Quote Originally Posted by cygnustaxt
well the way i see it, if you go to college you're going to get a degree. You can get any type of job as long as you have a degree. It doesn't really matter what your major is, you can still get a really good job.

If you go to the institute, you're not guaranteed a job making tons of money, you could take all the courses and not find a great job doing what you love for a long time. Thats the risk you run with going to a specialized institute like that. I know because i've actually looked into sound engineering myself and checked out some of the different specialized schools in the us. I talked to some people that went to them and none of them were working for some famous video game company or working at some studio making tons of money. If you want that kind of job, you're going to have to work your ass off.

If i were you, i'd probably go to the college. Then if you're still interested in being a sound engineer, take out some loans and go to the institute. Then you'll have tons knowledge and any major company will see that you're serious about your profession.
That's something I considered as well, but that would be roughly $75,000 spent overall (tuition + housings) in 3 years when the average sound engineer's starting incomes will be not much more than $35,000. Sure I'd have alot of help but that'd still be like $60,000+ on my head including interest. It'd take me more than a decade to repay that

uggghhh i hate the whole principle of money and how many problems it causes in the world, on a global scale and even on a day-to-day scale...i wish we had found a different way to operate but i guess we're stuck with it now!