhouse, there are plenty of other great colleges within SU.

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    vinnyg said 2 months ago

    RISD
    School of The Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA)
    Cooper Union
    Yale (has one of the best art programs in the country, especially for photo, but is impossibly hard to get into)
    SVA
    FIT
    Parsons
    Pratt
    Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
    Art Institute of Chicago

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    ryanmiller said 2 months ago

    if anyone’s got questions about full sail and doesn’t wanna ask on here feel free to email me at ryanmiller@relentlessstudio.com or IM me sticksstones87

    full sail was great.. i highly recommend it. classes are crazy because they’re at all hours of the day/night, but you get used to it real quick. it was cool because i got my bachelors in two years. teachers are awesome. what they teach you and how much is awesome.

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    volatile v said 2 months ago

    weaselfarm said: i went to art institute of fort lauderdale, and am going to art institute of pitt now.. Ive actually learned a lot i was a skeptic going in because freshman year i went to cleveland institute of art which is a real good art school. but i actually love the art institutes its more like a real college not just an art school

    why does the description of pitt’s "digital design" class sound more like something i could take in my freshman year of high school? "introduced to sophisticated design software" and "leaving with the skills to build a portfolio" sound more like something my tenth grade tech teacher would say. the graphic design description barely sounds more inviting, saying that i’ll be able to build a portfolio worthy of entry-level positions in small ad firms. that doesn’t sound too inviting.

    i’m trying to find schools based more in the northeast because colleges like ringling and savannah are probably far too expensive due to my out-of-state-ness.

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    skullface said 2 months ago

    volatile v said:

    weaselfarm said: i went to art institute of fort lauderdale, and am going to art institute of pitt now.. Ive actually learned a lot i was a skeptic going in because freshman year i went to cleveland institute of art which is a real good art school. but i actually love the art institutes its more like a real college not just an art school

    why does the description of pitt’s "digital design" class sound more like something i could take in my freshman year of high school? "introduced to sophisticated design software" and "leaving with the skills to build a portfolio" sound more like something my tenth grade tech teacher would say.

    i’m trying to find schools based more in the northeast because colleges like ringling and savannah are probably far too expensive due to my out-of-state-ness.

    V let’s go to Ringliiing

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    weaselfarm said 2 months ago

    thats because digital design is just a diploma program.. meaning its only liek a year or two, might be wrong but i know its much shorter then bachelors. Look at Bachelors for graphic design. Any diploma program u do is going to be pretty short meaning not much is covered but go back and look at graphic design.

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    Jon Kruse said 2 months ago

    State funded or Private? How much do you want to spend?

    Are you going to take student loans or pay it out of pocket?

    Private schools are great but your going to be paying those off for the next couple years after you graduate. Another point is that you don’t stop learning when you get a job in the industry. They don’t hire you as an entry level designer and have you actually design stuff. They make you clean images and do all the shit jobs until they think your ready.

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    easyonthecut said 2 months ago

    I heard that some of the art institutes aren’t that good
    anyone knows something about

    the Art Institute of California Venice Beach (and Hollywood)

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    forloveofOCTOBER said 2 months ago

    I’m mostly like going to at Herron School of Art and Design next year. Its part of IUPUI in Indianapolis and is a great all around school. Ive visited and stayed on the campus and toured the school. Very good possibilty for me. Id reccomend it to anyone in the midwest.

    http://www.herron.iupui.edu/

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    easyonthecut said 2 months ago

    well i’m not living in the states at all, i’ll just try to get a scholarship as soon as i’m done with school here in germany

    preferably in california because i’ve got some tfreinds over there

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    illdthedj said 2 months ago

    Academy of Art in San Francisco is bomb. really expensive tho. i went to grad school there for graphic design, learned quite a lot.

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    mitchbones said 2 months ago

    I’m planning on getting my basics out of the way with a local community college that is supposidly decent. Is it a bad idea to do that then transfer to a art/design school(or Texas State)?

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    Universitee Apparel said 19 days ago

    so im thinking about applying to Savannah College of Art and Design or SCAD ... anyone know anything about it?

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    Chapter12 said 19 days ago

    Yeah, it’s very competitive and you’re pretty likely to be rejected.
    That’s all I know.

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    Universitee Apparel said 19 days ago

    wow is that directly related to me or just in general?

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    Sol Amstutz said 19 days ago

    skullface said:

    volatile v said:

    weaselfarm said: i went to art institute of fort lauderdale, and am going to art institute of pitt now.. Ive actually learned a lot i was a skeptic going in because freshman year i went to cleveland institute of art which is a real good art school. but i actually love the art institutes its more like a real college not just an art school

    why does the description of pitt’s "digital design" class sound more like something i could take in my freshman year of high school? "introduced to sophisticated design software" and "leaving with the skills to build a portfolio" sound more like something my tenth grade tech teacher would say.

    i’m trying to find schools based more in the northeast because colleges like ringling and savannah are probably far too expensive due to my out-of-state-ness.

    V let’s go to Ringliiing

    i have a friend at ringling and she says it’s incredible. it’s one of the top art schools in the country. i wish i had gone there. Tyler school of art in philadelphia is another good one.

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    DesignByRyan said 18 days ago

    I’ll be going to FIDM in SoCal next semester. Great school.
    

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