Full Sail University

I see a lot of negative reviews about FullSail and I’m sure everyone has their own experiences but to me it is what you make it. On thing I can say about FullSail is it is hard work. But you are provided with everything you need to complete your assignments. The instructions won’t hold your hand early on in my classes an instructor told me if I only do what the school requires I would be doing a disservice to my self and I need to shoot and do research outside of the course curriculum. Now I’m a... Read More full time worker and a parent and I didn’t at any point feel overwhelmed or felt like it was to much. Yes there was time I had to really put in work and keep myself on task to make sure I completed the work on time but that should be expected. I never had an instructor who did not make themselves available in some sort of way. Some give their phone numbers other prefer email and some only want you to communicate through the FSO site but all made themselves available. Just today I had a question and texted my instructor and was answer within the hour. Now when it comes to finding a job i already got a full time job in my career now it’s not my dream job but it’s a start to build my experience. Actually found my job but interning for FullSail. My experience here has been great and I would recommend it but remember it’s not for everyone as with anything just you get out what you put in.

I am currently attending this school, and I just have to say that I have never been more unimpressed with the state of an accredited education program. I have kept a consistent 4.0 in my program, but the material is confusing, busy, and overall almost completely pointless more often than not. Rarely is the work relevant, or up to date. I often run the lessons by friends and family who work in the field I'm studying for, and they almost always tell me that what I'm learning makes no sense in the context... Read More of a Graphic Design job. Or they inform me that what I'm learning is outdated, or the opposite of what a professional would do. I often feel that I leave a class knowing less about the subject than when I went in. If it's not that, the material is so convoluted and confused about what it's trying to teach that I end up seeing students solidifying bad habits just to get it done. I need this degree so that I can qualify for the kind of jobs that I want, but I am struggling more and more with every class to keep my head up and stay engaged because of how educationally void the lessons are. And then on top of that, there are so many typos, and grammatical errors, and broken links, and so much contradictory information in the lessons that it feels like none of the professors have ever proofread anything. Which is massively hypocritical considering that the students are regularly reminded to check their spelling and grammar for the sake of professionalism. It certainly seems like they have no oversight when it comes to the quality of their lessons, and I question if they have any structure in place at all to verify the quality of their classes. The classes these professors prepare are so unprofessional and disorganized that I would personally be embarrassed to have my name attached to them. I'm baffled that Full Sail considers this to be an appropriate bar for a school that we have to take on massive amounts of debt to even attend. It feels like such a colossal waste of time and money, and while I have liked some of the professors, none of them feel remotely qualified to teach. They may be good at the work they do in their respective fields, but their actual educational proficiency is severely lacking. I have been an educator, and have experience building curriculum and scaffolding information in a way that makes it exciting and builds your knowledge up over time, and the courses at Full Sail feel as though they are at the complete opposite end of that spectrum. Rarely does the information build upon itself. More often than not we revisit the same basic info over and over and over again, and then once in a while they drop something on you that you are just expected to know, even though it was never taught to you. For example, we were made to use InDesign for the entirety of one class even though we had never been given any instruction on the program at all, and I have had to turn to Youtube almost weekly to fill in the gaps in their teaching. I have been a student in a community college in a small town that costs next to nothing to attend, and the education I received at that school was heads and tails above Full Sail in terms of quality, and qualified professors. Anything I know since I started this program I have had to teach myself in my own free time in order to keep up with the workload that is outrageously busy when held next to the amount of actual teaching that is happening. Especially considering that the live class sessions almost never expand on the material (or directly contradict it), and have consistently been a waste of one or two hours that we could have spent doing our assignments. I can't believe that I am going to be more than 50k in debt for a piece of paper from a University that completely left me to my own devices. I need to finish this degree for my own life goals, but I often consider transferring to a different school. I absolutely do not recommend Full Sail. If I had known how poor the quality of the education was going to be, I never would have enrolled here.

