[games_access] College Choices...help?

[Barrie Ellis]

RIT? CS? NYC NYU? Too many acronyms for my puny brain!

Barrie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Sawyer" <bsawyer at dmill.com>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] College Choices...help?


>I know a couple of the RIT people and they're good professors but  
> they're CS focused which I agree with Eelke is critical.  Many many  
> publishers are focusing on top CS programs and not these "game design  
> schools" for their grads.  RIT has good respect among the people in  
> the industry I deal with.
> 
> For NYC NYU has a good CS program and Ken Perlin who is there is a  
> major presence in the game-academic/game-industry space.  In terms of  
> NYC companies good luck.  Kaos Studios and GameLab are the two  
> biggest but they're looking for good experienced people.  A foot in  
> the door is possible if you can show an exciting resume.  Koas is a  
> THQ owned studio and GameLab is an independent.
> 
> - Ben
> 
> On Aug 7, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Eelke Folmer wrote:
> 
>> Hi DJ Bono,
>>
>> With people only lasting about 5 years in the game industry before  
>> they burn out I would strongly suggest going to a good school that  
>> just has a very good CS program. Its much easier to get a job in CS  
>> with a bachelor in CS than it is with a bachelor in some  
>> specialized game program.
>>
>> Cheers Eelke
>>
>>
>> On 8/7/07, DJ Bono <ladysekhmet.dj at gmail.com > wrote:Hello everyone,
>>
>>      I need a bit of help. I would like to go to a college that  
>> offers Bachelor's degree in Game Design/Media. My problem  
>> is...WHERE? As you can see on this link, http://www.igda.org/ 
>> breakingin/resource_schools.php, that there's just way too many  
>> choices.
>>     I wanted to contact the big companies, Atari, Nintendo, EA,  
>> etc, but there's no "contact" info for people who I can talk to  
>> about getting involved, and give me some help in choosing a good  
>> college.
>>     Right now I go to a county college, and I'm not too happy with  
>> their program as it's too easy, and most likely will NOT prepare me  
>> for anything, hence why I need the change.
>>     I am thinking about going to RIT again, but their program is  
>> fairly new. Can anyone give me some help?
>> If there's a GOOD program available in NYC, that is a plus.  
>> Relocation is not really a big problem for me. I just can't move  
>> until NEXT Aug.
>>     Also, does anyone know of a good company based in NYC? I'm  
>> trying to see if I can get my foot in the door...
>> I just feel a little lost here...
>>
>> DJ
>>
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