n8blog

10.23.2004

"Are you going home in the summer to work on the family farm? We didn't think so. Back in the day when our nation's economy centered on farming food instead of data, it was really important that sons and daughters came home for the summer so they could help their families bring in the harvest. Funny thing is that the old-fashioned farming-based academic calendar that takes 4 (or even 5) years to get a diploma is still the way most colleges do things.

We know you want to become a cutting edge digital artist or producer, not a soybean farmer, so we've taken the breaks out (and the brakes off) of your learning. That means you'll have your Bachelor's degree in about 2.5 years (or about 2 years if you already have enough general education credits from another college.) You didn't really want to spend your summers flipping burgers anyway, did ya? We didn't think so.

Your education needs to keep up with the break-neck speed of the industry you want to work in, or you'll end up left behind before you even graduate. You'll be in classes and labs 5 days a week, 8 or 9 hours a day. You won't have summers off but of course there's some vacation time in there so you'll still know the names of your family members and friends.

Your transformation from student to producer, animator, designer, or engineer begins the moment you walk in the door. You'll graduate at the speed of sound (or animation or digital effects) with the skills and connections you need to rocket your way to the top."

so, what do you think? should i?!

nateposted this @ 2:22 PM   2 comments

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