So I said I was going to point out the reasons for not going to Art Center. My visit on new student night was quite pleasant. On campus, it had a lot of foliage, something that I admire in a school, quite a big campus — although I was online in one area. They had 2 separate campuses and a lot of parking space… I think. Unfortunately, they don’t offer dorming but the admissions wrote that they would offer help in searching for apartments nearby. There was a city down the hills. On the drive there, I saw many many residential homes that were on the hills, Art Center is way up there somewhere in Pasadena. They looked like rich homes, I especially loved the drive back. The road was lined up with classic black light posts, the ones with the square-type of lamp, you might see them in downtown areas.
During the introduction they were explaning some things and doing a presentation, showing us pictures from several departments. I liked the idea about how they were going to teach students. Many art schools offer foundation classes, but this is where Art Center differs from other art schools. They don’t have foundation classes, that’s why it’s important that you pick a major as soon as you enroll so that you can jump right into the action. Some people can finish in 2 to 3 years, they have a year-round program I think. I’m not sure how they work. A lot of the work they give you is pretty much hands on. Going to school is 5 days a week. It’s right next to LA so they keep up with modern technologies and art in everyday, etc. Classes will most likely be close knit because you’ll be sticking to your department.
At AAU is different. My decision in going here, I can say, was a good choice. I’m going to have to be picky with them though. The office is old school and sometimes they’ll make you incredibly confused. I just think sometimes that they admissions counselor was an idiot for making me take intro to computers for macs. It was a waste, it was like I was taking computer graphics in high school all over again except we were using macs. About computers: I plan on sticking to my Sony Vaio because it’s still in good use, been with me for 3 years — it’s been handed down so it’s been with the family for 5 years total, and it’s not like photoshop would make my works less than satisfactory. Macs are like… when your computer is shit and you gotta get a new one, or when you’ve signed into big company and they require for you to use industry standard stuff, or like when you feel like being excessive. I should like a Mac anyways, at least for my dad because it’s easy to use and he’ll have a better time with it than a PC.
So AAU has as good teachers as any art school, I think, because the only reason I love it here so much is that I’m learning so much from them. I’ve no complaints to any teacher that I have. College really is a business, you might as well milk all you can because of the large sum your paying. This year I have loaded up on so much loans, I’m not telling how much but I can say, it’s been a pain with money. That’s the only problem, all my stress pimples come up because of my financial instability. Even online is a good learning experience, even though the instructors teach less, the assignments that they give you is pretty good. I’ve had some fun doing my stuff even though I get lazy now and then. The whole learning experience online is dependent on you, the student, so if you want to get good, that means putting in the hours, it’s the same in class. I see a lot of students how turn in mediocre work. I often wonder why when they are paying so much.
I’d written this July 17, but I like totally forgot about this… 
I’m lazy so whatever I forgot to leave out, oh well.
