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enamouredI have semi-big news on the personal front!
I AM GOING TO GRADUATE IN AUGUST!
Hopefully.
Quick background: when I started at UTA in August of 2007, I was communication intended. In spring of 2008, I decided I wanted my focus to be in Broadcast, and right before classes got out in May I decided that I wanted my minor to be in art or, more specifically, film. When I went to the Art Department, the adviser I saw more or less insinuated that me wanting to minor in art could be problematic when it would come to taking 3000 and 4000 level classes, because those classes go to majors first. So I decided that I would just go ahead and double major--that way, once I completed my Broadcast courses, the required art classes I would take would count for my minor, and I'd be all right in both cases.
In doing that, I tacked on about an additional five years to my original graduation plan. I finished my broadcast track classes in fall of 2011 (the highest class you can take is Reporting II), and I just needed to take four more upper level electives, two more credits in foreign language, and a math class so that I could graduate from the broadcast program. I finished my last two language classes last year, and this semester I was signed up for Intermediate Film, Cinematography, and Sculpture, so that would cover my final upper level electives.
But the BFA program is way rigorous. You have to have 36 hours in your concentration once you pass a portfolio review, and I finally had mine back in October, but I didn't pass because the professors reviewing my stuff wanted me to have more film-related things to show for it. Which was okay, because I was definitely intending to take more of those classes in the spring. Even then, I still had about twenty hours left to finish in my program, and that probably meant I would be in school for another two years.
And look, I love learning, but I've been in college for nine years just for an undergraduate degree (well, two). I have friends and former classmates who have finished their bachelor's and started working or gone to grad school or whatever else, and I know everyone works at their own pace, but dammit, I am ready to get the hell out of here and start doing shit on my own.
When I went to the advising session on Thursday, I intended to just talk to my art adviser to see if I could change my BFA in Film to a BA in Art instead, so that I could finish the degree in half the time. But as we talked and I explained my situation to him, we worked out some stuff, and the result was this: I'm no longer a Film major. (Sigh.) I'm still a Broadcast major, but Art is now my minor. The classes I'm enrolled in now (I dropped Cinematography, since I just need two upper levels) will finish out my elective requirements, and I just need to take a math class, get a C in it, and have it counted as Core Complete (since I went to community college before going to UTA and took most of my core classes there--I dropped math twice and got a D in college algebra beforehand--I can qualify to take only one math class versus the two required at a four year university), and I can graduate in the summer.
So while I am so so excited about that, it definitely has thrown me off a little bit. I need to speed up my search for a Real Job/internship ASAP. And once I got over the relief/surprise/happiness of the situation, I realized that once I'm out in August, I won't be seeing Dr. D (my therapist at school) any more, and that is one of the things that is kind of freaking me out about this good news.
On the non-school front:
I am going to see Lady Gaga in about two weeks! I've wanted to see her live for a few years now, and I got a pretty good ticket for half the price that I thought I'd need. (Which was helpful, because my check for this past week was abysmal.) I'm going to try to head to Dallas right after I get out of class, because I love standing in line before big shows. Well, just standing in line before shows in general is super-fun. I love hanging out with people and talking, and then that moment when they finally open the doors and everyone is so excited to go in is one of my favorite things about going to shows.
Yesterday I dug out some old photo albums and wound up scanning and reprinting some old shots from middle school. There were a lot of people in those pictures that I hadn't thought about in forever, including some girls who I was kind of friends with, but I was also really awful to at times. I went through some pretty awful things back then (who doesn't in middle school?), but I hate remembering that while I hated it when other people made me feel like shit, I may have made others feel just as shitty on my own. It makes me want to, I don't know, post a mass-message somewhere and apologize, but what's done is done. I've realized the error of my ways, and the best that I can do now is try to be as non-shitty as possible, right?
And that's all I've got for now. How's everyone else?
I AM GOING TO GRADUATE IN AUGUST!
Hopefully.
Quick background: when I started at UTA in August of 2007, I was communication intended. In spring of 2008, I decided I wanted my focus to be in Broadcast, and right before classes got out in May I decided that I wanted my minor to be in art or, more specifically, film. When I went to the Art Department, the adviser I saw more or less insinuated that me wanting to minor in art could be problematic when it would come to taking 3000 and 4000 level classes, because those classes go to majors first. So I decided that I would just go ahead and double major--that way, once I completed my Broadcast courses, the required art classes I would take would count for my minor, and I'd be all right in both cases.
In doing that, I tacked on about an additional five years to my original graduation plan. I finished my broadcast track classes in fall of 2011 (the highest class you can take is Reporting II), and I just needed to take four more upper level electives, two more credits in foreign language, and a math class so that I could graduate from the broadcast program. I finished my last two language classes last year, and this semester I was signed up for Intermediate Film, Cinematography, and Sculpture, so that would cover my final upper level electives.
But the BFA program is way rigorous. You have to have 36 hours in your concentration once you pass a portfolio review, and I finally had mine back in October, but I didn't pass because the professors reviewing my stuff wanted me to have more film-related things to show for it. Which was okay, because I was definitely intending to take more of those classes in the spring. Even then, I still had about twenty hours left to finish in my program, and that probably meant I would be in school for another two years.
And look, I love learning, but I've been in college for nine years just for an undergraduate degree (well, two). I have friends and former classmates who have finished their bachelor's and started working or gone to grad school or whatever else, and I know everyone works at their own pace, but dammit, I am ready to get the hell out of here and start doing shit on my own.
When I went to the advising session on Thursday, I intended to just talk to my art adviser to see if I could change my BFA in Film to a BA in Art instead, so that I could finish the degree in half the time. But as we talked and I explained my situation to him, we worked out some stuff, and the result was this: I'm no longer a Film major. (Sigh.) I'm still a Broadcast major, but Art is now my minor. The classes I'm enrolled in now (I dropped Cinematography, since I just need two upper levels) will finish out my elective requirements, and I just need to take a math class, get a C in it, and have it counted as Core Complete (since I went to community college before going to UTA and took most of my core classes there--I dropped math twice and got a D in college algebra beforehand--I can qualify to take only one math class versus the two required at a four year university), and I can graduate in the summer.
So while I am so so excited about that, it definitely has thrown me off a little bit. I need to speed up my search for a Real Job/internship ASAP. And once I got over the relief/surprise/happiness of the situation, I realized that once I'm out in August, I won't be seeing Dr. D (my therapist at school) any more, and that is one of the things that is kind of freaking me out about this good news.
On the non-school front:
I am going to see Lady Gaga in about two weeks! I've wanted to see her live for a few years now, and I got a pretty good ticket for half the price that I thought I'd need. (Which was helpful, because my check for this past week was abysmal.) I'm going to try to head to Dallas right after I get out of class, because I love standing in line before big shows. Well, just standing in line before shows in general is super-fun. I love hanging out with people and talking, and then that moment when they finally open the doors and everyone is so excited to go in is one of my favorite things about going to shows.
Yesterday I dug out some old photo albums and wound up scanning and reprinting some old shots from middle school. There were a lot of people in those pictures that I hadn't thought about in forever, including some girls who I was kind of friends with, but I was also really awful to at times. I went through some pretty awful things back then (who doesn't in middle school?), but I hate remembering that while I hated it when other people made me feel like shit, I may have made others feel just as shitty on my own. It makes me want to, I don't know, post a mass-message somewhere and apologize, but what's done is done. I've realized the error of my ways, and the best that I can do now is try to be as non-shitty as possible, right?
And that's all I've got for now. How's everyone else?
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