Hurray for education?
It's been a while since I updated, as per usual. I'm keeping busy and entertained in Phoenix, this city is great =)
In some not so fun news, I dropped out of my school, The University of Advancing Technology in Tempe Arizona. I also have posted a review of the school on http://www.studentsreview.com/
Here is the review, if anyone wants further details on the antics of the school let me know, there are lots of them.
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Please, do not waste your time and money on these guys, they are a joke. If you are serious about game programming look into full sail or digipen. This school is a classic example of a college that just draws you in with big promises and does not intend on delivering on any of them. I dropped my entire life in Michigan to move to Arizona and go to this school. During the first semester I was having strong feelings of a lack of education being provided within the school. I had tried meeting with councelors and they basically ignored my concerns and told me that the courses I had taken were just "too easy" and I should have chosen more challenging courses for my first semester. They also attempted to convince me to stay for another semester and take on so-called "more challenging" courses.
One of the teachers I had was completely self absorbed, only talking about himself and not anything related to the class at hand. Another teacher I had could barely speak english and would get angry with me for not being able to understand him. I dropped out of the school after one semester and demanded a full refund. It wasn't until I started talking about the possible need for me to be bringing in lawyers that the schools agreed to the decision to refund my money
I would have passed the semester with roughly a 3.8GPA. Honestly, I didn't learn a single thing that entire semester, I have no idea how any of the assignments I had were supposed to relate to anything in my career field and I have no idea where the 7.5k a semester is supposed to be going, because the teachers certainly are not qualified to be paid that much.
I did not withdraw until I had spoken to students who were on their last semester. When I told them the price of my tutition in comparison to theirs(roughly 2-3k), they agreed with me. Run, run fast, and don't look back. They had not been given the job placements they were promised and they also felt most their education during their period at the school was done of their own freewill and could have been learned in any setting.
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In some not so fun news, I dropped out of my school, The University of Advancing Technology in Tempe Arizona. I also have posted a review of the school on http://www.studentsreview.com/
Here is the review, if anyone wants further details on the antics of the school let me know, there are lots of them.
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Please, do not waste your time and money on these guys, they are a joke. If you are serious about game programming look into full sail or digipen. This school is a classic example of a college that just draws you in with big promises and does not intend on delivering on any of them. I dropped my entire life in Michigan to move to Arizona and go to this school. During the first semester I was having strong feelings of a lack of education being provided within the school. I had tried meeting with councelors and they basically ignored my concerns and told me that the courses I had taken were just "too easy" and I should have chosen more challenging courses for my first semester. They also attempted to convince me to stay for another semester and take on so-called "more challenging" courses.
One of the teachers I had was completely self absorbed, only talking about himself and not anything related to the class at hand. Another teacher I had could barely speak english and would get angry with me for not being able to understand him. I dropped out of the school after one semester and demanded a full refund. It wasn't until I started talking about the possible need for me to be bringing in lawyers that the schools agreed to the decision to refund my money
I would have passed the semester with roughly a 3.8GPA. Honestly, I didn't learn a single thing that entire semester, I have no idea how any of the assignments I had were supposed to relate to anything in my career field and I have no idea where the 7.5k a semester is supposed to be going, because the teachers certainly are not qualified to be paid that much.
I did not withdraw until I had spoken to students who were on their last semester. When I told them the price of my tutition in comparison to theirs(roughly 2-3k), they agreed with me. Run, run fast, and don't look back. They had not been given the job placements they were promised and they also felt most their education during their period at the school was done of their own freewill and could have been learned in any setting.
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