I am going to guess the unnamed gaming school here is Full Sail. Based on how much money they spend on online advertising they must be making a lot of money.

The sad fact is that a lot of higher education is a scam right now at the price charged. The NYTimes would suggest if your high schooler is considering becoming a lawyer it may be just as bad http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/opinion/sunday/an-existent...

This discussion shouldn't be limited to just video game "schools", it has a broad application to any high school student considering what the hell they want to do. I think we a doing a disservice for not pointing this out, because (gasp) your child, or you, could just as easily end up going pursuing (insert expensive degree that will take most of your 20s to complete) and end up worse than had you gotten a mediocre 2 year video game degree.

My suggestion: spend as little as possible so you are able to make choices when you change your mind. (I went to school free and still dropped out.)