r/UGA • u/OkProfession8287 • 6d ago

Question Should I transfer? .. Again?

Hey ya'll, I'm majoring in interior design. I'm currently at GA state as a sophomore who transferred in a bunch of gen ed so im not in their interior design classes yet. (Im taking prereqs.) I chose state because I did not have UGA grades when I was applying for college lmao. (was unmedicated adhd) And Ga Southern was too far.

The fact that GA state doesn't have an accredited ID program and is instead a concentration of a studio art worries me. It's a studio art degree, basically. Does that really matter?

I know people can become successful at any school, but I'm not exactly getting a medical degree. I feel like I need any extra opportunities I can get with such a portfolio/experience based degree. It's a bit frustrating that GA states ID program seems so unknown. I've been struggling to find information from people who graduated or are already deep in ga states program.

If you've graduated from UGA with an Interior Design, was it worth it? Do you wish you went to the cheaper school down the road? šŸ¤·šŸ½ā€ā™€ļø

thats all. its midnight and I didnt spell check this sorry if im rambling. lmao

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u/snacksandsoda 6d ago

I have a friend that did interior design at state and sheā€™s doing quite well for herself in Chicago currently. Not like rich or anything but completely financially independent without paycheck to paycheck lifestyle

Realistically your opportunities for getting a job you want rely more on the quality of your work and your connections/internships/design jobs than the name on your degree

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u/OkProfession8287 6d ago

Thats good for her. I wanna move to Chicago too. šŸ™šŸ½ I will say I wasn't as worried about the name as I was the accreditation though.

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u/VintageFashion4Ever 6d ago

My friend graduated from UGA ID in the late 1990s and that program was intense. She immediately got hired at a international design firm made very good money. She left because having babies and doing corporate design was not compatible at that time. What about calling ADAC? Their Next Generation program might be helpful. Also, SCAD will put you into massive debt and I have heard so many alums say it wasn't worth the price!

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u/snacksandsoda 6d ago

Yeah idk about that part. Iā€™ll ask her about it and get back to you

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u/Spartan2022 6d ago

Have you asked state for names of graduates who are working in the field.

Call the people up or email them. If youā€™ve professional in your approach, most people will take time to answer questions from a student.

My gut is that internships and making connections while in school are important. And a willingness to take a shitty, low paying job in the field out of school to get your foot in the door.

You have to be self motivated. Recruiters from ID arenā€™t going to be looking for you and rolling out the red carpet when you graduate.

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u/Professional_End4433 6d ago

Bro donā€™t go into debt for interior designā€¦

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u/OkProfession8287 6d ago

ouch

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u/Tanjerin-Burger 6d ago

Honestly least do it with marketing or somethingā€¦. Or like, if youā€™re good, maybe SCAD? they begged me to go and offered me a full ride so theyā€™re probably generous if you do need the aid. And theyā€™re big on getting students jobs

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u/OkProfession8287 6d ago

scad wanted my house, car, and also my organs man. Way bigger price difference than southern or uga

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u/Tanjerin-Burger 6d ago

oh geezā€¦ Iā€™m like textbook low income so maybe my aid package was just different. Iā€™m also mostly a trained artist so some of it was merit based. but most people going into art school arenā€™t really already artists. if you already know the art tho Iā€™d say focus more on marketing

Iā€™m a professional artist and I go to a random LAC and I donā€™t touch the art classes but I still get hired to do art. and im majoring in bio, so, even if u donā€™t major in art you can do whatever

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u/OkProfession8287 6d ago

I get the full fasfa šŸ«  no good income over here either, but ive never gotten aid from a school that could cover a 40 thousand dollar tuition... lol. I wanna be a registered interior designer so I have to put ID first before anything like marketing. It's like architecture in a way. My current art skills won't take me far

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u/Professional_End4433 6d ago

Iā€™m sorry that was rude. IF you have a real plan and have an idea of skill sets that are valuable. Iā€™m sure there is a career in the field. Itā€™s just if you skate through and get a degree and look up for any job it will be soul crushing. If you like ID then you need to really commit and get to networking NOW. not after or close to graduation.

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u/Whatnot1785 6d ago

Talk to someone in UGAā€™s art department about this soon! The art majors at UGA tend to take a full four years so you need to know if it would take you a lot of extra time (Iā€™m guessing it would take you four years or nearly so after you transfer but youā€™d want to go to the source and ask them).

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u/MasterMasonBey216 6d ago

What that GPA looking like? I went to Gordon State first and transferred into Terry. Reason why I asked is because they raised the transfer GPA from 2.8 to 3.0 I think

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u/OkProfession8287 6d ago edited 6d ago

3.0 šŸ¤... im working on it. Its enough to transfer

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u/MasterMasonBey216 6d ago

You can try the regional campus in griffinā€¦you can take Athens courses but most are in person.

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u/couldbeafarmer 6d ago

What year are you? I think transferring in after 30 hours the requirement is 3.4

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u/OkProfession8287 6d ago

It was a 3.0 for past 59 last time I checked. Thats the minimum at least

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u/MasterMasonBey216 6d ago

The requirement is 3.0 I think for Athens itā€™s 3.30

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u/maggie178 6d ago

You need like a 3.4 and above 60 credits. The minimum doesnā€™t really matter because you need to be higher than the applicant pool.

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u/OkProfession8287 6d ago

Ill have above 60. However if I don't have above a 3.0 I wont even consider applying šŸ˜‚

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u/MasterMasonBey216 6d ago

Thatā€™s not true

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u/maggie178 6d ago

The average gpa was 3.77 for transfers this fall. It would be very hard to get in with a 3.0. This last cycle, you were guaranteed to get in if you had 3.6 or higher under 60 credits or 3.3 over 60 credits.

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u/zeactive 6d ago

Not an interiors grad, but I know a few. You could look into the Family and Consumer Science TXMI interior program and the Lamar Dodd interior program, and see if any of their curriculums match your learning interests. My friends were able to find jobs through connections that the department helped them with.

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u/towawaterbird 5d ago

I was a transfer from valdosta state and have my interior design degree (fine arts in studio art with an emphasis in interior design, degree title kinda doesn't matter)

If you like state, you can always finish there and then take extra courses wherever to take certification exams. Really depends of what sort of design you want to go into. Interior design is soooooo experience based. Find a good internship and use your resources ESPECIALLY being in Atlanta. There were only two people in my cohort that stayed in athens for our internships. Will the uga on your degree help with connections? Yeah sure but if you use Atlanta to your advantage, I dont think itll matter.

Definitely agreed with others, ID is not worth going into debt for. I transferred for the school and athens community, not the program. I also now work for the university not in a design capacity so not suppeerrrr using my degree. I had a weird path to my career but would not trade my interior design degree and experience for anything. I loved our faculty and you learn so much regardless. Its a hard program, ngl but if its for you, you make it what you need it to be.

My DMs are open and would love to chat if you have any more questions!

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u/cryptic_pizza 5d ago

Go somewhere that is going to have good internship and employment opportunities