Are "Game Design" schools any good?

[nintenho]

So I was wondering how good these schools actually are and what they do. I've heard that they have a bad reputation with game companies because a lot of the people who go to them are basically college flunkies who want to make "GTA but better". However, I've heard that Digipen is a really good school if you want to be a programmer. I don't think I could be very competent in that, but the background couldn't hurt I guess.

Basically, tell me anything and everything you know about these schools.

Thank you kindly,
nintenho

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

Do these colleges provide you with basic knowledge of mathematics, 3D rendering, advanced engineering mathematics used for all purposes, etc...?

I would say no. Personally I would just go straight for a computer science degree and learn from there, the rest will come to you.

 

[nintenho]

Do these colleges provide you with basic knowledge of mathematics, 3D rendering, advanced engineering mathematics used for all purposes, etc...?

I would say no. Personally I would just go straight for a computer science degree and learn from there, the rest will come to you.

I know that they teach 3d modeling and the Digipen is apparantly a very good school for programmers. As for getting a computer science degree, programming just isn't something that interests me.