LeeP Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Location Vs Loans any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimoma Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Can you specify? Location Vs Loans any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeP Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 upstate new york = no loans new york city = loans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewalkwithme Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 how much are you talking about in terms of loans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeP Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 about 25 - 30 k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimoma Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 25-30k ? Personally I would never go in dept with this amount. Go for the school that gives you full funding, in the end its your own practice that can develop anywhere .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthbetold Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 @mimoma, you applied to columbia? you'll get more than 25-30k debt there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Location Vs Loans any thoughts? I would totally choose Cornell over NYU. Doesn't Cornell have the semester in NYC that you can choose to do? Congrats, btw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanbagchairs Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Follow the money You'll thank yourself when you are debt-free. Onedayx3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentyeleven Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Interesting NYTimes article on student debt (pros, cons, current economic climate): http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/education/12college.html?_r=1&hp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adc Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I say loans, art world is connections, connections, connections... and your work has to be interesting for sure, whether you stay in new york or anywhere else. for outsiders to break into or build connections or understand how the city and the system functions takes a long time and not being from new york is not exactly helpful. you can do a job and pay off loans, you have to balance your time between exhibitions, work and art practise... if you can do that successfully.. new york is for you.. also the kind of international exposure to art and artists is not available in smaller towns...of course you can visit new york once in 3 months and have access to books and visiting artists but it is not the same...best of luck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illum Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 take out loans and there's a magic thing called inflation who will help you take care a decent part of it sooner than you think! (though i don't know if that's the case in the usa...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losemygrip Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Avoid loans. Grad school in NYC. Massive loan debt. You finish, there you are trying to live in NYC as an artist--and you have $30K in debt. Grad school upstate. Paid off. You finish, you move to NYC to be an artist--and you have no debt. You can make your "connections" then. The whole New York thing is overrated. Plenty of successful artists don't live in New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimda Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Go to the place where you will have the best classmates. You will make a lot of friends in the program, it will be your network, if they are good artists and people, the friendships will outlast the loans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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