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Post by stentorsrevenge on Aug 14, 2007 12:42:48 GMT
^ That really was uplifting for me. Thank you. I feel like being me might not completely impair me from meeting new people. =D
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Post by catherine on Aug 14, 2007 12:52:04 GMT
I'll be off to uni next september, I'm waiting for my A.S results at the moment. I want to study English, and am looking at Trinity College Dublin, UCL, Leeds, Nottingham and Cambridge. It all depends on my A.S grades really... English is super-competitive. I might be able to do a joint honours in English with History of Art at Trinity College Dublin and Leeds, so I'm looking into that too.
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Post by BoyHeroine on Aug 14, 2007 13:08:56 GMT
I'll be off to uni next september, I'm waiting for my A.S results at the moment. I want to study English, and am looking at Trinity College Dublin, UCL, Leeds, Nottingham and Cambridge. It all depends on my A.S grades really... English is super-competitive. I might be able to do a joint honours in English with History of Art at Trinity College Dublin and Leeds, so I'm looking into that too. Im doing English at the moment at Kings, it is quite competetive, and its ALOT of reading and research, luckily ive broken it up a bit by combining it with Film, and now that im going into my third year i get a much larger selection on the modules i can study, so no more damn Medieval units...
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Post by yojimbo on Aug 14, 2007 13:54:55 GMT
Oh dear, you've all made me really scared now. I plan to go to university next year, hopefully, to study art. Now, I have two options, really. Glasgow School of Art or Central St. Martin's, in London. Going to London is my dream, but I really don't know if I could afford it. Tuition fees are £4000 / year, and I would have to pay that back if my loan application was accepted. I would be given a loan of a further £4000 / year, and a three year course means my debt would be about £24, 000. Hell, that's... A lot of money. Compared to if I go to Glasgow. My loan would be £800 / year, and my tuition fees would be paid for me. The possibility of being able to live with Boy would mean that I would have no rent to pay, since his family own his flat. It's perfectly possible to live quick life in Glasgow. But I fell in love with London, and I fell in love with a boy from London... And when you're young, throwing your life away to go to the other end of the country and getting into tonnes of debt... Well, that's following your dreams, isn't it? When you're old, it's just being an idiot. I don't know any time when I can do this apart from when I'm young. No one tells you when you're growing up that following your dreams means forking out a lot of cash, do they? :-\ I don't even know if I'll be able to study at university at all, it's all so expensive. Why only St martins though? Everyone applies to that place when there are so many good Art colleges in and around London. I honestly don’t believe St Martins is hugely any better course, facility or teaching wise, and even if it was I don’t believe that could make much difference to how successful a student is. Also, I find these places with the big reputations attract all the pretentious annoying students and can be more competitive. Which is why I’ve avoided them. That’s one thing that could seriously affect me. I’d rather be in a course full of slackers.
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Post by yojimbo on Aug 14, 2007 13:55:22 GMT
good luck with results! I've got mine a week on wednesday, but that's only GCSEs awwwww ^_^
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Post by yojimbo on Aug 14, 2007 14:05:56 GMT
My first night at halls was horrible, i was terrified, firstly it was an intercolliagate halls, so loads of different students from the different uni's in the University of London were there (ULU, Kings, SOAS...), which meant some of them had moved in earlier and had already formed groups and knew each other, so when i got there and say people already clumped together i decided to opt out of going down to dinner, and stayed in my room with my mac and my internet and a pot noodle. I ventured out around 11pm and walked around Russell Sqaure for a while then just went back to my room and went to sleep. It didnt help that i rang my best friend at his uni and he was at some party already drunk off his face. Next day, luckily i peeked out of my bedroom door and the guy in the next room down from me was coming out of his room at the same time. He had been there for a week already so had met some people and introduced himself and we went down to breakfast together. We sat next to another guy by himself, also from my Uni Kings, and they turned out to be some of my closest mates through 1st year. After that, once i'd started talking , i couldnt stop, would just go around and randomly introduce myself (it helped that i'd sometimes have a few drinks in me), and most people appreciated it cos they were all shit scared too. To be honest, even though it was quite terrifying, it was the most exciting time of uni, becuase everything was new and exciting, now its all work and exams and careers and debt, the first few nervous weeks has such energy and possibility. Heh, that type of fear feels very familiar. I am glad it's self-catered though. It shouldn't feel so much like a boarding house. I’ll be on the look out for terrified people. They usually make interesting buddy buddies. So long as I’m not the one terrifying them.. That and people with game consoles. They’re a must.
