Art Institute of Atlanta

[DevilK9]

Now that I'm moving to Savannah, I'm hoping to take some classes at SCAD. I'm not sure if they have non-degree programs or lifetime education programs or not.

Anybody have any experience with online design education? Does AIA have these?

[Tree]

i think we are going over povlo and learning oh and conditioning. you have to take psychology i hope you dont have Nyambura Kinhato.. i cant understand a word she is saying!!

[13Bracer]

i think we are going over povlo and learning oh and conditioning. you have to take psychology i hope you dont have Nyambura Kinhato.. i cant understand a word she is saying!!

hahah damn..
yeah no one can understand a word my math teacher says...haha

[BKgen®]

i think we are going over povlo and learning oh and conditioning. you have to take psychology i hope you dont have Nyambura Kinhato.. i cant understand a word she is saying!!

mrs. Willard?

[Tree]

no Nyambura Kinhato. psychology teacher.. room 506 knock on the door and ask to see me, so i can leave this hell hole

[BKgen®]

oh. lulz Willard is fvcking crazy. she's like a 60 year old senile hag, mentally unstable, voice sounds like she's having a nervous breakdown. i gave that woman so much hell. good times.

[13Bracer]

gosh i hate how its always so fackin cold in here and my other class.......i need to start bringin a jacket!!!

[Tree]

lol we are on the 5th floor and it smells so f*cking good right now. like cookies. i think i would die in here with out my adderall,gum, and my laptop. hey there is on good thing about this class. TAKE HOME TEST FTMFW

[Fastlife Mag]

I'll be graduating from AIA in 2 weeks

[Tree]

sweet congrats.. what were you going for? i'm now going for culinary

[BKgen®]

damn --

i had no idea this many people went to AiA. lolol we need to have an AiA meet sometime on the parking deck

[13Bracer]

damn --

i had no idea this many people went to AiA. lolol we need to have an AiA meet sometime on the parking deck

hhahaah that would be funny!!!


lets do it

[Tree]

lol i will be there like around 4 lol i'm waiting an traffic to die down. dose anyone need a room mate?

[Tree]

damn this sucks my mac is about to die!! i need a plug!

[Tree]

oh yeah i was walking to class on the 5th floor and i was tracy from baltground

[Tracy]

AIA is the ****ing McDonalds of art colleges. Just like SCAD, they will take just about anybody. I got half a free ride at ACA and a huge scholarship at Ringling for their computer animation program. It ALL comes down to talent. If you have a hundred resumes to sort through, I can see your point. You are right. But I will tell you one thing, I will never be turned down for a job just because of my diploma. That's something colleges tell you to get you to go there. I had to make a very difficult decision when deciding to go to either SCADATL or Ringling and when I chose SCAD, I knew that the deciding factor wouldn't be my diploma. It would be my portfolio and my demo reel. The animation industry isn't easy to break into, and for good reason. There are a lot of extremely talented people in it already, the market is flooded with degrees from places like SCAD and AIA.

Believe me, i think that ACA was the superior talent base, but it wasn't because of their accreditation, it's because of their admissions requirements. See how far all the talk about accreditation will get you when you are trying to make it as an artist. You will end up being bitter and angry, and without a pot to piss in. Your talents won't amount to **** if you are on such a high horse about the school you graduated from that people can't stand to be in your presence for more than five minutes. It's all about being humble.

I'm talking about accreditation in general. I have to admit, I am new to the whole art deal, and I wouldn't consider myself and artist (so you may be right about the McDonald's reference, but what do I know). I would consider myself a business woman trying to gain some more skills to market my business better and for less money. I am taking up PR, not graphic design....so I personally won't be bitter about anything but I do get your point. If you were looking for an argument out of me, you aren't going to get one. I agree with the fact that if you have a shi.tty eye and ****ty art then it doesn't really matter. They'll find that out after the first or second or whatever weeding process once they finally get to look at your portfolio. Like I already mentioned, to me it's more about a weeding process from the jump. You need to have as many boxes checked off as you can. If you turn out to be a shi.tty whatever you apply for regardless of your degree and where it comes from you may not have a pot to piss in. That's called life. There is A LOT more than accreditation that comes into account when it comes to getting a good job. That's obvious. We just happen to be talking about accreditations so far and it is a factor, not saying it's the only one and some other things may outweigh that factor Internships/experience, grades, personality, recommendations, attire, portfolio......are all factors, it goes on and on and most of it having nothing to do with accreditation. Either way, I'm on the same page with ya bud

[DrivenMind]

I'm talking about accreditation in general. I have to admit, I am new to the whole art deal, and I wouldn't consider myself and artist (so you may be right about the McDonald's reference, but what do I know). I would consider myself a business woman trying to gain some more skills to market my business better and for less money.

