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undergrad is great fun and a degree will help you get many places. so will the network of alumni you get at schools like RISD and the other big names.

but art school in the us at least is insanely expensive and scholarships are hard enough to come by that for most majors i'd argue it honestly isn't worth it. for design or illustration you can 100% make it without a formal four-year degree. past the internship stage, most employers won't care about dick but your portfolio anyway. and if you're freelancing, clients definitely don't give a shit

i will say that art school has been great for pushing my boundaries, and giving me experience in taking often harsh feedback and strict deadlines into account. but it's not the only way to get where you want to go, and i definitely wouldn't still be here if my specific field didn't care so much about having a degree.

if you do want to do formal training and your circumstances allow, consider looking outside the country. it was literally cheaper for me to move internationally and attend school than it was to go to the one in my hometown, even with their scholarships.

community colleges and online courses are also often great, and sorely underrated. but at the end of the day you really just need the drive to put together the portfolio and solicit feedback and keep improving on your own. for some people, school's the environment for that. for others it's not necessary.

if you're doing something highly technical like 3d modeling and animation, then yeah that's a different situation and one that instruction would benefit you for. those programs are insane. but even then, i know people who've taught themselves.

if you're looking strictly at fine arts rather than applied things like illustration, i would very strongly encourage you not to go for a degree at all and instead look for a la carte apprenticeship type courses. but that's just me

good luck, whatever you end up deciding on. you'll make it there. no one's on plan A.

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