The idea of college is swell. The execution is hilarious. Basically, you pay to go somewhere to be taught a career. Then, you are expected to get internships, most of which you are not paid to do. You are paying to work for free. Then, after all of that, you… Continue reading
Where do I go with the Gen Eds? I sure don’t go far, that’s for sure. This is an art school, so of course the majority of general education classes offered are art related. They were tossed in mostly with Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, a random Spanish or French level 1 course tossed… Continue reading
When I arrived at The Art Institute of Las Vegas, I received a Student Mentor. The mentors are essentially guides for new students. Ideally, the mentor is in the same field as the student so the mentor can help the student more effectively.However, I received a mentor that was in Graphic… Continue reading
I’m going to preface this by stating that I’m probably going to upset some of my friends! The amount of time I have wasted sitting through trashy, nearly worthless student presentations is unacceptable. Sometimes student presentations would literally crossover in to the following weeks’ classes because most of the instructors… Continue reading
I am not sure if this is just local to Las Vegas, but boy howdy do students around here not really care for each other nearly as much as they should.As a film student, I generally had to check out many pieces of equipment – most of the time I didn’t have… Continue reading
In my first year at the Art Institute, there were some changes in the faculty going on. Some instructors, some in management. Still, everything appeared as normal. However, after my first year, there was suppose to be a “portfolio review” that never happened. I vaguely remember this causing a bit… Continue reading
***********A group I am a part of on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/groups/aistudents/ – has a new member as of May 27th, 2018 that has posted that his Art Institute and possibly all of them will be shutting down their housing programs at the end of Summer 2018*********** I will be touching up… Continue reading
When you walk in to the front doors of The Art Institute of Las Vegas, there is a security desk with a security guard. S/He is in charge of checking the ID’s of students and faculty, making sure guests sign in, and watching the multitude of security cameras throughout the… Continue reading
One thing I grew sick of hearing was instructors not responding to emails from students.It’s pretty hit and miss when it comes to getting responses from email. I heard instructors tell students that they’ve received emails from the students, but never responded to them for some reason. I’ve heard it… Continue reading