I’m looking into some of Berklee’s certificate programs to patch up some knowledge gaps, and better qualify myself to work in sound design in the gaming industry.

Background: I worked a corporate job the past few years to more reliably take care of my family, but have experience in field recording, live production, and radio. The niches I’m really aiming to work with are VA and foley/FX, and I’m trying to see if anyone here attended Berklee for a degree or professional certificate. If so, how well did Berklee prepare you? Did you leave with a solid portfolio? We’re the instructors good teachers, or did they expect you to read and teach yourself? Did they have networking opportunities available for you to capitalize on? Gimme the deets!

Edit: Thanks for all the replies! It looks like everyone is pleased with their Berklee educational choices and I love the feedback. I’ve recently transitioned out of my corporate job to focus more on my audio career via freelance work, but the end goal is to build up a game audio resume. My next steps are to spend a month or two building up a library and generating sales leads for any kind of audio gigs to get my back in the field - which lands me right at the next start date for Berklee’s certificate program in September. I appreciate your time and answers, and in a couple months maybe you’ll see me posting about my first game audio gig or some other small but equally significant milestone.