xshock_wavex asked:


I want to start learning graphic design before I go to a college or uni. for a degree or can you start there? (I’m 16 and no school) ((why?..because I don’t need it. don’t like it? fine I don’t give a crap))
I HAVE found a place in NYC where I’ll probably be moving to in about a year where I can learn art and photography but no graphic design. I’ve tried googleing it and all that but it hasn’t come up with anything. =

Please help!

Thanks! :]

LOL asked:


Do they care more about your art portfolio than your test scores when you apply?

R asked:


My situation is this, I “finished” high school several years ago, the only final test I didn’t pass was math, in my country you have the chance to make the test again outside the high school program as many times as you need until you pass it, so I’ve taken particular classes several times and made the test several times already but for some particular reason my brain simply does not cope with “complex” mathematical formulas in large amounts (as in for a math test..) and well, I simply hate math to make it short.

My stuff has always have to do with creativity in general, I’m good at logical reasoning even though I’m specifically not good at math, I mean, it’s not like I am mentally handicapped or anything, heheh, but “abstract thinking in complex logical numerical processing” is simply not my thing, apparently.

So, I took several design courses for the years I kept trying to pass the math test in order to get my high school degree and get into college, learned to use all the software designers use, researched on my own since the topic always interested me, practiced quite a lot, and developed quite well on my own, I have friends in college finishing graphic design right now that look at my works and they love them, people often say I’m almost gifted in this stuff, but the fact that I don’t have a college degree and I’m not even coursing graphic design is really frustrating deep within (I always handle to avoid the topic with new people I meet and almost no one knows I don’t have an official academical background).

I’ve worked as a freelancer and it’s gone well, I am also able to get a formal office job as a designer easily, I’m actually getting hired at a design company soon (I was working as a freelancer because the majority of design agencies in my country don’t pay really well, but this new company pays great and they loved my stuff), so this high school degree deal isn’t really limiting me (since no one knows and in this particular area I have the advantage of relying more on my portfolio and creative skills than on a formal college degree in order to get a job). But it’s honestly been a thorn in my chest I’ve always hidden and tried not to remember).

So, I do want to get a formal college degree. But this math deal is so ridiculously stopping me from even getting into college (where I know I would perform pretty well without all the high school math crap, and I’m talking about the complex part, not geometry) that well.. some times I think it’s just gonna stay like that.

Anyway…

Finally my question, is there any way to explain the situation to any particular college office and hopefully somehow bypass the high school math deal? I know it sounds impossible because you have to have a High School Degree and I didn’t pass math, but I mean, is there like, logical reasoning people out there somewhere that understand that what I want to be (and have already been) working on does not have to do with functions, domains, codomains, linear functions, trigonometric functions, quadratic functions, logarithms, etc. etc. ?

Or am I just doomed.. ?

Keekla asked:


I have two questions. One, I need to know from anyone who is in this line of work what I can expect entering a career like this, like your daily life in the job. My second question is what school did you go to or what school do you suggest? Thank you!
I didnt mean suit me in that way…I meant in the financial department and distance.

Hummingbird asked:


the upper age limit for applying in bachelor Programs is restricted to 23 years as on 1st November, 2009.

I will be 23 on 6 oct 2009, can i apply?

Kiki asked:


I have been in the HR field for the past 7 years, I have a BS in Advertising. I love decorating and it comes with such ease, I want to get into the more technical aspect of design. Should I return to school and is this a good field? If you or someone you know is n this field, please shed some light.

lucyjive asked:


I am putting together a portfolio of my interior design work for Grad school. Would it be better to put the finished colorful illustrations first and then back it up with the floor plans and sketches, or should I start out with the floor plans and sketches and lead up to the finial piece. Any opinions would be great thank you so much. : )

From The Stars 09 Looks Brighter asked:


I’ve been looking around at colleges but I haven’t found any in an area that I like and isn’t to far in the middle of nowhere. I’ve been studying GRAPHIC DESIGN and MEDIA since my freshmen yr! i really want to do something with my skills ( although amateur) and then lead into secondary english (teaching)! just need a couple of opinions! if you have ideas of OTHER SCHOOLS PLEASE OFFER!!!

TEM asked:


In other words, should children with ADD/ADHD have a different structure in school, designed in order to help them learn? Or, should these children only be punished (prevledges denied, etc…) if they cannot conform to expectations?

RAZZEL-DAZZEL asked:


I want to get my bachlors in Vis Comm. and i want to be a web designer. I just need to know the basics of wed designing in the Seattle area?? thankx