thenextredlight

Congrats Hi! Congrats on your MA acceptance and thanks for your advice! My local school is College of Charleston. The list of cons is pretty much everything except the price in my opinion; I really don’t want to remain in South Carolina, Charleston, or even the South in general if I can help it. I’m worried that if I go local, I’ll never leave. Both of my parents are supportive of Barnard, which is luckier than most people for sure and I am so grateful, but I just keep going back to this question of whether it is worth it like you said.

Hi! Thank you so much for offering your advice/personal experiences! My local school is College of Charleston. I’m reaaaally leaning towards Barnard now since I won’t accrue any debt (even though it does come with guilt for making my parents pay for it eeek). From my own living experiences in Charleston/interaction w department, I just don’t think I will be able to do anything else besides intern at our very small art museum (maybe do like one summer abroad if I am lucky). Plus, the entire student body terrifies me and I hate the weather, but maybe that’s just because I am focusing on the negatives.

Hi! I'm so sorry if you all don't want a naive high school senior posting on here, but I haven't gotten any advice from people who know what the field looks like and have experienced it first hand. If this isn't allowed, I'm more than happy to take my questions elsewhere! I know it's easy to change your mind, but at the moment I am pretty certain I will be majoring in art history for my BA and going to grad school afterwards. I've gotten accepted to Barnard College at Columbia, which would be full price, and I have a full ride to my local school; those are my top two options. The quality difference in the department is huge, and I really feel like Barnard is a better fit for me (plus NYC has so many more opportunities). I could afford four years of full price, but if my grad school program isn't funded then I couldn't afford it. if I went to the local school, then that money would go to grad funding. I guess this is all to ask if you think that putting the money towards my BA is worth it, or if I should suck up my local school and save for my PhD or whatever it ends up being even if it wouldn't be great quality. I know my situation could be much worse, but thank you so much if anyone ends up giving me advice! I only have two weeks!