Now I look forward to spending the next 25 years of my life repaying the $100,000….yes, one hundred thousand, plus interest. Tuition and living expenses for this school ain't cheap, but hopefully it will be worth it. Everyone I know who has graduated (and some who didn't) said that their employers really enjoy students from the Art Institute, they know they can depend on them, be it the work or the work ethic.
I haven't been sleeping well lately, again. Earlier this week, I called my financial advisor (because she never calls first) to make sure all my paperwork was processed, that's when I found out my loan had not been signed off by the Director of Finance yet, even though I had already been approved by the lender. I had work and my internship so I couldn't get to school until today when I went to pick up my schedule, and of course there was a hold on my account. I was really worried, because even though I could still get the art grant and not have tuition, I still needed to subsidize my income from work with a student loan for living expenses. If I don't have that, I can't pay rent, then where would I live while I go to school? I'm not a fan of being homeless. But it all got resolved today and I'm in the clear.
The other thing keeping me up late is the fact that I have to repeat my Portfolio I class -- the class I opted to drop last time instead of choosing the failing grade. My work just wasn't good enough and I was heartbroken to be told in so many words and feel like I'm not good enough to be doing the thing that I wake up every morning thinking about: creating stuff. I'm really scared to go through that again. I was sent the project list for this class three weeks ago and I've been going through it every day since then to be sure I have everything made and tweaked. I've asked a few people their opinions, and last quarter in school I was taking things in to teachers to have them look at it and give a critique. I have four projects due the first day, and hopefully this time they won't be rejected. Last time, I never could get my logos right, they were rejected every week, as well as my info-graph, and my event poster. All that plus a die-cut multi-page brochure is due next Thursday. If they all pass, then I won't have to spend time revising anything then I can just concentrate on the next weeks projects.
I'm worried about my friend Nick. I saw him at school today and his student loan account paperwork is a mess, so he couldn't register for classes. He's only got two quarters left til he graduates - for us that 24 weeks! He's smart and talented and a super good designer and I'd really hate to see him not be able to finish school because of some paperwork errors.
Here are a few things I'm taking for class next week:
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| a montage of my logos |
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| a mockup of the info graph I made, and one of it's intended uses |
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| a travel poster for my Destination Branding Ad campaign (I don't have permission to use the photo yet) |
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| one of my magazine ads for a brand of pasta I invented. (I don't have permission to use some of the photos yet) |
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