A few days ago
flower child

For audio engineering, college or trade school (ex:Full Sail)?

My boyfriend is looking at schools for audio engineering. I’m hearing mixed reviews. We live in Florida so the obvious option is Full Sail. Is it worth the money? Is it just an overpriced trade school? Should he find a regular college for accredibility or is Full Sail a great option? We haven’t done a walk through at Full Sail yet, but plan on it. Everyone says the walk through is a great experince, but the school can always sugar coat everything and make it look like it is the best choice. Anyone with suggestions or comments that went to Full Sail would be greatly appreciated.

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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If he’s smart he should go to a real college and get an electrical engineering degree or something similar, so that in the future if he wants, he can actually find a job.

But if audio engineering, as in recording music, is really what he wants to do, there are many options.

The Audio Engineering Society has a list of schools, by geographical location, that might interest you:

http://aes.org/education/geodir.cfm

Also check out

http://www.edrose.com (the faq’s section)

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6 years ago
Anonymous
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For audio engineering, college or trade school (ex:Full Sail)?
My boyfriend is looking at schools for audio engineering. I'm hearing mixed reviews. We live in Florida so the obvious option is Full Sail. Is it worth the money? Is it just an overpriced trade school? Should he find a regular college for accredibility or is Full Sail a great option? We…

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5 years ago
Anonymous
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A few days ago
Anonymous
i am a sound engineer (for 2years) full sail is ok like the army is ok
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Another good school to check out is SAE Miami. check out the website at, www.sae-miami.com.
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