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Get the inside scoop on Savannah College of Art and Design admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Admissions process and department at SCAD is one of the best. They are incredibly responsive and connected to the individual applicants. Students ...   READ MORE
Current Student
I dont remember much about the admissions process. it was relatively painless. sometimes the admissions people are hard to get in touch with - parti...   READ MORE
Alumni
A portfolio was required when I applied to SCAD, but I don't think it had anything to do with actually getting in. I wrote an essay telling them tha...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Design programs vary from department to tdepartment, but the strongest in the School of Design is the Industrial Design Program, closely tied with...   READ MORE
Current Student
all teachers have worked in the field they are teaching so they know from experience. most are fair - cant expect all to be perfect. workload depend...   READ MORE
Alumni
The Savannah College of Art and Design has many EXCELLENT professors who can make your time there worthwhile. I feel that many of them are too easy ...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
SCAD has pretty good prestige with employers, particularly in the Fashion dept becuase of the Andre Leon Talley connection and yearly fashion show - a...   READ MORE
Current Student
as far as i can tell, most people who graduate from SCAD get jobs in their field within about a year, if not immediately. some people have jobs before...   READ MORE
Alumni
I haven't had any luck at all getting a job in any art field, much less those that I have BFAs in. I studied a lot of different things at SCAD, so I'm...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Savannah is a good place to live for two years. 4 years seems a bit much. Not many students stay in Savannah beyond the 2, as there are not many j...   READ MORE
Current Student
the dorms are relatively decent; clean made well. One of them is built on a spring, so its sinking, and sometimes the plumbing is off, but that is a...   READ MORE
Alumni
The Savannah College of Art and Design is spread out across the whole city of Savannah. The town is statistically one of the most violent in the nat...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Lots of bars, tattoo parlors, lots of tourism. Fridays are off in the quarter, so nightlife is pretty serious for meeting people outside your majo...   READ MORE
Current Student
the dorms are set up to povide a social atmosphere, plus there are always activities going on. the school likes to create places for students to get...   READ MORE
Alumni
Savannah is a dream for those who love their booze. Make sure you stick around for St. Patrick's day at least once to see 70,000 drunken, half-naked...   READ MORE

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