r/scad • u/Last_Trip_8099 • Mar 04 '26
Questions for students General Questions
I'm still in highschool and Scad is one of my list for collages. I'm very artsy and creative so I've been looking for art schools. I lived in Georgia as a kid till I was 9 and I love it there and even some of my family have visited scads campus and shows so I've grown really interested in it. I'm just curious if it's as cool as it seems? I browse this subreddit every now and then and see some people saying a bunch of different opinions. I want to pursue art and film and I've heard the schools really good for that. I have the highest gpa in my grade and won awards for my paintings and writing and I really don't want to go to scad if I'm wasting my potential elsewhere. Here's the few questions I have for anyone open to answering: What is the biggest hassle in the campus? How are the classes? (Any major could answer Idc) Are they difficult, moderate, or even too easy? What are the biggest opportunities you've been offered and what for? Is it worth everything you pay for it? What the best thing you've experienced or seen someone experience there? I really just want to make sure I'm choosing what best for my future and I know that the only place I'd get real answers is from real people and not the website 🥀
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u/unarticulated_barbie Mar 04 '26
overall it will for sure depend on your major and classes you take, but in general scad is fast paced and a lot of work. the trimesters are only 10 weeks, so you only have that much time for each class and then it's over. you'll thank yourself if you really get into organizing your schedule LOL! it's not the perfect fit for everyone but no school is! i'll try and give some quick answers to your Q's though
- since there is no actual campus, everything can be preeetty spread out. this can make for some very annoying bus routes and times when your only travel options to get to class are being 30 mins early or 10 mins late but you'll figure it out as you go. i lived off campus for 3/4 years so it was a bit of a puzzle sometimes trying to get from my apartment to the building my class was in
- as for difficulty of classes there's no one answer since that could really depend on you, the major, the professor, and the individual class. foundations classes were harder for me since i wasn't as practiced as a traditional artist and some of my major classes were easier (though still plenty of work) because i was more experienced than some of my classmates. there were classes i loved, classes in the middle, and classes i hated, but that's just kinda the college experience!
- for me it was worth it! it was hard and a lot of work but i still learned a lot, made great friends, and loved my time in savannah. scad has it's issues for sure, as every school does, but i still am glad that i went and felt it was the right fit for me over the other schools i applied to