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Time for COLLEGE!!! How does it work, and what should I do?

(<(<(<(<HEADS UP>)>)>)>) If you just want the jist of things, scroll down to the bottom-most two paragraphs, that should pretty much wrap it up ^^'' Okay, so I'm 18 years old, right? I know I need to go to college as soon as I graduate this year, since I probably won't have the motivation to apply for one AFTER I graduate, so I'm trying to decide what I'm going to DO with my life :( I don't know much about colleges, but what I do know is that you can have Major and Minor degrees in certain courses. I was planning on going into Architecture when I enrolled in my school's Vo-tech program this year, but now that I'm actually IN the class, it doesn't seem nearly as fun as I made it out to be, anymore. I LOVE drawing, it's my passion. Anything that has to do with Photoshop, G.I.M.P. or any other Image-Manipulation programs, I'm all over it. (The most common form of Art that I find myself drawing is usually Manga- or Anime-style characters.) But at the same time, I don't want to risk losing interest in the one thing that I truly enjoy doing by being forced to draw for a job. I have basic knowledge of C++ computer coding, and from what little practice I've had in my spare time, it seems like something I could see myself learning, and it'd be pretty fun. :] Oh yeah, and one more mentionable thing about my interests is that I LOVE video-games, especially computer games. That kind of stuff really grabs my interest, so.. I'm a complete nerd ^^'' Yes, that includes making Maps and Triggers (stuff like that) as another option for me. However, I'm trying to decide how I could find a balance between all that Mambo Jumbo. THAT, and I was hoping to maybe find a college or something that I could attend that also taught Japanese, because I'm infatuated with Japanese and Oriental culture (for whatever reason...). SO, in Short, I was wondering if there were any way to incorporate art, computer programming, and Japanese together into one MASSIVE curriculum. Would there be some way I could Major in one, and then Minor in the others or something? I can't decide what college near Pennsylvania I can attend that would be able to do all of that for me, or if one even exists anywhere in the WORLD. -_- I'm completely lost at this point.

Public Comments

1. Wait, so are you a senior? If you are, you MUST apply at this instant!!! No seriously, several colleges have already stopped accepting applications for the class of '13. But to address you question: let's just say that Computer programming and Japanese go hand in hand. You can get a lot of jobs with them. So, yes, you could incorporate both in several ways i.e. double major, major-minor, major-concentration, whatever really. Schools in Pennsylvania.... probably look at the U. of Pittsburg, I think they have a Japanese major, and should have the other one. An easier thing to do is to go to: www.collegeboard.com and search according to your guidelines.