Well, I have a lot of good friends that went to SCAD and most of them have retarded awesome jobs while I'm a fucking waiter. There's just no job placement for us like there is for people at SCAD, or probably even UGA. It just sucks.
Funny enough, right before I read your response I got an email from a SCAD buddy who's graduating the painting program and currently applying for grad schools. He emailed me some photos of his new work and it's interesting but it's also kinda overly conceptual; maybe some kind of providential reminder of the so-called green-ness of the grass on the other side of the fence.
Still, job placement is going to be a big factor when I choose my next school, because this is just retarded.
This is exactly why, when I decided to get an undergrad degree in psychology from GSU (that's two strikes against me - a bachelors in psych and a not-so-special school), I had promised myself from the beginning that I would not stop until I got a masters degree too, preferably from somewhere a bit more elite than my bachelors. My parents had very little money to help get me through school and I knew I'd have to foot my own bills for grad school, so I went cheap for undergrad.
Fortunately it was worth suffering through GSU just because I met lots of cool people, especially that one guy from my drawing class who belongs to me now. And also fortunately, I'm finishing that masters from an elite school after this quarter, as promised.
But all my hard work better pay off and pay well, 'cause now I have debt for miles and I don't think the Dept of Education takes souls as payment or else I'd shamelessly hand mine over.
I think my reasons for regretting my decision are more departmental. I can't remember whether you were able to make connections through departmental functions and what not, but I would venture to guess that at the very least your department did a good job of at least facilitating those kinds of opportunities.
The Betty Foy Sanders Department of art did JACK to help us. Absolute fucking atombomb JACK. It's so aggravating. And when I look at the resumes of SCAD people who've been here and there and interned at this gallery and that it's just enraging. My department offered nothing in terms of opportunities. It just pisses me off.
However, the answer is that I'll just have to work much harder to keep pace with my more-advantaged peers. I want to be successful too much to let my shitty choice of undergrad get in my way, damn it!
I didn't actually get a lot of support or professional guidance from my department, per se. But my advisor was amazing. He was the best mentor that I could have ever asked for and helped me in innumerable ways.
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"I want to be successful too much to let my shitty choice of undergrad get in my way, damn it!"
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sucks, huh? what brought this on ?
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Funny enough, right before I read your response I got an email from a SCAD buddy who's graduating the painting program and currently applying for grad schools. He emailed me some photos of his new work and it's interesting but it's also kinda overly conceptual; maybe some kind of providential reminder of the so-called green-ness of the grass on the other side of the fence.
Still, job placement is going to be a big factor when I choose my next school, because this is just retarded.
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probably for different reasons than you guys, but still.
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Fortunately it was worth suffering through GSU just because I met lots of cool people, especially that one guy from my drawing class who belongs to me now. And also fortunately, I'm finishing that masters from an elite school after this quarter, as promised.
But all my hard work better pay off and pay well, 'cause now I have debt for miles and I don't think the Dept of Education takes souls as payment or else I'd shamelessly hand mine over.
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The Betty Foy Sanders Department of art did JACK to help us. Absolute fucking atombomb JACK. It's so aggravating. And when I look at the resumes of SCAD people who've been here and there and interned at this gallery and that it's just enraging. My department offered nothing in terms of opportunities. It just pisses me off.
However, the answer is that I'll just have to work much harder to keep pace with my more-advantaged peers. I want to be successful too much to let my shitty choice of undergrad get in my way, damn it!
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"I want to be successful too much to let my shitty choice of undergrad get in my way, damn it!"
BOOYAH
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things you can't get a job with...a history degree.
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