SAE Institute of Technology New York

DC

Daniel C. Local Guide

22 Jul 2024

I should’ve never deleted my initial review.

After letting everyone know how once graduating all the promises of assisting with finding a job and how much they get graduates into jobs. We (myself and many other graduates) found out the total opposite. It’s been over a year and I haven’t really gotten much. Maybe a handful of emails that start once I call in and complain then stop shortly after even when they say “sorry it seems we didn’t have you on the lion mailing list.”

On top of that the aggression from student account services collecting their money even after I’ve told them to stop the payments and continue to sue so without my authorization (which I’m sure has to be against a law). I was told I won’t be getting refunds and that there’s nothing they can do.

In other words they’re telling me I can not stop them or request them to stop charging my account even though they did not deliver on the promise they so heavily advertised upon enlisting as a student.

Btw I had some of the best if not the best work of my entire class during my time there.

So much so that my professor told me he gave me a less than 100% on my final just to humble me (his words exactly).

Moving forward I’m happy to spend my own money on a lawyer even if I don’t make anything back.

What this school is doing isn’t right.

Also I deleted my initial review because the school read it and I was informed by their student career services templates that because of my review they got in trouble, as if it was my fault. How can you speak to someone like that to have their review removed because you didn’t want to get in trouble because your institution does not deliver on their promises.

I want my refund for the unauthorized charges that I know are on a recorded call and I do not want any affiliation with SAE.

As an experienced engineer in the field even before tho I g to SAE. YOU CAN DEFINITELY LEARN WHAT THWY TTACH INLINE FOR MUCH LESS.

Hire. A professional for a quarter of why they charge and get better connected in the industry.

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Flavio Valdivia

5 Jun 2024

This is going to be the realest review you will ever see about this school. I graduated in 2021-2022 and i’m tired of getting asked if this school is worth it. IT’S NOT! I currently work in a music studio that I got myself into. Not the school! I didn’t need a certification or anything to get in which i of course been knew about. The problem is this school promises you for better. I fell for this school like an idiot but at the end of the day this isn’t right. I mention this because the school actually reached out to me plenty of times to list me as employed and tried to make it seem like they got me the job when they didn’t! You will learn the basics of audio engineering and production. You’re better off on YouTube and putting yourself to work. This school was my biggest mistake and I actually still can’t believe i wasted thousands of dollars for it. They do a great job convincing you to come to the school mentioning a few successful graduates that are well known and even they disliked SAE. Don’t let these people lie to you and take your money. The only jobs they will help you get are minimum wage gigs such as working at a studio for $16 an hour and working at a church setting up equipment for less than $18 an hour and 4 hours of work max, and jobs that require a degree that the school doesn’t even offer you. You will not find a good job with this school. You will not learn much from it compared to YouTube. The only thing you will get from it is learn the SSL Console and be hands on with certain equipment and even at that you don’t have enough time with it. Those thousands of dollars you’re spending are better spent getting the stuff yourself. This school is a joke. I write this not because i lack success but because i’m genuinely trying to save a life. Don’t do it. Don’t listen to the person on the phone. Don’t listen to them if you sit down with them and talk about the school and what it offers. I repeat don’t do it. Most of the people i graduated with feel the exact same way as me and hate this school. Don’t waste your time.

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Jesus Quinones

27 Mar 2024

Just watch youtube this school is overrated and played out already. You go there to sit in front of a screen . Teachers barely know there own class material . WE WATCHED YOUTUBE FOR A MODULE LIKE ARE YOU SERIOUS .
Don't go. It's a money grab that's all. Facilities are always overbooked can't learn your craft when your cat even gets in a recordin booth they limit it to 2 hours. No one is getting there work done in 2 hours .

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Luna

15 Mar 2024

think your better off watching youtube or going to another school. something smelled real fishy, in regards to those payments. they expect you to pay when classes start?? and to be honest, the tech package ain’t all that hot, especially for $30,000, which is absurd.
when I asked questions regarding the costs, they disappeared.

completely up to you to decide whether you’d like to spend the amount of money for a new car for a year long course.

