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2bd9f1 No.2450

Today, after months of jumping through hoops to go to another school, I was unceremoniously dropped because of my college GPA for my last semester of DigiPen(NOT my cumulative, mind you).

Advice to anyone at DigiPen or anyone in high school considering it: If you aren't sure, GET THE FUCK AWAY BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. It's like covering your academic records in fucking glitter.

2bd9f1 No.2451

That isn't to say that if you're super autistic passionate about video games that DigiPen might not be the right school for you. But if you have any second thoughts, I really do recommend acting on them.


f5ab4d No.2452

Plus one for the advice that if you aren't sure, DO NOT attend. I'm going into my third year now so I've already seen the freshman drop out wave twice, and yes it's brutal. Unlike other colleges, if you don't like your degree, you don't really have anywhere to go. In a regular university, you have tons of other options to switch to. If you aren't 100% sure this is what you want, and I mean 100%, go to a regular university, take your general eds, and then decide for certain. Otherwise you drop out, get no degree, have a harder time getting into a different university, and STILL OWE DIGIPEN MONEY. I personally have a friend who dropped out after one semester and is still paying off his debt.

I would not come to DigiPen for anything except the RTIS degree (maybe the music degrees, but I don't know enough about them to say anything certain). I know there's a new CS degree, but honestly my take is that if that's what you want, just go to a traditional university, pay less money, and probably have a much better overall experience. The other degrees are bad. Look at the job placement rate for the BAGD degree. 50%. Do you really want to gamble over 100k on a 50% chance of getting a job after graduation?

Do I regret coming to DigiPen? Maybe a bit. But, I'm an RTIS student, which is by far the least mismanaged degree in the school. Compared to my first college, the experience is much less pleasant. People are stressed out all the time, it's harder to socialize, you'll see yourself get more and more jaded as the stress mounts and the semester drags on. Some people sacrifice their health for this shit. You feel scared to criticize the school; no university should make you feel that way. The degree is overpriced and only remotely worth it if you can secure some scholarships or grants.

There are good things about the school. Teachers such as Mead and Hanson are excellent, and will give you a great intro to CS education. Constantly working on team projects ensures you will learn how to deal with team issues, source control, and how to cope with (and avoid building) the shitty pile of hacks your first couple game engines will probably devolve to. I've become a much better programmer, but I'm sure if me and a few other people spent a couple years building engines at a regular school I could learn just as much.

So, overall. Does DigiPen RTIS produce decent programmers? Yeah. Should you do it? Probably not. Maybe its a right fit for some people, but often times I find myself looking back at my first college, wondering why I gave up all those fun experiences I could have had just so that I could listen to the same fucking GAM lecture every week.


e2134b No.2453




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