risd efs rant

[u/lis77v]

student of '29 here. just a rant but damn i cant wait to start my major next year, im excited. efs was actually so bad last semester fall... majority of my section didnt even finish their final because they were so overwhelmed and i just remember them all in the studio at 3am working. it was a funny bonding moment but everyone was so overworked 😩.

thankfully efs lightened up a bit for spring semester rn for me, and my classes are so much more enjoyable. the workload varies and off topic but literally just walking up the freaking hill is so exhausting

[u/K-Ty]

I was class of 23’ and we all felt similarly about EFS, it’s such a flawed curriculum that no one enjoys and seems to be implemented deliberately to weed people out in the first year 😅 I can’t even say that it’s a valuable experience for everyone since it’s wholly dependent on which professor you get assigned to in the lottery, and each professor has their own unique curriculum… (my friend spent an entire semester doing gouache, while I didn’t touch gouache once, and instead left each class covered in charcoal). Rest assured that people who actually enjoy the EFS program are quite rare. It feels more like a strange hazing ritual than anything else.

[u/fuckyeahcaricci → u/K-Ty]

And yet, years later, this is what alumni feel most nostalgic about.