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Post by Clare on Aug 14, 2007 14:13:16 GMT
Oh dear, you've all made me really scared now. I plan to go to university next year, hopefully, to study art. Now, I have two options, really. Glasgow School of Art or Central St. Martin's, in London. Going to London is my dream, but I really don't know if I could afford it. Tuition fees are £4000 / year, and I would have to pay that back if my loan application was accepted. I would be given a loan of a further £4000 / year, and a three year course means my debt would be about £24, 000. Hell, that's... A lot of money. Compared to if I go to Glasgow. My loan would be £800 / year, and my tuition fees would be paid for me. The possibility of being able to live with Boy would mean that I would have no rent to pay, since his family own his flat. It's perfectly possible to live quick life in Glasgow. But I fell in love with London, and I fell in love with a boy from London... And when you're young, throwing your life away to go to the other end of the country and getting into tonnes of debt... Well, that's following your dreams, isn't it? When you're old, it's just being an idiot. I don't know any time when I can do this apart from when I'm young. No one tells you when you're growing up that following your dreams means forking out a lot of cash, do they? :-\ I don't even know if I'll be able to study at university at all, it's all so expensive. Why only St martins though? Everyone applies to that place when there are so many good Art colleges in and around London. I honestly don’t believe St Martins is hugely any better course, facility or teaching wise, and even if it was I don’t believe that could make much difference to how successful a student is. Also, I find these places with the big reputations attract all the pretentious annoying students and can be more competitive. Which is why I’ve avoided them. That’s one thing that could seriously affect me. I’d rather be in a course full of slackers. Because everyone says that, in the art world, where you graduate from genuinely makes a difference in how seriously you're taken, especially in commercial photography. Walking with from St. Martins with a degree would be like walking away from Oxford with a degree in, errr, whatever they study there. I mean, who's heard of Grey's School of Art in Aberdeen? Very few people who've graduated from there have ever actually made anything with their degree. :-\
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Post by Lawrence on Aug 14, 2007 14:51:23 GMT
good luck with results! I've got mine a week on wednesday, but that's only GCSEs awwwww ^_^ actually, I think it might be thursday.. shows how much they matter to me
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Post by yojimbo on Aug 14, 2007 14:51:24 GMT
Why only St martins though? Everyone applies to that place when there are so many good Art colleges in and around London. I honestly don’t believe St Martins is hugely any better course, facility or teaching wise, and even if it was I don’t believe that could make much difference to how successful a student is. Also, I find these places with the big reputations attract all the pretentious annoying students and can be more competitive. Which is why I’ve avoided them. That’s one thing that could seriously affect me. I’d rather be in a course full of slackers. Because everyone says that, in the art world, where you graduate from genuinely makes a difference in how seriously you're taken, especially in commercial photography. Walking with from St. Martins with a degree would be like walking away from Oxford with a degree in, errr, whatever they study there. I mean, who's heard of Grey's School of Art in Aberdeen? Very few people who've graduated from there have ever actually made anything with their degree. :-\ Mostly I disagree with that. I believe the area in which you get an Art based degree from can effect your connections, but it does depend on what kind of job you want. Photography is quite a bit different then Fine Art. Success as an Artist for example depends how good the work is, and largely your luck, again, connections help. Unless you’re a prodigy, in which it becomes much easier. No one would care about where your degree comes from. And I rarely see St Martins as the chosen college of study when researching well known Artists. Overall my gut feeling is that concerning Fine Art, there's not much truth behind the rumours.
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Post by youhippy on Aug 14, 2007 15:01:43 GMT
They all say that don't they? within art its not the qualifications that count its who you know I personally would stuff a tampon down my throat and drink a pint of water before going to st. martins but thats just me. then again, st. martin students always end up with (decent) jobs sixth months after they finish, and not ones in waitrose. B*stards
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Post by youhippy on Aug 14, 2007 15:03:15 GMT
Also, my brother gave me some advice when he found out i was going to uni "don't sleep withanyone during freshers week, they might be in your class for the rest of the year. yeah thanks
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Post by Clare on Aug 14, 2007 15:06:45 GMT
They all say that don't they? within art its not the qualifications that count its who you know I personally would stuff a tampon down my throat and drink a pint of water before going to st. martins but thats just me. then again, st. martin students always end up with (decent) jobs sixth months after they finish, and not ones in waitrose. B*stards Precisely. Also, your brother gave pretty damn good advice, actually.
