Of course it's fair to say that someone elses experience won't necessarily mirror mine. I have friends who are totally happy with their time there. Conversely, there's just as many that aren't. I think their reasons are well founded. My normal map example was specifically about painting out bake errors, artifacts…
I can see where you're coming from on this, and thank you for the encouragement. I would also like you to elaborate because I'm worried about being stuck in the same boat. For example, if I want to be a character artist and they rarely assign character model projects, then I'm not going to be happy. Does SCAD give students…