College advice

[Hectix777]

I may be in 10th grade, but I'm coming to the end of my Sophomore year so I might as well decide where I'm going to school. I have several choices in mind: DigiPenn, Texas A&M University in College Station, Carnegie Melon, and USC. Each has their own reason:

-Texas A&M: My father went there and my brother goes there. It's a college with an ROTC program and is rooted in honor and tradition and everyone their is incredibly kind and friendly. I could apply for the computer programming course and art course their as an elective, but it doesn't have a sole game design course and applying for the ROTC means about 4 or 6 years of either armed or reserved service in any US military branch. I could live with it, but that means I'd probably be job hunting by the time I'm 24 or 28.

-DigiPenn: The school is founded solely for teaching game design, but it's a leap of faith kind of situation. Mr. Portnow teaches there, so it'd be an honor to learn from him, but I live in Texas and Washington is along way away.

-Carnegie Melon: It's all the way in Pennsylvania, I have family down in Virginia so it's not like I'll be lonely. CMU sounds like a good place to go, and it's an actual college. CMU is probably one of my biggest choices at this point so I can get in their Computer-Human Interaction program.

-USC: It's a rich, privileged, white-bread school, but the program is too good to pass up. I'd probably have to get some kind of mega scholarship in order to pay, but I'm sure it'll pay off in the end. Plus, it's in California so I'll be in the same state as the Silicon Valley and a majority of game developers.


At any case it needs to have the following requirements: A scholarship program that allows me to use my musical , academic, or even military talent; A program that will aid me in art and game design or a course related to game design; A scholarship program that will allow me to use a GI Bill as scholarship aid; a real and credible college and college program.

Any help is appreciated, especially those who are in the game industry, thanks again Escapists!

 

[DefunctTheory]

Are you jacking your fathers GI Bill?

I don't know what school you should go to, but heres a site that will tell you if a particular institution will accept the GI Bill.

http://www.gibill.va.gov/resources/education_resources/choosing_a_school.html

Checking it myself, I've found that all mentioned colleges are accepted. Check yourself to see the specifics.

 

[Hectix777]

Are you jacking your fathers GI Bill?

I don't know what school you should go to, but heres a site that will tell you if a particular institution will accept the GI Bill.

http://www.gibill.va.gov/resources/education_resources/choosing_a_school.html

Checking it myself, I've found that all mentioned colleges are accepted. Check yourself to see the specifics.

No my father was a civilian in the regular course, and my brother is in the Aggie band and by that he is also in the ROTC program. I don't think jacking a GI Bill is possible

 

[DefunctTheory]

Are you jacking your fathers GI Bill?

I don't know what school you should go to, but heres a site that will tell you if a particular institution will accept the GI Bill.

http://www.gibill.va.gov/resources/education_resources/choosing_a_school.html

Checking it myself, I've found that all mentioned colleges are accepted. Check yourself to see the specifics.

No my father was a civilian in the regular course, and my brother is in the Aggie band and by that he is also in the ROTC program. I don't think jacking a GI Bill is possible

Then where are you getting GI Bill from?

 

[Erana]

First off, let me ask if you're planning on attending a graduate program after college. I'm honestly not sure how things work.

I'm not too familiar with most of those programs, but CMU is a good school and a bit of a household name. They have a very strong art department. At least with painting, they're one of the top ten in the country.

I'd strongly suggest going to college where you can get a rounded education, just because I feel like so much more of a person from a curriculum spanning a variety of disciplines. Have you had a chance to look at the requirements for graduating at each program?

 

[LetalisK]

Are you jacking your fathers GI Bill?

I don't know what school you should go to, but heres a site that will tell you if a particular institution will accept the GI Bill.

http://www.gibill.va.gov/resources/education_resources/choosing_a_school.html

Checking it myself, I've found that all mentioned colleges are accepted. Check yourself to see the specifics.

No my father was a civilian in the regular course, and my brother is in the Aggie band and by that he is also in the ROTC program. I don't think jacking a GI Bill is possible

Actually, maybe it's just under the new GI bill, but veterans can give their GI bill to their spouse or children. Also, don't bother using the GI bill if you didn't have some kind of active duty service for at least a year. It's next to worthless otherwise. In my opinion. >.>

 

[Hectix777]

Are you jacking your fathers GI Bill?

