Baylee Grace
2/5
I’ve been an artist my entire life. I had always dreamed to make video games and work on the characters for them ever since I was little. When I found out ASU had a new art program, I was happy because I didn’t have to get an associates at a community college. Turns out, this would be the worst experience of my life.
The classes they had me taking were beginners classes, some had absolutely nothing to do with my career of choice. The fact that I was spending 6,000 a semester just to learn how a line can work in art was very degrading to me. In fact, the only reason I put two stars was because my 2D Design professor was amazing, comforting, and she had a true passion for everyone’s art. She was the reason why I didn’t leave after my first month.
Not only did the BFA program suck, they almost never get back to you on any questions you have. When I got accepted, no one told me that I had to talk to my counselor and chose my own classes upon registration so I almost didn’t even make it into the fall program. Not only that, but it took almost a month to be able to even call my counselor to figure things out. When I wanted to drop out of ASU, I scheduled an appointment with my counselor and he told me to just withdraw from my classes. I took his advice and four months later I was still enrolled getting emails that I was on “academic watch”. I also emailed the financial office to tell them that I was withdrawing from ASU, after two and a half months I got an email basically stating “we don’t know what to do for you” in a polite manner at least.
This whole situation has been an absolute nightmare, and I know google isn’t the best place to review, but I needed to put this out there. If you’re looking for a quality place to do learn 3D art or any sort of game development, look into University of Advancing Technology. They take great care of their alumni.
