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Worried about future...
I'm going to start by saying that I have a hard time deciding on what to do for my future. I feel lost and I don't know what to do.. I recently graduated high school, which mean looking for collages is the next step. I have a dream of working in a studio with people that make cartoons or movies. I love art so I want to become an art teacher,as you can see I like art but now I have the choice to either continue working on on my math and other skills or just go straight to an art school where I focus little on my math,english,writing etc I don't know what to choose:/
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I agree with Advicemans suggestion, it could be the best of both worlds. My 2nd husbands daughter completed CG (computer graphics) art college recently....this is the kind of college one goes through to have a degree in computer graphics.
One has to show some planning and drive and prepare for entering or even getting accepted at such schools. Hers was one of the top schools and had higher standards than others and made the assignments and times to complete extremely hard so that she and her team worked around the clock, even late in the night more often than not to meet a time schedule....its a way to weed out those who can't handle that pressure and see who can handle a job in that field by giving students a taste of the reality of it. There is lots of impossible time standards to such a job making animated movies and cartoons. Many of the people who work there don't have much time for a personal life. Just sharing what i know from what she and her friends in school went through. Many dropped out as they couldn't handle the pressure. Becoming an art teacher, you can still focus on using summer months or other time to yourself to study and specialize in growing another art talent and do the extra work on the side. I can also tell you that even those who have the highest grades and make it through CG school, those scouting for new artists on their team only pick a couple handfuls of the very best talented students and the rest still have to find a non CG job in the field of 'art' that will bring in enough earnings to pay off their school loan debt. The job offered the daughter ended up being for lower pay than she thought and the company didnt really have things together. She's tried several other things and non have worked out yet so she is working right now with a tattoo artist, drawing up the designs for him while he does the tattooing, just to have some money to pay school loan. It isn't what she would have wanted but she's okay with learning a new skill cus he'll teach her the tattooing part later and this can make good money in the end run. I wish you the best. It is important in whatever you choose to do, that you enjoy it. Too many people have jobs they hate. If you can find something that will make you happy and pay the bills, then that is the best choice. Remember, If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong.
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First; we can't answer these questions for you, we can only make suggestions. Second you are running somewhat behind schedule on this as all the colleges and art Schools, with the exception of Community Colleges, have made their selections and offers to students for the fall semester. This means for the fall semester whatever you chose you will need to start in a Community College.
You say you would like to be an Art Teacher or work in an Art studio making movies or cartoons. From my perspective going to College and getting your teaching credentials as an Art Teacher gives you the most bang for your Buck. I would think that some of the same skills you need to teach art would be needed if you decide you don't like teaching and want to work in an Art Studio.
Teaching also provides another option. Teachers work 185 days a year. There are 104 weekend days in a year this leave 61 days of other holidays for a total of 165 days you can do freelance art work either working part time at a studio or for yourself. To me this is the best of both world. The school system provides your base income and benefit package along with retirement. You have a variety of options available to you in the Art world to supplement you teachers salary.
My suggestion would be to start the fall semester at you local community college with college level math, English and writing the basic course that will transfer to the teachers college of you choice for the spring semester that you are accepted to.
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