<p>diagram, im in the complete opposite situation as you. when i firest applied to schools as a HS student, all i was looking at was prestige/rankings. well, i got rejected from most of the schools i applied to, but i went into UW thinking i was going to study either marine biology or astronomy. art was something i had loved all my life, but ignored it, thinking it would not get me far financially. and also, i had this stigma about art that it was “too easy”, “too low”, so i always looked down upon the idea of pursuing it. as a result, i kind of “bottled up” my desire for it since the beginning of HS. i still drew for hours on hours whenever i had free time all throughout HS, but never even once considered it seriously until a couple months ago. basically, as college went on, i couldnt keep it in anymore, and now my only desire is to go to a school where im surrouded by art, and living in it. i only wish i couldve been truthful to myself earlier - feels like i wasted a lot of time/energy..</p>