Let’s get this out there first I graduated top of my class with a gpa 3.8. I earned this because of my own hard work! Not Full Sail’s great courses. Facts of the matter are the classes are outdated not kept up with or even looked over. I had to personally fix multiple problems in multiple classes cause teachers were no help not all teachers but most are lazy and unprofessional. I feel it was a waste of money and I could’ve learned it with free courses with better materials. For any one denying this... Read More I have videos and pictures and conversations saved proving what’s being said here. Out of my whole class only two students graduated and that’s due to the poor standards of full sail. I also have multiple files documenting all my complaints that full sail throws under the rug and does nothing about it. I actually had two teachers in a live meeting with students for class belittling students, complaining about students, complaining about doing there job , complaining about students messaging them to much yup all in a live meeting with the students watching them pretty crazy huh but true I recorded it! Did these students get an apology or anything nope it got swept under the rug like everything else at full sail. If a student needs any guidance or anything like it don’t count on full sail you will waste your time getting no where. My question is how does a school charging that much have 2 year old courses or courses that are incorrect or not best practices. Ful sails tutoring is a joke by far and you have to jump through hoops just to get it and 95% of the time you won’t get the help you need in time before they fail your assignment not to mention if your late it’s a 0 for the assignment. The online program needs a complete overhaul because it latterly does nothing for students unless you learn yourself which defeats the reason of going to a college I mean after all that’s why we’re willing to pay the amount is because it’s supposed to be more then go learn your self. I can go on and on about full sail and it’s negative features and there is a lot of them, most fall on students which is wrong and they should be held accountable. I was reported and almost punished for reporting problems in classes and directors not doing there job correctly or plain just ignoring students yup that’s right program directors that ignore you for weeks and then act like it’s a gift when they actually finally answer the student. I made sure I graduated and showed every director / teacher that I did also so all the directors that refused to help with issues repeatedly happening over and over in classes. I would not go back to full sail for any other education due to there inability to correctly teach classes and to have resources that are up to date or looked over. I wasted 20 grand for a degree I could’ve got for a couple thousand. Do your self a favor if you want to learn find a good learning web site that offers certified classes with degrees or certificates and save your self a bunch of money and time and aggravation! Student mean nothing to full sail ! You was warned !

Full Sail looks attractive and shows it as this massive school whos graduates go on to contribute to these massive projects like movies, shows, games, songs and list goes on. DO NOT EXPECT THIS AS AN OUT COME! I took audio production and graduated in 2017. I graduated salutatorian and would have been valedictorian if I had stuck with the bachelors course. I was so done with this school and I went to drop out but they I found out I could complete 3 more months and receive my associates so I did. After... Read More paying $27k at this point I wasn’t going to leave empty handed. Online is a joke, classes are a joke and out dated. The pro tools shown in the lectures was about 2 years old and the instructor didn’t record a new lesson and half the time didn’t update the lesson plan so you’re left to google everything. I learned more from google, YouTube, Lynda, udemy, and asking friends than I learned from Full Sail. The work is basic and you don’t ever learn a fraction of the software before you move on to a new month. If I had relied on just learning what Full Sail taught me I would only know how to set up Pro Tools and Logic and a few basic things I could learn from a 30 min into video about each DAW. Just dumb, boring and unoriginal. I graduated with a 3.8 gpa so I put in the work, I studied and put in all the effort to make it work but after paying $27k I didn’t know enough to land a job. And people with a bachelor degree couldn’t find work either. Just so everyone knows, everything that is taught at this school requires no degree to get a job. Don’t think this school will give you an advantage either because you will end up doing internships and getting paid nothing which is the same as if you didn’t have a degree and just starting out in the industry of choice. I really wish I could say something positive about this school. The only thing I can think of is the launch box they send you but everything they send you is over priced and you pay more for it later on the back end so that’s not worth it. Just hope on udemy or YouTube and learn that way because you will be relying on those sites anyway, only difference is it won’t put you tens of thousands in debt to still land an unpaid internship.

