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I attended Full Sail. While it did provide a decent foundation when I landed my first internship, I learned far more in three months as an intern (and more time following that as an assistant) than I did in a year at FS. And don't get me started on the ratio of tuition to gear time. Bleh.
I would definitely recommend following Georgia's advice here. There is nothing that can substitute for A) spending time on the gear and B) having someone experienced nearby to learn from. The trick is to find someone to work under that wants to teach you and doesn't mind questions (although, of course, knowing when and when not to ask is something an intern had better learn quickly). Some engineers are secretive, protective bastards. Others are totally open and willing to teach and help. My experience was that, if I handled my duties extremely well and never complained (despite having to bring people lunch, refill coffee, be a patch monkey, etc), the engineers were totally into helping me learn things. Eventually they trusted me enough to let me into the facility at night to work on my own projects. Every morning I'd have a question or two, they would answer, and the next night it would continue. I barely slept, but it was invaluable.
I came out of Full Sail a bright, talented guy with a somewhat decent amount of audio knowledge. Five grizzled, grumpy old audio guys turned me into a pro. My time at FS wasn't totally useless, but it wasn't anything I couldn't have learned on my own, had I known where to look. I cannot encourage you enough to find an internship somewhere.
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