SAE Institute

I was once interested in creative digital media and decided to pursue a diploma in it. Mainly, for digital filming, I signed up with SAE Institute with hopes to one day be in film production.
What I was getting into wasn’t something I had expected. The program is a duration 2 and half year and it covers digital filming, sound engineering, 3D and animation and creative design. I was told by the dean of school that it would be balanced between each respected curriculum.
However, as soon as I started, the focus was mainly on audio engineering. Something that I did not sign up. I thought what the heck, why not give it a try. But only to find myself struggling to understand. I felt a little bit cheated.
I feel their administration was poor, their staff kept coming and leaving. And it was hard to get any admin work done, as the new staff do not know what to do. I was frustrated as I wanted to transfer some credits over and the person in charge wasn’t around for almost two weeks.
But they could chase me for payment and even said that if I do not pay within a certain time, the remaining fees will be increased due to the new fees structure.
I soon realised, the institute is just looking for money and is sucking it out for the students. If a student was to fail in an assignment, he/​she has to pay to retake it. If a student failed a competency test, he has to pay again. Let alone, if a student fails a written test or exam, he has to pay to resit again. A lot of payment and I feel the lecturers has the tendency to fail students easily.
This is just my experience but if whoever is keen in the creative media technology, go have a visit for you to determine it for yourself.