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Major conflict , please advice me
Hey , I'm a Senior and i applied for 2 colleges in New York.I have 2 questions to ask actually , okay i applied for Computer Science ,Even though i wanted Computer Graphics more but i was told that it was only 2 years and it didn't have a good or credible certificate and that Computer Science has a brighter future and a guaranteed career , is this true ? .If i go through Computer Science , i just wanna know is it difficult ? , cause i heard that only nerds succeed in it.
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My husbands daughter went for a CG art degree. She checked out schools available and went for the top one, the one that was hardest and produced the most sought after students by software, movie and game developers. As to nerds, they all were nerds on the student teams she worked with on projects at school. So its not something you'd find strictly in those going for CS degrees.
There was no such thing as a 2 yr degree for CG, the school she chose to apply at had a four year degree. Both require lots of hard study and in her school it was so tough, on purpose to weed out kids who couldn't handle the stress of assignments and deadlines that were truly cruel but it was necessary to weed out those who wouldnt be able to handle a job in those industries. She saw many drop out in their first two years.
Having a passion and desire for what you do is important. CG doesnt pay as much as CS and CS as a job is much harder on a person from what he heard. A person is more likely to excell above others if they have a great interest in what they are going after. The daughter will never have trouble finding better and better jobs and working her way up because she has a passion and talent for doing CG art. There were many other girls in the school, older than her that a team of student programmers could get to do the art part of school projects. But all the ones they tried either didn't know how to do the job exactly as they wanted, or they didn't have enough drive and energy or their work wasnt the quality as older students that they wanted. And they got special permission from staff to allow an entrance level student work with 3rd and 4th yr students on projects. I believe some of those students who just weren't good at the art part, were those doing it for the wrong reasons, because of how short the time to get a degree, because it paid better than other career options, but not because it was something they really loved. My advice is to go with what you love because you have a better chance of excelling at it and standing out among other students who are taking a degree for the wrong reasons. So go for CG. And good luck to you.
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