ShadowplayDarkstar wrote:
sigh ..maybe one day ill have the skill and requirements to apply for such positions. Im already 26 and just ( hopefully) starting school in santa monica in the spring..and then maybe i might transfer to long beach university which has a great art /programming division.
Its so impossible when you have to pay for apartments and work a full time job and get no benefits ( ive tried ) from the govt besides loans, everytime i try and join a school ( i was supposed to join Art Institute of oc game design courses on the third but opted out.) something comes up. I decided not to go at the last minute when i recieved a few tip offs from game designers artists that it wasnt a good idea to go to AI for their lack of credit transfers and that most companies want university credits.
On a personal note i also opted out because the school still wanted academic classes and my first semester had a bunch of classes that i could easily take at a community college. Why am i going to pay 1000 dollars a class for credits i can pick up for 30 - 60 dollars a class. Not to mention tht the entire school would cost 80k and i received no grants so that would have had to have been paid off eventually. I think i made the right decision ..although i hate to keep pushing back the date....im not getting any younger.
Message Edited by ShadowplayDarkstar on
10-07-200510:36 AM
Nobody said getting a degree was easy. Easier for some than others, but in the end you have to earn it yourself. That's why it means something.
I funded myself through college as well. I was reminded of it once a month for 8 years each time I wrote that $400 check to Sallie Mae. I personally think it's worth it though, and would encourage you to do everything you can to reach that goal.