It's official...
I have been accepted to Columbia College of Chicago, which means....
I AM FINALLY FREE!!! WHOOO HOOO.
I still have to get financial aid, housing and the other things squared off, but at least I'm not waiting anymore.
For the whole lowdown (for those of you out of the loop) click below:
My journey towards going back to school all start when I attended my best friend's graduation at UWM. It felt really awesome to see her in cap and gown, on her way to a career. Which also made me really sad inside because I had dropped out of college with only a couple years left.
Not long after I decided it was time to do something about that. I thought deeply about the past 7 years and how I've accomplished so much with my independent films and through everyone I've met. I would never take any of it back, but what would I have done straight out of high school in my dream job. I was then reminded of a visit to Colmbia College of Chicago that I made while working with John pre-production for "An Addict for my Addicitons". I just remember walking into the building and saying to myself, "You know, I'd really like to go to school here". At the time it seemed impossible.
So now that a couple years have gone by and I'm finally ready, I applied to the Television Department for Producing/Writing. I chose TV over film because frankly film is more of an "art" and TV is a craft that I can actually make some money from. I fell in love with the TV department on my tour.
I'm so excited!
So this means everyone will have to come visit me and party it up in Chi Town.
A few people I'd like to thank for this joyous occasion:
~My family (Mom, Dad, Jenny, Grandma Gladys, and Harley)
~Sara and Kyle T. for being my best friends
~Matt McElroy for encouraging me to take initative to move out (he's been telling me this for years :-P)
~Everyone at work who've supported me
~All my friends -- Thank you everyone for being there
In August, we'll be celebrating both my birthday and my moving to Chicago for a huge party in Milwaukee. I'll keep you alol posted.
~Jeff Jacobs~
I AM FINALLY FREE!!! WHOOO HOOO.
I still have to get financial aid, housing and the other things squared off, but at least I'm not waiting anymore.
For the whole lowdown (for those of you out of the loop) click below:
My journey towards going back to school all start when I attended my best friend's graduation at UWM. It felt really awesome to see her in cap and gown, on her way to a career. Which also made me really sad inside because I had dropped out of college with only a couple years left.
Not long after I decided it was time to do something about that. I thought deeply about the past 7 years and how I've accomplished so much with my independent films and through everyone I've met. I would never take any of it back, but what would I have done straight out of high school in my dream job. I was then reminded of a visit to Colmbia College of Chicago that I made while working with John pre-production for "An Addict for my Addicitons". I just remember walking into the building and saying to myself, "You know, I'd really like to go to school here". At the time it seemed impossible.
So now that a couple years have gone by and I'm finally ready, I applied to the Television Department for Producing/Writing. I chose TV over film because frankly film is more of an "art" and TV is a craft that I can actually make some money from. I fell in love with the TV department on my tour.
I'm so excited!
So this means everyone will have to come visit me and party it up in Chi Town.
A few people I'd like to thank for this joyous occasion:
~My family (Mom, Dad, Jenny, Grandma Gladys, and Harley)
~Sara and Kyle T. for being my best friends
~Matt McElroy for encouraging me to take initative to move out (he's been telling me this for years :-P)
~Everyone at work who've supported me
~All my friends -- Thank you everyone for being there
In August, we'll be celebrating both my birthday and my moving to Chicago for a huge party in Milwaukee. I'll keep you alol posted.
~Jeff Jacobs~