Being from the UK and getting my design education in London, getting to the RCA was always a hot topic. It was known as “the big guys down the road”
The general vibe is that going to the RCA makes you unemployable meaning you end up starting your own business and becoming a “name”. Also, that you will “get out of it what you put in” meaning that if you think you’ll be getting hours of sketching, model making and CAD tutoring then forget it. The time with your tutor will be spend debating how out of the box your project is.
You’ll either do projects that are more conceptual than actually commercially viable or you will end up creating items of luxury - furniture for example whether they be functional or more of an art sculpture 