Help Me Choose My Life (in 2 hours or less)

Okey Dokeys, tis the crunch, I'm applying and will most likely be going to a film school next year in Vancouver (other side of the country) questions is what to do with this year. Stay and work the year, or go to university taking drama for the year.

well you can chose anything but you should know that you have our moral support
edit : better go to university

for a single year? it takes 4 to get a degree

well yes but you still gain knowledge any maybe not a degree but still this experience will be helpful , when i will take my degree ( actually two ) i hope to have learn many thing beyond what that means ( my specializations will be economy and programing )

If you're low on mula, I say work the year, but if you feel you're ready, shoot for the University!

stay and work at least youll have some cash so getting a flat or something wont be to hard but coundlt you work and go to uni

You should work first for the spending money. Then do what you want from there.

If you have unlimited financial resources, then go to uni for a year (if that's what you want). But I would advise you to grab the money and run.

i wish there were some older people on the forum

Stewi said he was in Penn State, so he'll have possibly gone through something like this.

i mean like middle aged people, people in their forties and fifties

cause i learned younger people say stay and work and older people say go to uni

I suppose you could email Lijenborg.

More importantly than what we think, what does your family think?

they want me to go to uni for the year, well, what they REALLY want is for me to go to uni for 4 years and get a degree. doesn't really matter in what, as long as i have a degree.

well i think they are right

why? i want to be a film maker, not a doctor

Stay and work! You need cash, and tons of it. I mean, you'll need a flat, a computer, internet, food, electricity, furniture (not much, but it still costs money) and a ton of other things. Money is alot more useful than learning some stuff you'll never use anyways.

And dont get a drama degree just so you have a degree, do what you want to do or you'll find yourself doing something you dont like for the rest of your life.

he is right to

that's the whole friggin problem with this scenario!!! Evryone's right and I don't know anything anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Calm down, concentrate and think about it. Do you want more money so you'll have a smaller mountain of stress on your shoulders when you get to vancouver, or do you want to learn some useless stuff you're probably never going to use?

but here us my parents' argument for going to university:

even though I may not be getting a degree now, i can transfer credits later. also university "changes" you, expands your mind and ways of thinking. Plus university theoritically gets you more jobs, at least in Nova Scotia

this is so difficult because ever since i started school, and did fairly well at school, it was assumed and expected that i would go to university. it's a big shock to everyone that i just don't want to go. but just not wanting to isn't good enough really, i need facts, evidence, reason. my bro for instance isn't expected to go to uni, it'll surprise us all if that's what he chooses, my sis is definitely uni material so I don't know!!!!! I JUST DON"T fruit KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, i dont know exactly how it is in canada. But if you do a good job, and your boss feels you did a good job, you can use that boss as a reference. When you apply for a job, you put him as a reference in your application. They call him to look it up, if he says you're good, you have a bigger chance to get that job.

Also, you'll get that expanded mind and ways of thinking while in the film school. Like most other students. But you'll end up covered in financial problems if you dont have enough money.

unfortunately it's not that easy here. canada is one of those over degreed country's, cause it's all government based here, the mindset of the gov't as seeped into normal people

Hmmm, that makes things more complicated. But i dont think a year in uni will make a huge difference. But if you have alot of money, and end up having money to spare, you'll have more time to get a job. If you get yourself into financial trouble and cant find a job, you're gonna have a ton of problems on your shoulder.

if i go to uni, it starts in one week, i need to buy 680 dollars worht of books and hope they show up in time, also, i need to finalize my student loan which could take a couple weeks (deadline is in one week for uni fees) what else, oh right, i need to have an id made up, i have to go to some stupid assembly tomorrow (just found that out) and I'll have to take an english competency test on tuesday

hmm sounds like alot of hard work but like i said cant you do both work and study?

i can, it's just i'll make less money if i go to uni and work, and i'll be spending out about 8000 dollars just for this one year of university. to get to vancouver next year will take about 700-1000 dolalrs, plus the lowest rent available for students out there is about 450 dollars a month (sharing with others of course) plus my own food, electricity etc

8000 dollars to make slightly better applications?! Hell no. You'll need the cash, you'd be wasting time and money if you went to uni for a year just to look slightly better on paper the first year you're in vancouver.

8000 dollars is too much of a burden for any student just for an extra year.

But it looks like you don't want to go to uni. Well there's no point being there if you don't want to. If your heart isn't in it, why go? Even if your parents are expecting you to, it doesn't make it final. From how you've given an impression of your parents in the past, I would think they'd be able to respect your position.

either way youll have to pay off a lot of college, but if you think uni will help you in vancouver, go for it. but like thingy said, it just looks better on paper, which is mattering less and less now.

i agree with ABM, thingy, shem, and wexbro. 8 grand? too much for one year, especially if you cant even afford a computer!