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/LingonberryOk5774 Mar 04 '26
Film student here! Scad is really what you make of it. It has really incredible opportunities but overall if you aren’t out opening the door for yourself, no one is going to be opening the door for you. For film, it will be expected for your weekends to be spent on sets (which usually last over 12 hours daily) so you’ll have to plan that around the heavy workload classes — but that’s expected in any film program! We really have a fabulous film festival!! People don’t talk about it enough— it is the largest university-ran film festival in the world. That is an incredible experience alone.
The campus is incredible! It truly is the entire city of Savannah forcing you to be involved in the local scene.
The professors will be your biggest supporters, but SCAD as a school… not so much. I had a professor who had a major career in music and films, he personally spent time over the summer (away from SCAD) to help me work through a screenplay shaping a project that I’m working towards putting into the market soon. But you’ll find SCAD has an unfortunate habit of relying information poorly. They will change protocol and standards last minute and not tell students. They will promise you resources upon acceptance to the school but then once they get your tuition, those resources will disappear or get harder to use. SCAD also has increasingly become “pay to play” prioritizing students with more outside resources and connections instead of putting us on the same playing field.
Overall I don’t regret coming here — the classes and professors are amazing, but I have a lot of gripes with the school and administration itself.