I'm graduating in December from college, or at least I would be...
I'm pretty deep in debt right now, I'm already a year late in graduating from changing my major so many times. My ex-girlfriend and I have stayed in close contact and are still really good friends. She moved out to LA for a film study program that only 7-8 people a year get elected to participate in.
This film study program is for aspiring producers, directors, actors and screenwriters. It's a fantastic system. They give you training from industry professionals and set you up with an internship where you are put in order to gain experience and get a job. For example, my ex wants to be a producer, so she interned as assistant to the producer at a T.V. show for the last few months, and now they have offered her a job, which she is going to take when she graduates in May. It's a pretty prestegious program. From what I understand, Buster (from arrested development) even came and gave a guest lecture in one of her classes earlier this semester. That stuff is normal in this program.
It's basically a monarchy system, if you know someone personally that has gone, and they recommend you, you are pretty much golden to get in. She called me last night and said she wanted to recommend me if I'd take it. The problem is that it is 14,000 bucks to get in, and I would have to stay enrolled to go, meaning I would not be able to graduate until May of NEXT year, making me a full 2 years behind schedule on graduation. 14,000 more in debt would also put me around the 50,000 mark for student loans.
So, being an aspiring screenwriter, they would set me up with an internship in a major studio.
Do I put myself in a crazy amount of debt and spend every dime I have to get out to L.A.? Or do I graduate on time in December and keep debt at a reasonable level?
Tl;dr: Do I graduate two years behind and 50,000 in debt to go to LA for a film study program that would insure that I get a cushy industry job in movies?
I had a friend who had a similar situation in a completely different field. Basically, he just broke it down and thought about the short-term risks vs. the long-term benefits. Eventually he decided that staying in school another two years (and getting a higher level degree than he had initially planned.. or a second major.. or something, i dont remember entirely), and having a guaranteed job was a lot better than trying his own luck. The other part comes down to... Are you good enough to get a job without the program? My friend was going to a Law School, by the way.
I like some stability, and I would probably take the offer. Find some other courses you'd like to take, go for a double-major instead of a single. I figure having that great job would allow me to actually be able to pay back some of these loans, rather than having to scrape by a payment every week while I waited tables in a crappy restaurant waiting for my break.
But what do I know. I'm a total stranger. Maybe sucking dicks at Olive Garden would be more profitable than a movie-job anyway.
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I had a friend who had a similar situation in a completely different field. Basically, he just broke it down and thought about the short-term risks vs. the long-term benefits. Eventually he decided that staying in school another two years (and getting a higher level degree than he had initially planned.. or a second major.. or something, i dont remember entirely), and having a guaranteed job was a lot better than trying his own luck. The other part comes down to... Are you good enough to get a job without the program? My friend was going to a Law School, by the way.
I like some stability, and I would probably take the offer. Find some other courses you'd like to take, go for a double-major instead of a single. I figure having that great job would allow me to actually be able to pay back some of these loans, rather than having to scrape by a payment every week while I waited tables in a crappy restaurant waiting for my break.
But what do I know. I'm a total stranger. Maybe sucking dicks at Olive Garden would be more profitable than a movie-job anyway.
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