crap.. I dont know what I want to do after HS!- I do now

[MrSlacker]

question... how did you miss admissions? in my school, starting probably October, everyone was talking about colleges and who is applying where.... it was impossible not to know that deadlines are soon

 

[Azure]

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Originally Posted by MrSlacker /img/forum/go_quote.gif question... how did you miss admissions? in my school, starting probably October, everyone was talking about colleges and who is applying where.... it was impossible not to know that deadlines are soon

Yes, I'm wondering about this as well. College applications was all the buzz around seniors around October/November, and so was college decisions around March/April. Virtually all the seniors at our school knew that it was the season, and I'm not sure how anyone that is even remotely interested in college could forget that applications were closed several months ago and that decisions have been available for the past couple months

 

[xnothingpoetic]

It's better this way because not only will I get my GE classes out of they way for cheap by doing community college first, but I have time to really think over if Art School is for me or not.

Next week I am going to take a placement test for math and English at COD

and Monday I am submitting my application for the Spring semester at Columbia and the Art Institute and maybe some other colleges that aren't art related, just in case.

 

[ChaseD13]

yeh...how do you miss admissions?

Community college and transfer is a MUCH more cost effective way of becomming educated. you get the degree from the big school, but save tons of cash.

 

[MrSlacker]

I could be wrong, but if you are going to community college, and then want to go to a big university in Spring, dont you have to apply as a transfer student and go through a different process?

 

[xnothingpoetic]

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Originally Posted by MrSlacker /img/forum/go_quote.gif I could be wrong, but if you are going to community college, and then want to go to a big university in Spring, dont you have to apply as a transfer student and go through a different process?

Good question, but I am not sure of the answer.

I will probably ask someone there when I go next week. But it doesn't matter because saving money is saving money.

And a LOT of kids from my HS are doing COD too for their GE classes. So i'm not alone here.

 

[Davesrose]

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Originally Posted by xnothingpoetic /img/forum/go_quote.gif By the way, are there any websites out there where you can take a test, they give you possible career choices and average salary pay?

Well admissions into college aside...it seems as though you should decide what your priorities are. Don't worry about what career makes the most money: if you think like that, you won't be as successful. Not that many people actually work in the area that they first started majoring in college with. You'll make a good living once you find your calling: whatever the discipline might be. FWIW, I think a university with a good art program is a good way to go: you can work on your art degree while also having academics. The notion that a person in IT will automatically make more money then someone in the arts is just that: a myth. My bachelors was a BFA in art....I'm making more then what my IT friends are making.

 

[ChaseD13]

i still wonder...how could u miss admissions? especially if you were looking at columbia? or were u just kidding.

 

[Azure]

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Originally Posted by MrSlacker /img/forum/go_quote.gif I could be wrong, but if you are going to community college, and then want to go to a big university in Spring, dont you have to apply as a transfer student and go through a different process?

I'm pretty sure you do. IIRC, with the University of California system, transfer students from community colleges have the highest priority (then CSU, then other UCs).

 

[xnothingpoetic]

I never really 'missed' admissions.

I applied for the summer of '07 for Columbia but it never made it to the admissions office because I didn't have a letter of recommendation and I guess I was just to afraid to ask my teacher/s for one.

But yea i'm past that now.

 

[cbright22]

I would not NOT follow your dream of becoming a graphic designer. I have been a graphic designer since 1975. Starting out way before the computer when all was cut and paste. I make $58,000 per year. Not too bad.
There are so many advantages that you have now-adays for designing. And the salary just keeps climbing. Don't give up your dream! It is the best thing I have ever done. How many people can come to work and say they still love their job. It is the type of job that constantly changes. The programs are always updating. There is the web designing and the interactive multi-media to also take into consideration. GO FOR IT![/COLOR]

 

[arnesto]

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Originally Posted by Davesrose /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well admissions into college aside...it seems as though you should decide what your priorities are. Don't worry about what career makes the most money: if you think like that, you won't be as successful. Not that many people actually work in the area that they first started majoring in college with. You'll make a good living once you find your calling: whatever the discipline might be. FWIW, I think a university with a good art program is a good way to go: you can work on your art degree while also having academics. The notion that a person in IT will automatically make more money then someone in the arts is just that: a myth. My bachelors was a BFA in art....I'm making more then what my IT friends are making.

You really have to be exceptionally talented to make it in the arts field. If you really are that good, then no problem.(Maybe this is my ignorance because I don't work in this field.)

As far as working in IT, you just have to be better than average.
Most my co-workers have low ambition and no talent and they make a pretty good living in IT. America has a shortage of people who want to work in IT and there is alot of demand for this type of work.

People always say, do what makes you happy. But I don't always agree with that. You have to think long term on making enough to eventually support yourself. Do you want to live in a big house or rent a small apartment.
Ride the bus or drive a nice sports car. Eat at Taco Bell or eat at a nice restaurant.

Doing what you want to do, is different than living with all the comforts you want to live with. I know a guy who wanted to be a musician and he live in a school bus. He has a CD out, but nobody has ever heard of him.

 

[Born2bwire]

COD? I think you mean UCLA (University Closest to Lombard Area).

 

[Coltrane]

There is only one path to happiness:

1. Find out what you love to do
2. Find out a way to get paid for doing it.


An enormous portion of your waking life will be working. Make sure you like it.

Going to a community college is a great idea to save money and decrease your student loans. I reccomend it for anyone where money is an issue for college (99.9% of the population.)

 

[Davesrose]

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Originally Posted by arnesto /img/forum/go_quote.gif You really have to be exceptionally talented to make it in the arts field. If you really are that good, then no problem.(Maybe this is my ignorance because I don't work in this field.)

I don't think being successful in the arts is any harder then becoming successful if you have an English, Science, or business degree. Studies have always shown that there's really no correlation with what college degree you obtain and what sort of salary you'll make. Success in any area takes a certain amount of skill, communication, and motivation. There are good artists who aren't commercially successful....there are commercially successful artists that I think don't have much of any skills at all. Or at least rendering skills....those communication skills in taking advantage of your opportunities are what must have gotten them to be discovered. Finding any sort of career in the arts is getting much easier now: it's amazing to see the sort of farm art schools have made out of 3D animation.

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Originally Posted by arnesto /img/forum/go_quote.gif As far as working in IT, you just have to be better than average. Most my co-workers have low ambition and no talent and they make a pretty good living in IT. America has a shortage of people who want to work in IT and there is alot of demand for this type of work. People always say, do what makes you happy. But I don't always agree with that. You have to think long term on making enough to eventually support yourself. Do you want to live in a big house or rent a small apartment. Ride the bus or drive a nice sports car. Eat at Taco Bell or eat at a nice restaurant.

IT is very volatile...a lot of my computer science friends from college found it very hard to find a job out of school because of the economy. Companies just were not hiring: it didn't matter what level education they had.

And who's not to say that if you follow your dreams, you won't have a nice house and all that American pie? Sure, there are risks. You need an overall intelligence and long term goals....but I'm doing very well for someone in my age bracket.