SAE Institute of Technology New York

A friend friend of mine likes the school he just wishes there was tutoring available. I looked on the SAE website about tutoring and it says you offer tutoring but my friend told me that he was told you didn't, so which is it? Do you offer tutoring or not?

My name is Gary and I’m a recent graduate of SAE Institute, and when I first arrived there I didn’t know what to expect. I was there for higher learning and my background was analog studio equipment & recording so my learning curve was to switch from analog to digital recording. SAE Institute was absolutely fantastic and gave me the tools necessary to make that switch happen and become a professional & productive recording engineer in digital audio workstations. The staff and faculty were amazing and absolutely wonderful in day to day communication and activities with the students, the instructors were very helpful and constantly encouraging by helping students get through their assignments and some were difficult, others were not so complicated. By then end of the audio engineer training program it becomes more about applying what you have learned through booking studio sessions in the facility/working on assignments and doing internships in recording studios throughout New York City. My experience in SAE Institute was great and I encourage everyone who is interested in learning to be an recording engineer to give it a chance and to give yourself a chance that can become an opportunity of a lifetime.

Currently attending in second mod “semester” John was great first mod and now gergios is fantastic.

I think this is a great opportunity and great school to be at, the staff is immensely helpful and great people. I fully wouldn’t be the engineer and artist now without this school. if you’re coming to learn production and engineering, come to SAE. I even got internships and clients because of this place.

If this program was longer, it’d be much more worth it. $26,000 for the year is insane especially when a majority of the population is low income and half of the program is spent in a classroom. The director slipped up and called us “customers” that day of my orientation lol. Anyway, I expected to leave with a lot more knowledge than I did, but looking back, it’s simply impossible with the curriculum they have. My honest suggestion? Save your money for a 4 year program, at least you’ll leave with a degree, or enroll in Udemy for a fraction of the price if you’re disciplined enough to follow through with the programs. Mixed the most in Mod 2, and Mod 4 was fun. The entire program should’ve been that rigorous and challenging.

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.

I graduated in 2019, I wish I never went here. I wasted so much time and money, a lot of it is just sitting in class with notes and a little hands on. The worst part is “learning” the mixing boards, I usually found myself stuck in the back of a giant group and couldn’t see the board at all while the teacher was instructing and then a few of the students would just use the board and not give anyone else a chance. Don’t waste your time or money here! 0 Stars!

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.

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.

I had a great time, everyone was helpful, Financial Aid was easy to understand, Career Services helped build my resume, Teachers and Staff were understanding about my work schedule and I was able to change my class schedule, Assignments were pretty easy, overall great school, would recommend for people getting into the Audio industry 👍🏼