This lunchtime lecture was different from all the other’s I had attended since it was a more informal discussion between a group of prior Maggie Walker students, instead of a speaker who had more of an intentional and directed message. I really appreciated the honesty in their answers; it didn’t feel like they were trying to convince us to all go to art school, which was what I kind of expected. I learned that VCU arts is a better program than I had originally thought, with lots of resources and studio space. People are at all kinds of different artistic levels when entering art school, so at VCU all first years take AFO, which introduces them to all kinds of different materials and art “foundations”. While some of the speakers said they benefited from this experience, others said they kind of felt like they were wasting their time learning basics they already knew and didn’t end up changing their mind about their major. Overall though, I feel like the program has good intentions and is a good idea.
I don’t plan on going to an art school at the moment, but I still had one really big takeaway from this lecture- you can harass your college for financial aid! I honestly didn’t know that was a thing because in my head right now colleges are all powerful institutions, but Lily May and Alex’s advice was to go to the financial office and just ask for more financial aid, and if they say no, go and ask again. In Alex’s experience, it's also how she was able to study abroad for a little bit which is something I definitely want to do. Overall, this lunchtime lecture was really informative, and I appreciated getting to hear about art school but also just about college life from real students.
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