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Post by jennifercw on Apr 17, 2016 2:21:02 GMT
DD is a junior so we've been doing lots of college research lately! She is interested in journalism/communication, advertising, and graphic design but leaning heavily toward graphic design at the moment. She loved what she saw during a recent tour of Auburn and we're trying to line up visits to some more schools.
If you have a degree in graphic design, do you mind sharing where you studied and your overall thoughts about the program? Any tips for her as she's looking?
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M in Carolina
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Post by M in Carolina on Apr 17, 2016 2:47:17 GMT
I was a graphic design major but switched because I found out about the interior design program. My dad was a developer and contractor, and I loved the construction sites, blue prints, painting and decorating. I wish I could use my degree more.
I've heard the Savannah School of Design is good, but I don't have particulars.
I also did two semesters at the Art Institute in Chicago--they have campuses all over, and dh used to work for their parent school that also included the Cordon Bleu schools--they've been shut down. I don't think they're really top calibre schools, but the professor that designed the Energizer bunny worked at our school. They also had advertising. His office had all sorts of cool advertising sketches he'd done on the wall, and we'd hang outside his office when the door was open and he was in class so we could see all the sketches. The kids were really nice, too. Art schools attract a whole spectrum of different people. I was in my late 20s when I went, and there weren't many older students, but the kids really liked me. I had to quit because I kept getting sick. My doctors weren't happy, and then I had to stop because I needed emergency gallbladder surgery. I tried to finish the semester, and my gallbladder almost burst--my pain tolerance is so high I didn't realize it had gotten so bad. The first semester I had to stop too, because I had to stay in the hospital for two weeks because of my heart condition. I did get a refund on my student loans. The schools were really easy to get into, and I really liked the professors. They really cared about the students.
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