Gardner's Guide to Selecting a Multimedia School (Gardner's Guide series)

Multimedia is an excellent career choice for today's job market. To succeed in this competitive, but well-paying industry, you’ll need a strong foundation—the right education. But where do you get that education? What are the critical factors to consider when evaluating a school? Should you attend a liberal arts university or an art college? This book provides the answers to these questions and more and tells you what you need to consider when choosing a multimedia school. Just as you wouldn’t buy the first car you stumbled upon no matter how much it cost, you shouldn’t just take the first school that accepts you. In this book, you’ll evaluate your personal strengths, degree options, career choices, and other specific criteria required to choose the best multimedia school. You’ll also learn how to prepare a portfolio, apply for scholarships, investigate expenses, and learn from the best in the multimedia field, including professors, designers, and business owners about what it takes to make it in this field.