So, I was accepted to the University of Georgia a while back, under an intended theatre major. However, upon closer inspection, I'm starting to worry that the theatre program at UGA is too general. When I was college hunting initially, I searched for Georgia colleges that offered Dramatic Writing degrees specifically, since I want to write, and not act. I'm worried that it is a little late to start re-thinking something like this, and I wish it had dawned on me sooner, but I honestly should have applied to SCAD despite how expensive it was.
People always talk about students making late college plans, and I wondered how that was possible when everything was so accessible back in October. Now, I think I know that students do this kind of thing late because they undergo this weird "I'm graduating, what do I REALLY want to do?" phase. We, as beings who enjoy stability, cannot blindly go to a nice college, and tell ourselves we will figure things out when we get there. We have to enter with some semblance of a plan, and my plan to pursue dramatic writing might be quashed if I go to UGA. I will be able to take the courses, but there don't appear to be many, and I do not want to be bogged down working in a field I enjoy, but STILL not focusing on my career (a la, a more colorful, theatre-filled repeat of high school).
I don't know if it is too late to start looking again, but it probably doesn't matter. SCAD and Emory, my original two choices, are the only Georgia schools I can find that offer specialized degrees in playwriting. A side of me refuses to accept the fact that I will just go to UGA, studying theatre generally without having what I WANT to be talented in expanded on, but some other terrifying monster of apathy is telling me just to go with it, and I'm afraid that as I grow older, I listen to this "do-nothing" attitude voice too often. I need to start being active in my life, which sounds like I'm trying to justify not attending a college I know wants me there, but... I don't know, something feels wrong about all of this. I will see, I suppose. Maybe I'll consult school guidance.
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