The time has come to start looking at colleges. I am currently looking to got o college for graphic design somewhere in the city. I have looked at all of the college websites and have liked what I found. To apply to art school you need a portfolio. I am getting a late start at that, but it should work out. I am taking some drawing classes, designing some websites, and have a lot of graphic design opportunities coming up. Everything is good so far, until I talked to my dad for a couple minutes about everything. And I realized that maybe another route would be better. I am into creative thinking, coming up with new ideas, the internet, online communities, new media, and more stuff like that. Now graphic design is a great way to do all of those things and to spread ideas over the internet. But maybe graphic design isn’t the thing. I still think it is but right now I’m not sure.
I would love to go to Hyper Island but there is a language barrier and I dont have the money to go out of the country. I also looked at Business Week’s feature on D.Schools, which I though was interesting. But in that case I found a lot of graduate programs.
If you have any suggestions or know of any schools that you think my work well for me, please leave a comment and let me know. Right now I am going to keep on working on the portfolio.
Hey Ethan, great blog! I’m in my first year of college right now and I would suggest if you’re pursuing a career in computers or web design specifically to not take too many computer classes and focus on business or some other degree.
The computer classes in college are terribly outdated and you’d learn more on your own. I’m pursuing a career in web design and I’m planning on getting a degree in business marketing.
The college you go to for this type of thing doesn’t really matter. The degree itself doesn’t matter very much either but it’s good to have.
Good luck and enjoy the rest of high school!
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