You can't fix stupid

happymomof1
Tue, 22 May 2012 16:03:44 +0000

Best suggestion so far: take the gap year.

You can work on your portfolio, think about your career goals, and apply to a better list of colleges and universities. To help you figure out which ones to put on that list, start here: [Visual Arts and Film Majors - College Confidential](http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visual-arts-film-majors/)

Don’t forget to have a serious talk with your parents about how much they are ready, willing, and able to pay for your education. You may find that LSU offers the best combination of quality and affordability. With that in mind, pay another visit there in order to meet specifically with the professors who would be teaching the classes in the program that you would be in. Don’t worry about the recent graduate who had never heard of digital arts. I’ve met lots of people over the years who are clueless about other programs in their division of a university - they just aren’t the kind of people who pay attention to much of anything outside their own immediate sphere of interest.