I was at DigiPen from 2001-2004.
This past weekend I was in the Seattle area, so I stopped by the school and chatted with some of the professors, students and faculty. I wanted to play in the Counter-Strike tournament, but sadly, I didn't get a chance to...
And if you all were curious, I wasn't one of the students that needed some tutoring
Here is some good advice for people in high school thinking about going into a school like DigiPen - try to get your feet wet with some programming before enrolling in the school. This will help you with your first year, and it will let you get a feel for what you are getting yourself into. I met more than a handful of people at DigiPen that didn't know what programming was all about before they enrolled, and it wasn't what they expected. At most universities, these people can usually just change their major, but at DigiPen there isn't too many different majors to change to. They end up switching schools, and being a year behind in their studies...
-Brennecke