The Official Artcenter Thread - like, omg!

[Moccomouse]

Hey everybody, I'm here in california right now. Artcenter is amazing, the campus is gorgeous, the city is kickass and everything.

I was wondering if there is anyone who has actually transferred to Artcenter from another art school? (I'm trying to transfer to Product from CCAD) Specifically how many studio classes got transferred and where they ended up.

I talked to the admissions councellor yesterday and she said, basically that while all of my lib arts stuff will transfer (so I won't have to take art history all over again, for instance) but that it's rare for them to accept studio classes, and it's possible that I might end up spending 8 semesters at AC no matter what.

Is this really what happens? As much as I love artcenter I'm not sure spending another 8 semesters in college is feasible.

Any ideas as to what's going on here?

[Maxine Schacker]

Those of you who think highly of the Art Center should go this site and add positive comments- there's quite a negative review posted!

http://www.yelp.com/

[Wasker]

Hey, how many semesters are there on Artcenter per academic year? Two or three?
I checked the fees and it's a rather expensive school in my opinion but as the homepage states: "Providing excellence in education comes at a cost."

[Yosul_Gongju]

I want to go into Entertainment Illustration. As for sounding young, well, I am, and I know that I'm not ready to go to Art Center just yet. I'm going to look into the classes that are transferable from PCC and see what the difference in cost would be between the two schools. Hopefully that will convince my parents to allow me to attend the community college before going to Art Center. I don't really have a choice but to try to win them over-- it's their money paying for my education.

There's been something I've been wondering about, though. I know that you can withhold attending Art Center for one semester after being accepted, so is it possible for me to finish some units at PCC during that time?

[JoshK]

moccomouse- I transferred from a state college but a lot of my friends who came from other art schools had to take all the studio classes. I've heard of a couple people that came in with advance standings but that is rare. If all your liberal arts classes got transfered, you might be able to graduate a semester earlier.......

wasker - there are 3 semesters in one year at about 14-15k each.

[Yosul_Gongju]

According to the counselor I spoke to, each semester is 13,800 (flat rate), and you're allowed to take 12-18 units per semester.

[Jonas Heirwegh]

Those of you who think highly of the Art Center should go this site and add positive comments- there's quite a negative review posted!

http://www.yelp.com/

I cant see any negative reviews...

[JoshK]

http://www.artcenter.edu/accd/admiss...urrentyear.jsp

Every year the tuition will be higher. I heard its because of their plan to build a dorm but there are a lot of rumors.

[steve kim]

I cant see any negative reviews...

nor can i. in fact they are a little too loaded with typical artcenter-nostalgia... (oh mang the all-nighters! the crits that made my eyes bleed! ra ra ra!)

sometimes i think that last person you want advice about artcenter is from an artcenter student.. or more specifically, artcenter alum. because current ac students will gladly bitch and moan but as the years grow between an alum and his graduation a lot of reality is replaced with ah-those-were-the-days fuzzy goodness.

[crimson89]

I'll be starting Art Center this fall as an illustration student.

I'm interested in getting an Apple laptop, but I don't really know which to choose, any recommendations? (I'm interested in getting into Entertainment Design or Motion Illustration).

Thanks!

[phasma]

I'll be starting this Fall as an undergraduate illustration student and I'm currently in search of a roomie for a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment in Glendale with an August 15th move-in date.

Please PM me for details if you're interested.

Thanks,
Michelle

[ChewyOlive]

I'm looking for a roomie as well, and am looking towards a fairly late, end of August move in day. Like many here on this thread, I'll be majoring in illustration with an angle towards entertainment design. I'm not however a newbie to the college experience, having come from the odd direction of three quarters of a degree in engineering at UC Berkeley

PM or email me at [email protected]
Parts of my application for admission to AC portfolio can be viewed at my blog.

[ChewyOlive]

By the way, are any of you AC students from the San Francisco bay area? I think it'll be great to get together and know each other before heading to Pasadena this fall.

[crimson89]

By the way, are any of you AC students from the San Francisco bay area? I think it'll be great to get together and know each other before heading to Pasadena this fall.

I live in San Jose! I might actually pass by San Francisco this weekend or sometime next week

I'm moving to Pasadena on August 18th or so

[Oridan]

We should all get together before school starts and after we make the move to Pasadena just to hang out.

[dongkyun]

Artcenter is filled with bunch of lazy koreans.. this ain't good -_-;;;;;;

[artdude89]

hi, i'm also attending this fall 07 for undergrad illustration program. I just want to know about the Financial Aid lecture or meeting on Aug. 7th. Like what time it starts?

[Arron]

Hey asaake,

http://www.artcenter.edu/accd/contaccd.jsp
Should have all the numbers you need.


I've been accepted for Illustration for Fall '07 as well. I just really, really, really hope my private loans get approved. If not, I may hang myself. I gotta get out of advertising!

Hope to see you all in September.

[Koh]

"Official SAT or ACT scores for students currently enrolled in high school. These should be sent directly to the admissions office from the applicable testing agency."

Does that mean I don't have to take my SAT's/ACT's "I'm out of HS" if I want to apply or do I have to go and take them?

[Grayber]

I just moved to Pasadena. I got a 1 bed/1 bath apartment for $850 which I'll be splitting with my girlfriend. It seems like a lot of places you'll rent will take care of water/trash. Also, almost everywhere I looked didn't include a refrigerator, so you'll either have to rent one or buy one.