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Post by yojimbo on Aug 14, 2007 15:28:24 GMT
They all say that don't they? within art its not the qualifications that count its who you know I personally would stuff a tampon down my throat and drink a pint of water before going to st. martins but thats just me. then again, st. martin students always end up with (decent) jobs sixth months after they finish, and not ones in waitrose. B*stards In Art based jobs where your degree may well be considered, I don’t believe the place you studied is going to out weigh portfolio strength and simply how good you are. Though the grade you recieved would reflect your focus. I’ve heard that art based jobs are often decided through your ongoing portfolio strength and character more then anything. I’d agree that if you went into the Art world as an Artist expecting a degree to benefit you much, you’d be a bit loopy. Also, those who do Fine art degrees don’t necessarily want art based jobs, as their main aim is to be selling their own work. The jobs Artists take up to support that aren’t usually art based at all. The only real deciding factor in how successful you could be that i've heard of is the area you study in, whether you're wanting to be a practising artist or just want an art based job.
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Post by Clare on Aug 14, 2007 15:32:07 GMT
If nothing else, St. Martins gives room to make a lot of connections in the art world, but the way things are looking, money wise, I won't be going to uni outside of Scotland. It's tough enough to get into a decent art school up here, to be honest. :-\
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Post by yojimbo on Aug 14, 2007 15:35:18 GMT
If nothing else, St. Martins gives room to make a lot of connections in the art world, but the way things are looking, money wise, I won't be going to uni outside of Scotland. It's tough enough to get into a decent art school up here, to be honest. :-\ Aye, I mean GSA hardly takes anyone considering it's the big daddy Art college up there.
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Post by Ingvild on Aug 14, 2007 15:37:39 GMT
ahh, what a perfect post, seeing as I had my first day at uni today, I'm taking a bachelor course in journalistics. I'm not very good when it comes to making new friends, and to be honest, the people in my buddy group seem a tad bit boring. But then again, I don't know any of them well, so I'll give them a second chance. I'm trying to stay positive, but my first night alone in my dorm was terrible, I missed my friends and family and just wanted to go home, but it's getting better. here's to a fresh start
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Post by Clare on Aug 14, 2007 15:48:52 GMT
If nothing else, St. Martins gives room to make a lot of connections in the art world, but the way things are looking, money wise, I won't be going to uni outside of Scotland. It's tough enough to get into a decent art school up here, to be honest. :-\ Aye, I mean GSA hardly takes anyone considering it's the big daddy Art college up there. Only 6% of Scottish school leavers get a place there, apparently. It's all mature or foreign students because they bring in more money; and the rest of the art schools don't look at your portfolio if you put them down as your second choice.
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Post by fabbit on Aug 14, 2007 17:14:54 GMT
University. Ugh, deciding feels like the worst part. Every time I come up with a college I like my mom is like "well...that one is just too..." or they complain about how much it is going to cost them. And because of this I should go to my local university. Which really makes no sense at all, because it's 21,000 when you add up all the fees. I don't know, but not knowing anyone in college is why I don't want to go local. 90% of my high school ends up going to the local uni or college, anyways. And I spend about every night down there for one reason or another. I want an experience where everyone is just new. And I can be whoever I want. The colleges that I'm pretty interested in are Boston University, University of Toronto, Brown, Johns Hopkins, and University of Maryland (local urggghhh).
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Post by cheshire on Aug 14, 2007 18:07:28 GMT
I'm just starting highschool, but I've had my heart set on getting into GSoA since I was like, eleven. I actually had that in mind way before I even thought of highschool. I never really heard about exactly how hard it was to get into until I joined the wolfboards. I mean, I knew it was really pretentiously picky and such, but maaan.
Ah, educational experiences on the interwebz.
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Post by catherine on Aug 14, 2007 18:12:41 GMT
I'll be off to uni next september, I'm waiting for my A.S results at the moment. I want to study English, and am looking at Trinity College Dublin, UCL, Leeds, Nottingham and Cambridge. It all depends on my A.S grades really... English is super-competitive. I might be able to do a joint honours in English with History of Art at Trinity College Dublin and Leeds, so I'm looking into that too. Im doing English at the moment at Kings, it is quite competetive, and its ALOT of reading and research, luckily ive broken it up a bit by combining it with Film, and now that im going into my third year i get a much larger selection on the modules i can study, so no more damn Medieval units... What do you think of English at Kings? And the atmosphere there as a whole? I don't really know much about it. This whole "choosing a uni" thing is quite daunting, there are so many different places to choose from that I feel overwhelmed...
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