The New England Institute of Art

I've been at Ai for quite some time and I can tell you what works and what does not.

PROS to AiNE

- Most of the teachers are phenomenal at what they do.
- The faculty is fairly responsive and available for all students
- AiNE skips the 'theory' bs that Emerson puts students through and forces their students to utilize hardware and on-site studios. This is a huge plus where AiNE is more like a trade school that skips the useless bs that fills up the book and goes directly into production.

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CONS to AiNE

- The school is run by 'untraceable' people who view the school as 'FOR profit'
- AiNE is far too expensive for little that they offer. The technology department at Ai is run by the dinosaurs. The PC lab is pathetic with dirty looking computers and overused keyboards.
- There is barely any 'unity' between the majors. The school is packed with self absorbed artist who are all out to compete with their fellow student even at times when they are working together.
- Your financial aid supervisor will change every 2 semesters. The school goes through tons of new employees that quit quite often, quite early.
- The people who 'sell' the school to new students recite a crappy schpeal full of lies about the school and strictly avoid having the parents and potential new students speak with any of the students on campus. They are pretty much like used car sales persons who have little soul and little understanding what each major at the school entails.
- Some of the teachers are failed hacks who abuse their position by making the students do their post-production & production work while they stamp the main credit to their own name. This allows the teachers to utilize cheap labor from some of the great new minds at work. Watch who favors you!! Its usually for the wrong reason.

In short, this school is not worth the money! Seriously, be smart and don't let this school get you into debt that will ruin your life post-college. Most AiNE graduates don't work jobs in the field they have majored in and this is not an exaggeration, its a sad fact. Go to a community college for the first two years and then maybe transfer to AiNE if you don't have any other alternatives.