This has probably been asked, but... does anyone know of any workshops outside of the ones up at Art Center? I've looked at The Drawing Club, but $20 seems a bit too high. I feel like I'm getting rusty not having been to one for a week and there's still a lot of time to kill until fall semester.

If anybody wants to meet up, go draw, and/or grab a beer out here let me know.

Koh- Just this last spring when I applied I was a senior at CU Boulder and they still wanted my high school transcript along with my college ones. I didn't have to submit my SAT/ACT scores though. You should call the admissions office. I called admissions so many times they must be sick of me.

[artdude89]

hey , Ill be attendng fall 07 illsutration. I recently got room 2bed and 2 bath . a little over 1000 sq feet, and am looking for roommates, if interest just PM me for more details.

[steve kim]

This has probably been asked, but... does anyone know of any workshops outside of the ones up at Art Center? I've looked at The Drawing Club, but $20 seems a bit too high.

if ur in pasadena why not go to ac's workshops? you're pretty much a student anyway and there's already tons of freeloaders :/.

[crimson89]

if ur in pasadena why not go to ac's workshops? you're pretty much a student anyway and there's already tons of freeloaders :/.

Ooo, where do you go for these workshops?

[J.Mac]

Artcenter is filled with bunch of lazy koreans.. this ain't good -_-;;;;;;

LOL you make my day, but sadly this is true... (there are a lot of Koreans) Not all Koreans are lazy but most of the incoming students are lazy. Sorry to say but it is because most of the new student body i made up of HS graduates who think they are good, and have some one else pick up the tab.

SAT's i never took them but i also attended other schools before i went to Art Center. Which i think is better way to do it since i have had a chance to develop and get some life perspective before spending a copious amounts of hours and money on becoming better.

A quick rant... I think a lot of the issues with Art Center now is 1 - the people running it, not really being involved with what students needs or wants. 2 - A lot of the students now who are fresh from HS wanting a college experience off there parents dollar. Art Center isn't about a college experience (drinking and partying) it is about developing your skills and getting better to get a kick ass job. If you want a party college experience please go to another school first get it out of your system and stop bring down a already falling environment... there is more but meh. Sorry for that i figured i should stop myself, but i guess if the incoming students new what a lot of the older ones where kind of feeling it might help some how.

Chumps is right the workshops are free and usually packed, but they are free... if you go by the prop room there should be a schedule on the wall giving times and room numbers.

-Jesse

[ednerdtheonly]

A quick rant... I think a lot of the issues with Art Center now is 1 - the people running it, not really being involved with what students needs or wants. 2 - A lot of the students now who are fresh from HS wanting a college experience off there parents dollar. Art Center isn't about a college experience (drinking and partying) it is about developing your skills and getting better to get a kick ass job. If you want a party college experience please go to another school first get it out of your system and stop bring down a already falling environment... there is more but meh. Sorry for that i figured i should stop myself, but i guess if the incoming students new what a lot of the older ones where kind of feeling it might help some how.

By "college experience," I don't think anyone meant "drinking and partying"; rather, it refers to being used to living on one's own. By extension, it includes being immersed in an academic enviroment, with peers and teachers supporting your personal ventures.

You're making a completely valid point Jesse; I just don't think anyone meant the "college experience" the same way you did.

Just my 2 cents.

Edward

[J.Mac]

Edward, i am glad you are not offended. In my defense i must say that is not my point of view what a college experience is, rather that is what i am observing from the youth of today. Not everyone is like this and i feel i am one of those, i agree with you. I have had to fight tooth and nail to get where i am, many hungry nites and no where to sleep but my own car.

I am just pointing a more common trend.

-Jesse

[crimson89]

I guess I'm in sort of a bad position, being Korean AND out of high school.


But yeah, it sucks that I'll be deprived of a college experience, no dorms, no frat idiots, no 'typical campus'...but going into this school this fall, it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for the sake of my education and future.

So just as an FYI, us, as high school graduates may be a little bit young and 'naive' and of course I don't expect to be the best, that's the whole point of going to school - right?, but I trust that theres at least a few of us high school grads out that that are in fact qualified to be apart of the 'Art Center' world AND be mature/serious about it at the same time (as CRAZY as that may seem)


By nature, I'm pessimistic. I expect ridicule, I don't expect to be the best student in class, I know I'll be in obscene debt, I expect being looked down upon, etc etc etc. This is, perhaps, the riskiest thing I've done in my life, stepping into Art Center. But hey, I'm not willing to give up without a fight 8)



In all, thanks for not being dicks about it (God knows how many decrepit students have a fetish with poking high school grads with a stick, augh!!)

[steve kim]

people who cry about being deprived of the 'college experience' really need a swift kick in the nuts.

as for hs students... well, what's there to be said? they're already so young, dumb, immature, etc etc. what's the point of kicking someone already down on the ground?

[ChewyOlive]

Erm...a little clarification

The subtext of my post #1234 is that I'll make a good roommate, with excellent study habits as evidenced by the years I put into a rigorous engineering program. I worked hard, and my "college experience" consisted of many all-nighters, heavy handed consolidation of effort, subtraction of a social life, and smothering day dreams of making a career out of art. Of course, that last one totally backfired

[ChewyOlive]

"Official SAT or ACT scores for students currently enrolled in high school. These should be sent directly to the admissions office from the applicable testing agency."

Does that mean I don't have to take my SAT's/ACT's "I'm out of HS" if I want to apply or do I have to go and take them?

Although SATs have little to do with concept art, taking it isn't necessarily useless. Before even looking at my art portfolio, SCAD offered me an $18,000/year academic scholarship based on my score of 1560 out of 1600.