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BrightArt & Design Department
This school is not tat bad compared to some other art school
1st Year Female -- Class 2007
Education Quality: A+, Collaboration/Competitive: B+
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This school is whatever nothing special.Quite BrightInterior Design
This school is whatever nothing special. i went for a semester and im leaving and going to fidm in la. the people in san francisco and aau are very different and live a completely different life style than me. i made one friend. the people in my classes werent talkative, friendly, and everyone was in their own little world. im from la and im used to going out at night and hitting up a bar or a club no one was ever down tto have a goood time. alot of people were just WEIRD. no one listened to weezy f baby, deadmau5, wolfgang gartner, birdman, wale, kid cudi, RUSKO, jack beats etc. they all listen to 90's alternative music. but besides the people classes were fine. they make u go around the city basically and go on wild goose chases for fabrics and certain types of architectual designs, so u spend the whole day looking for shit and waste time. that was so annoying. they dont tell u where to go. PS NVER TAKE MODEL MAKING WITH DAVE. he is so rude, toughest grader, not helpful, basically just a pain in the ass teacher/babysitter for 6 hours everyweek. also make sure u save your money because u will spend at least $200 on foam board alone. you have to pay for so much art stuff the school doesnt provide you with one thing. i spent at least $1,000 on art materials for hw and projects. that is my opinion of the school. also its hard to meet people because there r so many buildings round the city its so stupid becuase aau is getting sued for millions becuase they are buying and renting historic buildings that used to be hotels and like other shit and turingin them into buildings and dorms in residential areas.
1st Year Female -- Class 2014
Friendliness: C, Education Quality: F
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I love you AcademyQuite BrightDesign Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc
I love you Academy of Art. You could certainly make the aesthetics nicer, but when I'm looking for a job, I know the big businesses are looking for AAU graduates, not SFAI graduates. <3 I want to say more, but I'll do that on yelp.com
1st Year Female -- Class 2011
University Resource Use/ spending: A+, Campus Aesthetics: C
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