Well said. All of AIA's stuff is start of the art, and since they're now accredited it's probably a great place to start. Truth be told (bad teachers aside) my experience probably would have been different if I knew for sure what I wanted to do, and could have commuted to school without having to rely on a transit system established in 71.

Using Marta to get around Atlanta, while carrying 15K worth of camera **** loaned to you by the school, was a bit of a scary experience.

Unfortunately I found the teachers to be average, and couldn't really do photography assignments with a suspended drivers license. My major just happened to be one that you really needed to have your own car to get the results needed.

It's great if you know what you're there for, and you know what you want, but an art school isn't a good place to start college if you not totally sure what you want to do. A lot of the classes are so specific that a lot of them won't transfer to other schools.

No arguing though, the school did make me a better photographer. I just realized too little too late, that I wasn't really sure I wanted to be one.

A few of my friends go to SCAD, and from what I hear it is an amazing school. Plus at the Atlanta campus, the top level of the parking deck, overlooking the city is a great place to take a little "smoke" break at night, and just watch the wheels turn.

[yungdz]

its the last week, we gonna have a meet?

[13Bracer]

its the last week, we gonna have a meet?

hahah we really should i say tiby boy needs to get it together he is the veteran here...haha
my last class is next monday FTW

[BKgen®]

hahah we really should i say tiby boy needs to get it together he is the veteran here...haha
my last class is next monday FTW

LOL damn... you start late or something? My last day was Friday.

[13Bracer]

LOL damn... you start late or something? My last day was Friday.

yeah im in the midquarter ****....boooooooooooo

[Tracy]

I was done last week! I get a 3 week break FTW! We should totally make a meet on the parking deck one day. What is everyone's fall schedule? I have class pretty much all day Monday and Thursday.

[BKgen®]

I was done last week! I get a 3 week break FTW! We should totally make a meet on the parking deck one day. What is everyone's fall schedule? I have class pretty much all day Monday and Thursday.

monday, tuesday, wednesday, saturday.

God i hope gas goes down

[Tracy]

monday, tuesday, wednesday, saturday.

God i hope gas goes down

Jeez how many classes are you taking and who helped you with your schedule?

[13Bracer]

im gunna be there monday and wed night...
and ill be there thursday all day

[uproot]

All day Mondays, and 1 class on Wednesdays... I think, lol

[BKgen®]

Jeez how many classes are you taking and who helped you with your schedule?

nobody "helps" me register. at this point all my classes have to be approved by my department chair... when you get to be a senior and you start taking upper level classes, there will only be 1 or 2 teachers (usually only 1) teaching the class. For me, senior project 1, special topics in animation, and 2d production team. Plus i'm taking digital video editing.


Just wait.... you'll get there.

[Echonova]

Lulz. I went to AIA back when it was next to Dante's...

[Tracy]

nobody "helps" me register. at this point all my classes have to be approved by my department chair... when you get to be a senior and you start taking upper level classes, there will only be 1 or 2 teachers (usually only 1) teaching the class. For me, senior project 1, special topics in animation, and 2d production team. Plus i'm taking digital video editing.


Just wait.... you'll get there.

No one helps me register either at this point either. I just take all 4 of my classes in 2 days when I make my schedule. I get it now about the teachers. So, you have 4 classes and you could only take 1 class a day?

[BKgen®]

So, you have 4 classes and you could only take 1 class a day?

no.

MA344, MA430, MA424 on monday
MA352 on tuesday
MA344 and MA424 on wednesday
MA352 again on saturday

[james]

sorry for the bump kiddies, who drives the green s13 coupe? you know which one.

[13Bracer]

sorry for the bump kiddies, who drives the green s13 coupe? you know which one.

x2 shits fire!!!

[Tree]

hi i go there..

[james]

so update whats everyones schedules this quarter?

[Tracy]

I have class Monday till 3:20 and Thursday til noon.

Marketing
Computer Illustration
Digital Photography

[james]

Digital Photography

sweet. you have taylor?

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Thinking about going there

[james]

Thinking about going there

its really fucking expensive. think it through. looking back i wish i had gone to a state school. what are you thinking of majoring in?

[.blank cd]

its really fucking expensive. think it through. looking back i wish i had gone to a state school. what are you thinking of majoring in?

Itd be something along the lines of photography if i went there. Kennesaw is my first choice right now tho. I have all my core classes done, i just dont know what i wanna do...

[BKgen®]

Senior Project 2, Animation for Interactive Production, and some stupid flash HTML-ish class.

next quarter (my final quarter) I should be taking Portfolio and a couple others.