so i began writing down awards and achievements today. i realized there are a lot of bullshit things that "distinguish" people, like how i get recognition from like 7 different people for my good grades. this whole pressure to do perfect is crazy. i'm so glad i am not fully succumbing to it and am taking classes that make me happy this year.
besides my list of awards and achievements (which has the most random things at the moment), i have been looking at my list of colleges and finishing a chart i started about the schools i'm applying to. this chart involves showing the enrollment, if they have ceramics, if they have illustration, where they are, and their deadlines. my mother and i choose these columns based on what i was looking for in a school (highly recommend this method to people, it has helped me eliminate three schools, including PNCA today for being too small).
my current dilemma is over NSCAD and Maine College of Art (MECA) because i eliminated MECA for it only having about 424 students. i completely love MECA, it's in Portland, Maine that is beautiful and i liked what i saw when i toured it many years ago. for disliking the idea of that small number of kids, it seems unfair for me to keep NSCAD around, which has 798 students just because i seem so enamored by the idea of it. perhaps i am swept up in the magic of leaving the united states, which would be lovely beyond belief. i would also be able to visit family i have in maine and massachusetts more often via ferry and such. though seeing family would be easier if i went to MECA or Mass Art because my granddad was a temporary president at MECA and my grandparents live in portland and my aunt lives in boston.
current first choice art school:
MICA
current first choice liberal art schools:
Oberlin
Syracuse
Puget Sound
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