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Old 07-09-2012, 09:33 PM   #1
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Emerson Film Grad - Business School Help!

So, hey guys, I am graduating Emerson College with a BA in Film Production after 3 years of study as an Honors Program participant. Due to a combination of laziness, and a debilitating skin disease + severe Bipolar 1 both rearing their heads in college, I will be graduating with a 3.2 GPA and no real technical skills (I have participated in many film shoots, but never built up the necessary experience/interest to be entrusted with high-level creative jobs).

Also, the only reason I will be graduating in 3 years is because my school allowed me to easily bypass many classes, including all math courses. Also, most of my classes at Emerson were very easy and taught few actual skills.
I have had one successful internship in LA and worked on a feature film there as well, but given my newfound knowledge of my medical conditions I now know that sustaining a sleep-depriving creative career on film sets is not in the works for me. I must give up my delusions of becoming a hit auteur director/writer, because I simply haven't laid the amount of groundwork my peers and many others I've met in the industry have. I want to change to a more stable field and start anew.

I want to turn my life around, and for once stop playing a victim and give it my all. I have gotten good marks with half-assery and poor time management all my life, and it looks like it's all finally caught up to me. I'd like to ask everyone here, what hope do I have left of attaining a creative and/or fulfilling career? What steps can I take to ensure that I'll get into a decent business school in my future?
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