<p>Okay so I'm about to graduate from highschool this June, and the specific plan i had planned out for college since last year has made me rethink if it's acctually possible to accomplish. This might be a long post but i just need some opinions here before I start loosing hair on this.</p>
<p>I plan to go to a community college first. I don't have enough money to go strait to a four-year, and I didn't want to deal with the ACTs/SATs. After getting my basic classes (the one's you have to take at the start of college) and then transfer to a four-year for a Bacholer's degree. There are a few around my home up in the Bay Area so Im not to worried about that.</p>
<p>I also know what im going(or hope) to focus in. I want to get a B.A. in Illustration or Character animation (or B.F.A. whatever they call it). I've always loved doing art and things like that, so why not do something you love?
However my mother( a person i do not wish to get mad at this point) wants me to get a "better- paying career choice". Somewhere in the medical area. (she's a momography tech; no surprise) so think up a suitable plan, to make her feel better: get a A.S. (or whatever they call it) in radiology - become a CT scan/ ultrasound tech - at community college, while getting all other basic classes and transferable art classes done as well, and then transfer to the four-year and get my other degree in art. I plan to stay home for the first year or two, then find a place to stay before I focus on moving my studies south, around the LA basin area. The A.S. would let me get a part-time job at a hospital, and work on finishing up my art degree.</p>
<p>Seemed easy enough. Year goes by and I start to "overthink" on the process. First was how long this plan would take. Then it lead to wondering if I could even accomplish this feet. And then i started to freak out on the idea that i'll never leave my parent's house and my imagination lead to visualize me becoming a old lady with ten cats. It wasn't a pretty sight.
I started to ask around - I told my local college counselor about my plan but I got no usable responses. I looked at the colleges i have my eye on - Chapman Dodge College and CALarts - but I haven't gotten anything out yet. I'm tempted to ask my older siblings - both went to Chapman and one is in the film industry- on my problem but I feel that they're going to make me feel worse - judging eye's and stuff like that. I don't even want to talk with my parents or my friends about this as well - might leave me even more flustered then before.</p>
<p>So I'm still stressing out on this: I still haven't registered for any community college nor organized/ worked on a art portfolio. You could say I have done a half-assed job on my future but I just need someones opinion. (sorry for the long thread - just had to type it out)</p>
<p>Thank you</p>