Savannah College of Art and Design Top Questions

If anything, I wish I had known to make a more extensive porfolio. Good portfolio's here are often rewarded with substantial finacial aid. Also I wish that I knew a bit more about art and the art industry I am headed in. Prior knowledge of this really helps you understand the work ethnic you need to adapt to while being at school here. The majority of students that fail classes here are usually students who don't understand this, and end up working hard last minute to produce mediocre results, or not working hard at all.

I guess I would have liked to know how many different class options I had in able to get my degree. The only thing that is very hard is to choose between which courses to take because they are all so sweet. Creative classes on so many different fields, just wish you could study all of them.

I wish I would have known how hard it is to get around without a car.

I wish I had read more into a specific field of study so the choice would have been easier

severval things come to mind but in the end if i had known them ahead of time it would not be a learning experience.

How much time was to be spent on projects and the cost of doing those projects. And that NOTHING is included in that large amount you pay for tuition. That every machine, computer etc. you use, you have to pay an additional fee.

How to manage time more wisely for the high work load that the school's studio classes require each quater. I am used to the load now, but it was a rough adjustment. I also wish that I had been more sure of my intended major before I came to my school because several students there seem to be ahead on specific knowledge in certain classes because they found their interests a lot sooner than others. Since my school is extremely competitive, previous knowledge is an enormous contributing factor in class.

I feel I was very well prepared for SCAD. Having friends who already went there, I got an insiders opinions and knowledge. I cannot think of anything that really surprised me about my school.

I wish I knew that the bussing system was attrocious, so that I could bring a car and that there was a fair amount of crime activity in the surrounding city. I wish I knew more about the dining services, particularly that they use an outside company to serce their food. I also wish I had known there were opportunities to travel to other countries and take courses there. But most of all, I wish I'd have known what awesome friends I was going to meet.

That the administration was underqualified, and basically paid to tell you no. The professors have always been fantastic, save one or two, but the entire other staff is terrible and insulting.