I don't know what school you should go to, but heres a site that will tell you if a particular institution will accept the GI Bill.

http://www.gibill.va.gov/resources/education_resources/choosing_a_school.html

Checking it myself, I've found that all mentioned colleges are accepted. Check yourself to see the specifics.

No my father was a civilian in the regular course, and my brother is in the Aggie band and by that he is also in the ROTC program. I don't think jacking a GI Bill is possible

Then where are you getting GI Bill from?

I was considering that if that even if I got good scholarships to a college but it wasnt enough, i could do my time in the K9 corps and pay for college

 

[Hectix777]

First off, let me ask if you're planning on attending a graduate program after college. I'm honestly not sure how things work.

I'm not too familiar with most of those programs, but CMU is a good school and a bit of a household name. They have a very strong art department. At least with painting, they're one of the top ten in the country.

I'd strongly suggest going to college where you can get a rounded education, just because I feel like so much more of a person from a curriculum spanning a variety of disciplines. Have you had a chance to look at the requirements for graduating at each program?

What i want to know, is where the art team behind Guild Wars 2 were taught. Have you seen some of the stuff they make, it's beautiful Leonardo eat you heart out even

 

[DefunctTheory]

Are you jacking your fathers GI Bill?

I don't know what school you should go to, but heres a site that will tell you if a particular institution will accept the GI Bill.

http://www.gibill.va.gov/resources/education_resources/choosing_a_school.html

Checking it myself, I've found that all mentioned colleges are accepted. Check yourself to see the specifics.

No my father was a civilian in the regular course, and my brother is in the Aggie band and by that he is also in the ROTC program. I don't think jacking a GI Bill is possible

Then where are you getting GI Bill from?

I was considering that if that even if I got good scholarships to a college but it wasnt enough, i could do my time in the K9 corps and pay for college

Minimum Enlistment obligation for a 31B (MP) is 5 years, last time I checked. No guarantee they will let you work in K9: you will have to be badass/ram your head up someones ass.

DO NOT JOIN THE MILITARY JUST FOR THE GI BILL. YOU WILL REGRET IT.

And, in any case, there is no point planning for college 7 years in advance. You could get shot by then.

 

[Erana]

First off, let me ask if you're planning on attending a graduate program after college. I'm honestly not sure how things work.

I'm not too familiar with most of those programs, but CMU is a good school and a bit of a household name. They have a very strong art department. At least with painting, they're one of the top ten in the country.

I'd strongly suggest going to college where you can get a rounded education, just because I feel like so much more of a person from a curriculum spanning a variety of disciplines. Have you had a chance to look at the requirements for graduating at each program?

What i want to know, is where the art team behind Guild Wars 2 were taught. Have you seen some of the stuff they make, it's beautiful Leonardo eat you heart out even

Please never compare video game graphics to the great masters when speaking to an artist. It hurts.

And one should never choose a school based on an alum's work. You need to look for a place that bests suits you.

 

[Tron-tonian]

I'd say stay close to home, save as much money as you can. Not only that, but the work you produce will say more about you and get you further than the school you went to.

And as for an entire team? I suspect you'd find everything from high school dropouts to people with MFAs from prestigious colleges - they were hired because they could do what someone told them to do - create concept art, adjust concept art to fit the engine, implement said art assets into said engine.

Worry less about *them* and more about *you*. If you're doing good work and spreading it around (resumes etc.) it will get noticed.

 

[Hectix777]

First off, let me ask if you're planning on attending a graduate program after college. I'm honestly not sure how things work.

I'm not too familiar with most of those programs, but CMU is a good school and a bit of a household name. They have a very strong art department. At least with painting, they're one of the top ten in the country.

I'd strongly suggest going to college where you can get a rounded education, just because I feel like so much more of a person from a curriculum spanning a variety of disciplines. Have you had a chance to look at the requirements for graduating at each program?

What i want to know, is where the art team behind Guild Wars 2 were taught. Have you seen some of the stuff they make, it's beautiful Leonardo eat you heart out even

Please never compare video game graphics to the great masters when speaking to an artist. It hurts.

And one should never choose a school based on an alum's work. You need to look for a place that bests suits you.

I wasn't talking about the graphics I was talking about the concept art, the stuff they paint is beautiful. I want to find out where a majority of the art team went to school ArenaNet has some powerful artists at their disposal, all led by Father Gregori