Is there lots of essays? How many years is it? does it take over your life?\n\nI'm in interior design and it is rediculously hard! like the work load is basicaly 23 hours a day for 4 year! ahhhh! help me find something new!
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Graphic Design is an extremely competitive major to get into in most colleges that focus on creative arts.  Once your accepted, the workload is quite large due to the fact that the school wants to mold you into a professional and creative designer so you stand out in the pack, which anymore consists largely of tech school and post high school students who learn Photoshop and start throwing things together.  \n\nAs a graphic designer for Highlights for Children, I can tell you that the designers I look at with full degrees always outshine those without a 4 year degree because they really excel under the pressure of studio based design. The less experienced designers fade into the boring realm of file prep and paper pushing.\n\nThere isn't so much bookwork per say, but you should have your nose in design books, and magazines getting inspired whenever you have a free minute.  I can remember leaving the design lab to get to a class early in the morning with no sleep and MAX stress more times than I can remember getting a good nights sleep with no worries.  If your serious an passionate about graphic design that go for it, but if your looking for a major to replace interior design because it is to difficult, graphic design is not going to give you much respite.  \n\nAlso ask yourself if you can survive now.  There is a reason your in interior design, right?  If you wanted to be a graphic designer you would have fought for that at the get go.  I am sure interior design has a large workload but if its what you want to do you need to ask yourself if it's worth really hitting it hard for four years and then becoming an excellent interior designer for the rest of your life.  I think that is a pretty good trade off, but I am not you.  No matter what your major is going to be, it will get hard and your life is going to be difficult for a little while.  But fighting through it and conquering the obstacles that are in front of you is exactly what that person in the interview who is going to offer you a healthy salary and benefits wants to know you can do.\n\nBest of Luck!\nL
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I tend to have the same problem. Assignment is due and I'm off shopping, hanging out. Things I know I shouldn't do but by the time I realize that it is due like within 24 hrs I get in this mode of work. Lol. I usually put off writing essays till the last minute and so far I have done pretty well. \n\nEnjoy yourself for the time being, relax then when you feel that your mind is ready start studying away.\n\nGood luck.
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Plan your time. If your professor assigns you an essay over whatever topic due in two days, depending on how long it takes you to write an essay, schedule *at least* an hour per night to write it. Even if you have to cut out other activities to get all your work done, not doing those essays and other assignments will basically flunk you. The most important tip for studying well is managing your time.
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I haven't taken any courses online but I hear they are really good. I am an Interior Architecture student and the online program for that is supposed to be excellent. I've had a really positive experience at the school, so I would think their online courses are just as strong.\nArt Institue, at least the program here in SF, is not very good. I know a lot of people at the Academy who used to be at AI and are now here because the programs were so horrible.
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i was in college studying film and animation after quitting a good payed job at Ford. I found what i knew was going to be my life, hobby and career at the same time. Guiders in technical high school told me i had a gift for visual communications and drawing so i made the switch to visual arts. They were right, teachers in college were very content with my work and acknowledged the talent i had . Those were wonderfull years since i found where i fitted in and what i've been thinking about as a kid. Unfortunately, after sophomore year i had to quit college due to circumstances.\n\nToday i'm payed about 15k, going from one job to another and every now and then i draw a storyboard for commercials....so no this not what i wanted my future to be... i was highly regarded in college by my teachers and fellow students. The sky seemed to be the limit back then...
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I'm studying OU at the moment and have just started my second course. Inevitably I used to leave everything to the last minute on the first course when it came to assignments, but I used to set aside specific times when I knew I wouldnt' be disturbed to study and have everything to hand - cup of tea, bottle of water etc so I wouldnt' have to get up again once I started. Cramming has always worked for me, keeping all your work in one place so you can lay your hands on it at any time, but most important of all, remember why you are studying this in the first place.\nA little bit of panic is good because it makes you focus and get it done. Unfortunately there are no shortcuts - you do the work and you'll get your degree. Get a copy of The Good Study Guide by Andy Northedge - that has some good advice in it. \nGood luck!
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A colleague of mine took 12 years to finish.  But he did!\n\nI took 4 years, but I already had a full-time position (3/3 courseload) as well.  \n\nHere's some unsolicited advice:   \n\n1) Check out the website below.  It's for an online dissertation support group.\n\n2) Find your passion again.  For example, think about the theories you're arguing against, and remember why it's so important that contradictory work exists.  Remind yourself about the ways your work advances the field.\n\n3) Give yourself some room to CHOOSE.  For example, allow yourself to skip around in writing.  When you get up one morning, say something like "I don't FEEL like dealing with chapter 3 today, I am only going to deal with that interesting section in chapter 2."\n\n4) Give yourself rewards when you accomplish something.  (An ice cream cone, a trip to a museum, whatever you enjoy and feel like you've been deprived of.)\n\n5) Just hang in there. Remember the BIG reward will be completion of the defense, and successful earning of the degree.\n\nHope this helps!