BL

Beau Lobo

6 Mar 2024

1 star @ its worst. If you're reading this may you wire me $35,000 to my bank account for emotional destress, fraud of investment and other damages. Since this school did not teach me anything new about audio. It did not provide what the contract stated. If you identify as anyone other than a cisgender male you may not feel safe even booking a studio or learning in class. The technology was outdated , the equipment constantly broken, the studio barely had room to book as a student. I had to fight nail and tooth to set up my own mic, audio interface and MIDI in a room. The moments where I found space to perform music or mix songs I had to fend off other students trying to invade my studio space or teachers who also struggled to book their rooms on time. Without a doubt in my mind this institute of technology was not advanced, was not affordable, was not accessible and worse of all did not accept their students various skill levels. Music producers & audio engineers stay at home and study off YouTube is the best route. That's what you'll do here anyway.

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OFFICIAL ZXL

24 Feb 2024

I’m a student at SAE and I gotta say, too notch trade school that I ever went to and you make so many industry connections. 100% recommend you to go here if your thinking about having a career in music, they’ll be looking forward to seeing you in august.

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Drew “EPYK BARZ” Young

5 May 2021

Best audio engineering school ever!!! The entire faculty is extremely friendly and genuinely want to see you succeed. As for the teacher's... You can't find anyone better! Their knowledge is next level. Also they know how to connect with their class so the students can have a better experience and are more driven to learn. Thank You to everyone @ S.A.E.!!!

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Natalia Freaner

19 Oct 2018

Saddened to see some people comment the horrible things they did about this school. It was the best decision I ever made! I've been graduated for a week and already been sent 5 job leads a week later. Not only that, but the experience at the school was top notch. Two instructors in particular that were fantastic were Joe Totino and Nathan Rosenberg. They were hands on in their teaching and taught me to figure things out on my own, which I used to struggle with. I am happy to have gone to school here, I met amazing people and got one of kind skills.

If you are unable to get a job finishing SAE after they give you literally EVERY tool you need to nail an interview and land a job in Audio, sorry but SAE is not the problem. Thank you also to Molly and Hilary in the Career Services department for being ROCKSTARS.

SM

Sandra Milena Rivera (Milena) Local Guide

7 Dec 2017

If I could give this negative stars, I would. I went to SAE for the night part time program. The instructors, with the exception for 2, were terrible. Then to add insult to injury, the night time classes were reassigned those two good teachers because "they weren't allowed to work more than 40 hours". Things went downhill from there. We even had a "teacher" who spent 1 hour trying to figure out how to do something on logic, just to have him waste our time and shrug like it was funny. In another instance, a teacher FELL ASLEEP while showing us A YOUTUBE VIDEO. something i could have done in the comfort of my home, minus the snoring. Unbelievable. I will always tell anyone I can to steer clear. Things get worse if I tell you how there were people doing coke. Come on now. What a mess. And an extreme waste of a dream and 28k. Save your money, passion and time. Do it yourself at home. Don't go to a place that doesn't even care, just gives fake replies about 'oh, we're soo sorry' no, trust, no one cares. They just want to suck your pockets dry, because you can't get a hold of a teacher but financial aid will be ON YOU if you breathe wrong. I figured maybe this will help someone as I am and know many who were ripped off by this campus. Don't bother replying to my review.

DL

Dominick Luizza Local Guide

11 Apr 2014

I deeply regret going to this school instead of getting my Bachelors.
Their "courses" are one week-two week long introductions into rudimentary, crash course audio topics.
Some of the hands on activities are very helpful, however their booking system is flooded with too many students and too little equipment for the hands on sessions to be worthwhile.
I learned the most from my own equipment at home, the software they gave us and the books we had to buy, NOT the classes or their teachers.

But the real point of a trade school isn't necessarily the quality of their courses, it's their job programs and career services offered. SAE's career services are by far the WORST part about the program. They send out "job leads" daily to the alumni. Usually 80% of the "job leads" are internships, 10% short term low budget gigs and 10% are semi-useful entry level audio leads.

"LOW BUDGET DJ NEEDED FOR GENTLEMANS CLUB IN SECAUCUS NJ"
Job leads like this define SAE.