Last year during the summer I applied to attend the Art Institute of Vancouver for Digital Film and Video Productions. Pretty cool, right? Well the tuition is $32,000 for 15 months. Wowzaa! Then last month, I was told that my stepdad didn't have much time to live. His cancer had gotten to an incurable stage. Meaning there is no treatment and all he can do is wait for his time to go while taking painkillers on the side. So my mom told me that if anything happened to him she would move back to Las Vegas. Thus me changing my mind and transferred over to the Art Institute of Las Vegas. Although, this would help me more because I would save money on housing, it would mean more money for tuition. At this institution it's $96,000 for 3 years without student loans or scholarships. I am, of course, applying for both, but still. The financial aid rep told me that even with both of them it wouldn't cover the full tuition. Crazy, right?
Sometimes I feel like maybe I shouldn't even go to school... But then other times I feel like even though I have to spend close to a $100,000 that it would be worth it. Those three years would make me turn into a whole new person through film. I want that. Scratch that, I need that. Yet, all my dreams and aspirations are being choked down by cash. And to be honest, money isn't everything to me. I don't care about making six digit incomes or getting a high paid job. I want to do what I love. But like the saying goes, "It all comes down to money."
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