Mad Historian

Most of your complaints seem trite. Is this not information you could have, and should have, sought out ahead of time? I encourage you to empower yourself, and start using the intelligence you obviously have.

And as far as blaming your mother? Sorry, lass, that’s just weak. No one can make you do something you don’t want to—there is always a choice.Sometimes it's the lesser of two evils, mind you, but a choice all the same.


If you don’t feel some sort of drive and/or passion, you’re doing it wrong. I am broke too, but I went in with eyes wide open, and couldn’t be happier.

You are obviously smart, but I think you really need to sit down and figure out what are YOUR goals for the future. If you you continue to live by your mother's dreams, don't be surprised if it leaves little room for your own.

My school definitely has its share of things for me to be annoyed about. These include:

- Takes three years to get a MFA (seniors say we have to take on a doctorate-level workload for a master's degree)

- Financial aid office ignores all loan applications because they expect you to fill out their special little form (I was eligible for $20K in loans, but the school would not give it because it was a federal loan. Meaning you can only get private loans here)

- Amount of work. Program claims to be for working professionals, but I hardly got everything done and I don't even have a job.

- People who are not only master's upperclassmen, but who have real jobs in art who make mediocre final projects. How can these people have such crappy skills and get hired? I hate to sound arrogant, but I know my skills surpass some of my classmates' skills, so why don't I have a job?

- Just a rumor...due to working people being unable to meet deadlines, the school is allegedly not letting anyone who works full-time enroll. This does not effect me, but it seems unfair.

- Cost in general. $4700 per semester and $500 for two weeks of food?

- Worthless classes like art history. Methinks this is just the school's way of squeezing a few more thousands of dollars out of everyone each year.

- Need to have an average grade of at least a B in each course.

- My major is set up in such a way that you cannot quit and come back.


I know a lot of those are money issues, but hey, I don't have any money whatsoever. And when I can't get a loan, it becomes a big deal. What about you? What goes on at your school that you hate?