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yo buddy.i know it matters a lot as i hav passed the class last yr itself!i got full marks in the project.\nas was for me,i made the whole project on kinda yellow orange sheets to give it an old kinda look...u see as soon ppl wil open it,they wil go into the era of old and yellow!\nwell..if u hav mae it colourful thts too good..but my onl idea is,simply everybody wil make the project on white sheets and all...take some diff. idea and work on it...like,,u can hav the whole project on black sheets wid lovely colourful pieces of paper hich u can write on...all DE BEST!
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Diffrent programs are diffrent.  For us the majority of our focus was on Senior Thesis, a huge semester long project culminating in a "jury" where architects come in from the surrounding cities and tear your project to pecies.\n\nBesides that we took pholosophy, reseach, and architectural electives.  \n\nOnce you are in final year you are more relaxed, because they are not going to kick you out of the program (that happens 3rd or 4th year) but the stress of putting together a portfolio and finding a job, especially in a weak economy as architecture jobs are closely linked to the economy takes its tolls.  \n\nIf you are doing research you would be well served to visit an architecture building around 3 or 4 in the morning when all the students are slap happy and will give you the dirt on their professors.
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i'm an interior design student in va.  its a lot different then i thought it would be but i still love it\ndon't do it just cause it seems fun and interesting because there is a lot of work that goes into interior designing...building codes, architecture, drafting, buisness procedures, working with contractors, sub-contractors...\nthen you have to decide which type of design you want to do commercial, residential, hospitality, etc...\nthere is also a lot of art experience required like drawing perspectives and working with autocad...\nbottom line is lots of people get interior design and interior decorating confused\nthey are not the same!
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I work at a University - below is a link to la list of study skill guides we produce. You should talk to your student services department at your college - they should have tips from previous students and guides for life/study balance.\n\nDo as much work in your College library as you can - there are no distractions there. Even an extra hour a couple of times a week would be good. Study during your lunch break. Design easy study flows that can be picked up and put down to learn the basics - keep these next to the toilet, the bath, bed, in the kitchen, and swot up whenether you can.\n\nTalk to your tutors if you have any difficulty at all. they are the profesionals, they should be able to help, they do not want you to fail, they want you to do as well as you can.\n\nGood luck! You can do it! Mature students make better students than kids - they have decided themselves to learn, rather than being forced to.
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Architecture is difficult, and you may be very wise to think about it twice. The hours are incredibly long and it is hard to keep up with all the laws and changes, etc. It also is difficult finding a good-paying architectural position. \n\nWhy don't you look into closely related fields such as interior design, architectural rendering, etc. If you were drawn into studying architecture, you are most likely a very visual person - are you interested in art? \n\nListen to what your heart is telling you. Pay close attention to that because it is leading you, and don't listen to people who call you a loser. It's not true. It's better to ask questions and think twice before you find yourself locked into a career that is not satisfying.
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I am not a doctor, but both my parents are, so although I can not give you a first-hand perspective, I can tell you that it is extremely demanding. My parents worked from 7am-9pm including weekends for the first years of their medical profession (more when they were interns and residents). Their schedule got to be a bit more flexible with time, but it requires 10 years and more to establish yourself as a recognized doctor and build a practice. You must constantly attend conferences and seminars and keep yourself updated with new research findings, practices, pharmaceuticals, etc. It's very demanding and unless you love it - unless it's your calling, I don't recommend it. But if this is really what you want to do, go for it and make it happen.
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Its not near as  hard as you think it is. But I did like 300 pts better on the second one. There are programs you can buy at like Best Buy... they REALLY HELP! and they have a "cram" options. If you took practice tests you should be alright. Its hard not to want to kill yourself after a couple hours of the test so just be prepared to sit there for 5 hours and trust me... its not hard! Good luck!
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Google "Interior Design School" & I put some other links below for you that I already know about....Good luck with that, I think it's so cool you wanna do that sweetie cos that's what I wanted to do in high school too! :) But I didn't persue it, I wound up in marketing & a make-up artist.....\n\nhttp://www.interior-design-schools-search.com/\nhttp://www.interiordesignschoolreview.com/\nhttp://www.nysid.edu/
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I once wrote a compare and contrast essay on romaine lettuce and iceberg lettuce. It was actually quite interesting, and I hardly had to do any research! \nOther topics: apples vs. tomatoes, written book vs. audio book, laptop vs. computer, US vs. Iraq, pen vs pencil...just look around the room, pick any two objects, and write about them!
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how long does the essay have to be?\n\ni would rewrite the introduction definitely. i would probably focus more on electives or rewrite it in a way that emphasizes your electives\n\nim a little fuzzy on the tutoring thing - did you tutor students (and if so then, write your reasonings behind tackling a harder subject) or were you being tutored? (and if so, then add what youve got from it - other than it being reflected in your test scores)\n\nand also, talk more about psychology and anatomy. what exactly did you get out of it, why did you decide to pursue it in the future, any eye-opening experiences or something... are you excited to get more into it in college or - what.\n\nyea, these are just suggestions though, so its up to you to use them :]