Full Sail University is a cash grabbing joke. I literally removed myself from a course 12 hours after the designated time required and they refused to remove my financial obligations. They took me through the credit process and after saving 6 months to pay what i believed to be the full payment, sent me notice of additional funds to close the account in full. So... in a nutshell, Full Sail University is unwilling to negotiate payment totals, like every other organization much less UNIVERSITY. Like... Read More I said upon starting this review: not only is your degree a joke, the organization is a cash grabbing COW.

If you are pursuing MUSIC PRODUCTION, do not attend this school. Full Sail is a terrible school for music production, especially if you're a beginner. You'll graduate only learning music theory and how to set up a Pro Tools session. That's pretty much it. Yes, you'll have a degree and your basic education to pursue further education, but if you're looking to join Full Sail because of its accelerated program thinking you'll be able to make money sooner by getting through school quicker, you're fooling... Read More yourself. Your future reality will be a whole lot of student loan debt with basically no skill to be independent. This school is great at marketing itself--basically they are great at sales. Do your own research! There's a reason why their graduation rate is so low compared to other schools. They brag about how graduates get most of their first jobs through other graduates, and there's a reason for that. It's almost as if the school is designed to put you in a dead end loop that only they can get you out of. ONLY if you're willing to kiss others behinds and live your life the way they want you to. Basically, your passions has to align with their vision on how you'll have any level of success--even if it's less than $100K/yr just looking to live a simple life. Attend at your own risk...

TL;DR is this: Full Sail Instructors are so out of touch with their students. The assignments have so many typos, bad links, and obviously have no interest in properly teaching their students. If the assignment isn't done the way they want it done (professional level) even though we only JUST learning - then it's a 0 or a MASSIVE deduction in points. Don't waste your money - please just look up YouTube videos to teach yourself (it's no different from the many classes I've had so far where they simply... Read More link a TedTalk or YouTube video). I'm going to start off with the clique of saying, "I never write reviews but this is just absurd." It's true. I am beyond frustrated with the "instructors" at this school. For the sheer amount of money I have spent, I should AT LEAST get adequate feedback on my assignments IN A TIMELY FASHION. Not at the end of the week. I work full-time at two different places, run my own business selling art prints and stickers, and keep up with school full-time. I was fully aware that I would be stretched thin. I've managed myself well until this point. The frustration I feel towards my instructors ludicrous! They wait until Thursday or Friday to gives grades for assignments that build off of each other (so if I need to fix anything I either have to wait for the end of the week or just assume that I am okay to proceed when I move on to the next assignment). Not only do they inconvenience us students CONSTANTLY, they also don't seem to care about the welfare of out learning. Typos everywhere in the assignments, bad/expired links, zip files only containing half of the content we need, and rude instructors. At the beginning of the Computer Animation program, I felt the instructor genuinely cared - I could feel the good intent. The further I progressed, the more it seemed like the instructors progressively got more irritable. They have this attitude of "I know more than you and you'll never make it," type attitude. Now, I submit an assignment about my future goals for my career (which I am supposed to look back on in the next year and see how far I've come) and my instructor deducted 10 points from my PowerPoint because (get this) my goals are "too lengthy and elaborate." I ask why I was deducted for this (one would think it would be good I have thought this far ahead...) and I never received a response... Don't even get me started on even asking a question about an assignment either...most of the responses I have gotten have been, "You should watch the video again," or "I already answered that in the instructions." Why do I need you then? If I just sign on to my Portal and see you've assigned us to watch another TedTalk or video on Youtube...then why am I paying you thousands and thousands of dollars? I am so incredibly close to stopping completely and quitting. What a waste of time and money. Full Sail, it's fine if you're burnt out from teaching others about the animation industry. I get that there are a LOT of people in the program who don't take things seriously sometimes...but don't screw over the people who put their blood, sweat, and tears into this. They can see you don't care about them (and you wonder why the graduation rate is so low!)