College Majors. Any Ideas?

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[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1352959420' post='2510405']

Don't get me wrong, I like science. I like astronomy and physics and zoology and all of that. I just like it as something to look into for fun, not for something to do seriously. I don't think I could do those things as a job.
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I bet you could do very well in those as a job.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1352959634' post='2510406']

I bet you could do very well in those as a job.
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Eh, the only one I would be interested in is zoology, and working in a zoo is not exactly a high paying job either.

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1352959289' post='2510404']

Picky picky... Allow me to rephrase myself.
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No, it's not picky. You wouldn't presume that you could read "Cardiothoracic Surgery for Dummies" and then head up to Walter Reed to start slicing and dicing GI Joes. Why would you presume the same thing about skills or art forms, then?

For a community theatre performance, some brief lessons with a friend might suffice. For a (reputable) degree program, that wouldn't cut it.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1352959716' post='2510408']
No, it's not picky. You wouldn't presume that you could read "Cardiothoracic Surgery for Dummies" and then head up to Walter Reed to start slicing and dicing GI Joes. Why would you presume the same thing about skills or art forms, then?

For a community theatre performance, some brief lessons with a friend might suffice. For a (reputable) degree program, that wouldn't cut it.
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I didn't say "learn how to act" as in I will automatically become better than Tom Cruise. I meant "learn how to act" as in, learn how. I don't know anything about acting, and he can teach me some stuff. You are insinuating something that I never said or implied.

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[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1352959716' post='2510408']
No, it's not picky. You wouldn't presume that you could read "Cardiothoracic Surgery for Dummies" and then head up to Walter Reed to start slicing and dicing GI Joes. Why would you presume the same thing about skills or art forms, then?

For a community theatre performance, some brief lessons with a friend might suffice. For a (reputable) degree program, that wouldn't cut it.
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Art is definitely something you'd want to find a master to study it from, but sadly the usual college degree in those fields is very expensive. I can't afford to study under a master in person, so I kinda hack it I guess. I know lots of artists who resent me for it.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1352959920' post='2510410']

Art is definitely something you'd want to find a master to study it from, but sadly the usual college degree in those fields is very expensive. I can't afford to study under a master in person, so I kinda hack it I guess. I know lots of artists who resent me for it.
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I hate art anyway, so that's not an option.

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1352959849' post='2510409']You are insinuating something that I never said or implied.
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1. That's not how that verb works.
2. The fact that you think you think that by taking some impromptu lessons in acting, without ever having set foot on a stage (I'm presuming), you'd be performing at a high enough level to study in a university program either demonstrates that you have very little respect for the art form or that you have no idea what would be involved in the serious academic study of that field.

@Arfink - depends on what sort of art. There are several (I hesitate to say many, but perhaps many) fully endowed BM/BA programs in organ performance around the country. Otherwise, if you go to a good-but-not-top-10 school and are a credible player, it is completely within the realm of reality to get an assistanceship and be able to make up the difference with employment without taking out any or excessive student loans.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1352960413' post='2510415']
1. That's not how that verb works.
2. The fact that you think you think that by taking some impromptu lessons in acting, without ever having set foot on a stage (I'm presuming), you'd be performing at a high enough level to study in a university program either demonstrates that you have very little respect for the art form or that you have no idea what would be involved in the serious academic study of that field.

@Arfink - depends on what sort of art. There are several (I hesitate to say many, but perhaps many) fully endowed BM/BA programs in organ performance around the country. Otherwise, if you go to a good-but-not-top-10 school and are a credible player, it is completely within the realm of reality to get an assistanceship and be able to make up the difference with employment without taking out any or excessive student loans.
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There is some major misunderstanding. I'm talking about high school, NOT college. And I did not say I would be good. I said (Or implied) that he would make me better than me going on a stage with no experience or idea as to what I am doing.

[arfink]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1352960413' post='2510415']
1. That's not how that verb works.
2. The fact that you think you think that by taking some impromptu lessons in acting, without ever having set foot on a stage (I'm presuming), you'd be performing at a high enough level to study in a university program either demonstrates that you have very little respect for the art form or that you have no idea what would be involved in the serious academic study of that field.

@Arfink - depends on what sort of art. There are several (I hesitate to say many, but perhaps many) fully endowed BM/BA programs in organ performance around the country. Otherwise, if you go to a good-but-not-top-10 school and are a credible player, it is completely within the realm of reality to get an assistanceship and be able to make up the difference with employment without taking out any or excessive student loans.
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Wrong kind of art, but thanks for the suggestion.

I had no idea they even did apprenticeships any more, anywhere. And in what I do, I'm not sure anyone would take me anyhow. I'm completely lacking in formal training. I don't know what credible even looks like.

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1352960670' post='2510418']

There is some major misunderstanding. I'm talking about high school, NOT college. And I did not say I would be good. I said (Or implied) that he would make me better than me going on a stage with no experience or idea as to what I am doing.
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My bad. I thought we were talking about university.

And none of this was to say that you could not be a great actor. Just that the implication that you could "pick up" a craft/art and be ready for university study in it was ludicrous. My mistake if I had something out of context.

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1352960710' post='2510420']

Wrong kind of art, but thanks for the suggestion.

I had no idea they even did apprenticeships any more, anywhere. And in what I do, I'm not sure anyone would take me anyhow. I'm completely lacking in formal training. I don't know what credible even looks like.
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Well I figured you weren't a musician, but perhaps other art forms have similar things.

And I don't know anything about apprenticeships (although I guess there is a similar structure involved in the making of organists, but it's not called the same way), but assistanceships are generally just scholarships/tuition wavers that you get in exchange for doing grunt work.

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1352960710' post='2510420']

Wrong kind of art, but thanks for the suggestion.

I had no idea they even did apprenticeships any more, anywhere. And in what I do, I'm not sure anyone would take me anyhow. I'm completely lacking in formal training. I don't know what credible even looks like.
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Well I figured you weren't a musician, but perhaps other art forms have similar things.

And I don't know anything about apprenticeships (although I guess there is a similar structure involved in the making of organists, but it's not called the same way), but assistanceships are generally just scholarships/tuition wavers that you get in exchange for doing grunt work.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1352960982' post='2510424']
My bad. I thought we were talking about university.

And none of this was to say that you could not be a great actor. Just that the implication that you could "pick up" a craft/art and be ready for university study in it was ludicrous. My mistake if I had something out of context.
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Your mistake indeed, good sir. Your mistake indeed...

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Indeed, that is quite ludicrous. I don't think I could have him teach me some things and be at junior high level, to be honest. He is really good, though. He was a lead actor in a few plays at Benedictine college.

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[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1352958576' post='2510394']

Again, nothing in the business realm. I've had enough experiences in business in my sixteen year life to know that I never want to have anything to do with it again.

And biology is interesting, but I could never do it as a major or as a job.
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Ok, so you've ruled out business and science. Using the simple model of the colleges of study at my alma mater, have you considered education, psychology, liberal arts (philosophy, etc) or theology/ministry? This is not to pigeon hole you at 16, but those are solid jumping off points we're left with from what youve described.


Another way to go about this is to work backwards: What would you do if you could do anything and money wasnt an issue? Start there and then devise a course of study or find a program to help you achieve that goal (stay in reality, not casino playboy executive, but rather ski instructor or international medical missionary or inner city social worker)

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