I got the letter of acceptance today. This really brightens up what had the makings of a terrible day followed by a terrible weekend. kinda makes the sat I have tomorrow seem pointless.
I was going to say something mean, but then I decided to say congratulations. Do you know what you're planning on studying?
I'm confident that won't happen. Academically I'm above the highest echelon of their acceptance percentage. No. I've been flip flopping between multiple things for the past few years. When it get's down to it I really have no Idea. Lately I've been thinking about doing something with creative writing. My family and some of my friends have been saying that I should study something that has to do with writing for a while now, I've never actually liked the idea until recently, but as with everything else I'm not set on it. I've always wanted to do something with computers, but I don't know anything beyond what I would want to do beyond that, as in I don't know what I would want to learn about computers or what I would do with the education. Saint Leo University in Florida. I had no desire to go there until I visited this past year when I was visiting Florida for vacation. It's a really nice school, nice size, nice location, nice atmosphere, I can't really find much fault with it except that it's catholic and I'm not catholic. Although when I visited the admissions counselor said that most people that go there aren't catholic, and that the catholic aspect is pretty much limited to their source for funding. The school isn't my first choice, but it's nice to know that if I don't get into the school that I want to go to I have a school to fall back on that I still really like.
You still have time to change that. Friendly advice. Don't do creative writing. This is 100% genuine and neither snide nor snarky stuff coming from me to you by the glorious grace and generosity of our servers. Creative writing is a dead end. Most people who get a degree in it don't end up being screen writers, novelists or even journalists. They get a secondary degree in something else and drudge their lives away in a normal job. If they hold onto hope they live in poverty and are pitied by those around them. This has happened to people I've known getting fine arts degrees. So be careful. If you maintain any interest in computer science past your freshman year stick to it and get the full major. Just remember that you can always minor or double major if you still want some creative writing in your life but I suggest English over creative writing because it's better and also gives you law and library science options out of school. Where do you actually want to go then? /not creeping
I won't change that. I hadn't thought about that. I probably wouldn't have majored in creative writing anyway, but it is definitely something that I would want to study to some degree, so I'll probably be sticking with computer science. Christopher Newport University. It's a nice school with a beautiful campus that's fairly close to home, and turns out they have a masters program in computer science. I should be able to get in, but when I went to visit they made it sound like they don't take anyone short of a genius. Which I didn't think was the case, but after talking to a guidance counselor at school he told me that they are always playing up the quality of students they take, to make it seem like they only take the best of the best.
Well, it actually depends on where you go that you can use a degree or education in Creative Writing for a decent internship/job/career. My college does a crap ton of radio, theatre, and TV opportunities for new content and the like. I'm not sure if Saint Leo has a good Creative Writing program or something along those lines, but I say it's okay to at least try it out. I went from Music to Acting and while I was pessimistic about my choice initially, I'm actually loving it, so you never know. As for computer science, there are definitely bigger opportunities for that than creative writing, because it can branch out to different paths and careers/jobs. I know saying doing what you love is a bit cliche and old-fashioned, but just go for it and try it out. If not, you can always find a different path, hehe.
You should try. What's life without whimsy? Just let yourself be open to changing majors if you have to. I know someone who went through 6 majors before deciding on math and now she makes six figures so being too married to one idea before you have experienced it isn't the best. You'll just have to wait and see.
As I said earlier I'm still not sold on anything, and I don't intend to stick with something that I don't completely enjoy. Though at the moment I don't know what I would change to, still, I'll stay open minded because who knows what I'll want to do when it's time to decide.
Congratulations on getting yourself into a University. I bet when you read the letter. You were all like.
If you want to talk about studying creative writing, it's what I'm studying right now and I could give you some advice, if you'd like. Congrats and good luck in college.
