How much blueprint scripting would you expect a month 17 of a 22 month accelerated bachelors program to understand?

Gylden_Drage · 2024-08-13T11:35:34

I understand that many people have had a “great” experience at Full Sail University. Initially, I assumed that complaints were from individuals who struggled with the material or had other issues. However, I’m dropping out, not because of difficulty—my GPA is strong and I only had 5 months left—but because I believe the program is a waste of time. By the 17th month of a 22-month accelerated Bachelor of Science in Game Design program, you’d expect students to know basic skills, like moving a block in 3D space. You’d also expect them to have a solid understanding of blueprint functionality, or at least be able to communicate their goals using pseudo-code. Instead, I was placed in a group with two students who, at this stage, seemed to lack essential skills. It appeared to me that they couldn’t have passed their previous classes without the staff passing them fraudulently. My experience at Full Sail was mostly positive, and the program was useful for providing a general overview of game design, helping me identify areas to research further. However, towards the end of my time there, I encountered many students who, despite being halfway through or in other classes, clearly hadn’t grasped the material from their previous courses. There are key classes where demonstrating knowledge is crucial to progress. It seems to me that the faculty might be pushing students through the program and finding excuses to give passing grades to maintain their statistics. When I voiced these concerns in public spaces, I was met with strong resistance from Full Sail supporters, which felt unusually defensive and almost cult-like. Given these issues, I struggle to see the value of a degree from Full Sail if students who don’t meet the minimum standards are still passing.But again since @tom sloper struggled to find the nexus of this post…. how much blueprint scripting should a student in month 17 of a 22 month bachelors program understand? (assuming it's game design and they use unreal engine for their class curriculum)

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Started by Gylden_Drage August 12, 2024 12:21 PM

16 comments, last by Tom Sloper 1 month ago

taby

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August 12, 2024 08:26 PM

Yeah, get off of your ass and teach yourself Blueprints. What were you planning on doing once your degree is completed? Quit?

Gylden_Drage

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August 12, 2024 10:47 PM

@taby You completely completely missed the entire point. Much like my fellow students, and FS alumni did too…

I know blueprints. along with C#, C++ and whatever I don't know I can find out. The classmates they tried to force me to work with did not understand anything in the slightest.

I'm not staying up late with a bunch of 20 somethings that can't bother to do the bare minimum.

They also could not place a single block in a level.

Jesus christ english is my second language am I really not getting my point across?

Gylden_Drage

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August 12, 2024 10:56 PM

@tom sloper go ahead and delete this post it's pointless I get it sorry for wasting your time. like @taby ‘s response it’s beating a dead horse with these assumptions that I'm the one not knowing the material. I give up trying to explain it, this is clearly not the place to vent my frustrations and I apologize for bringing my grievances here.

taby

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August 13, 2024 12:13 AM

Fine. Ignore me. Some day you’re going to find out that the job of university is to teach oneself how to learn, and you’ll be like … gee, that taby was right all along.

Gylden_Drage

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August 13, 2024 01:20 AM

Again. You have not @taby read any [deleted] thing I have said.

1. I DO understand blueprints, and YES it is the job to teach oneself to learn.

BUT THERE STILL SHOULD BE MINIMUM STANDARDS YES?

[abusive language deleted by moderator] read my post a few more times you're either a bot or just trolling me at this point. I [deleted] said I understand blueprints for the last [deleted] god damn time.

I DO NOT approve that the other students who had just as much time as me did not learn and I'm forced to babysit people who don't bother learning the bare minimum. Jesus H Christ

taby

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August 13, 2024 01:37 AM

IMHO, anyone with a bachelor degree should be able to write a compiler, or expression parser at least. You should have known from the start, by comparing the syllabus with an actual university, that you're pretty much paying for the name Full Sail. Move on.