May 1st is weeks away and hey, guess what? I don't quite know where I should go next year!!! After applying to anywhere that I could get a family member to give me money to cover the applications fees (I had no business applying to BU and Emerson College but what the hell, 65 bucks is 65 bucks) I managed to get into 6 places. Of those six, there were really just two that I am actually interested in ( the rest were just places that various uncles and aunts either went to or wish they went to) and those two being Temple University of Philadelphia and Pace University's Manhattan campus both offer completely different Advertising programs. And to help YOU the Internet in my decision making process, I will provide a nice little blurb on each school.
Starting with PACE, the first one to send the letter and the only one so far to offer any kind of money (money is very good when you're a ward of the state and 12 grand a year is more than I am capable of raising on my own.) And the Lubin School of business has been showing me all the grand old success stories they can in the weekly email I get from them (mostly CPAs which are not in my in my field and frankly I am getting sick of their letter head) but other outlets of the internet have shown that graduates of their program have made their way to promising places. Also there was the "Pace Preview" which introduced me to Conrad, the adjunct Ad professor who did a pretty damned good job selling the school that pays for his day glow palsy pocket squares. And Kevin. Did I mention Kevin the soon to be acting student who was the only person in the room that I was watching the Oscars in with any knowledge of film and he as dwarfism and a funny accent. Call me immature but that would make a damned good roommate. Somewhere in there is also the free tickets to Inside The Actor's Studio, close proximity to ALMOST EVERY MAJOR AD AGENCY EVER (or at least in NY.) The downside to all of this is probably the most important thing of them all, their program. At Pace, I will be majoring in Marketing with an emphasis in Advertising and what not, this may be a safer option (according to the occupational genius that my mother believes she is) but denies me in the most part of the copy writing boot camp that I desire.
Then along came Temple, the first school that I looked at, the Alma Mater of Bill Cosby and to
put the pop in the pudding, they offer an extremely extensive dessert bar including pudding. That was a horrible pudding pop pun but I don't feel like deleting it right now. To get back to business, Temple is located in a city, not home to giant agencies like BBDO or the legendary Ogilvy Mathers and Wu Tang, etc. but to small boutique agencies that are not only growing in popularity but also tend to provide a good foundation for resumes and careers. Temple offers an actual Advertising major with emphasis in different parts of the field (accounts, copywriting and art) with flexibility to move between the different areas. Being that I fixed my application and received their acceptance letter during the recent break, no word of financial aid or scholarships have reached me yet so I'm going to mark down a "N/A" for that field. Philadelphia also offers the whole not being New York thing. Not that I have anything against the city, but I have this slight fear of spending so much time in New York that it might become boring to me. Next week I plan on going to Temple and visiting the Ad department to get a decent glimpse at what it may hold.
Until then, feel free to make my life decisions for me because frankly I just want to take a nap.
-COBRA COMMANDER
http://www.pace.edu/academic_psearch/display_program.cfm?School=BUS&Cred=BBA&Maj=MA4&Location=NYC
http://www.temple.edu/sct/advertising/
Starting with PACE, the first one to send the letter and the only one so far to offer any kind of money (money is very good when you're a ward of the state and 12 grand a year is more than I am capable of raising on my own.) And the Lubin School of business has been showing me all the grand old success stories they can in the weekly email I get from them (mostly CPAs which are not in my in my field and frankly I am getting sick of their letter head) but other outlets of the internet have shown that graduates of their program have made their way to promising places. Also there was the "Pace Preview" which introduced me to Conrad, the adjunct Ad professor who did a pretty damned good job selling the school that pays for his day glow palsy pocket squares. And Kevin. Did I mention Kevin the soon to be acting student who was the only person in the room that I was watching the Oscars in with any knowledge of film and he as dwarfism and a funny accent. Call me immature but that would make a damned good roommate. Somewhere in there is also the free tickets to Inside The Actor's Studio, close proximity to ALMOST EVERY MAJOR AD AGENCY EVER (or at least in NY.) The downside to all of this is probably the most important thing of them all, their program. At Pace, I will be majoring in Marketing with an emphasis in Advertising and what not, this may be a safer option (according to the occupational genius that my mother believes she is) but denies me in the most part of the copy writing boot camp that I desire.Then along came Temple, the first school that I looked at, the Alma Mater of Bill Cosby and to
put the pop in the pudding, they offer an extremely extensive dessert bar including pudding. That was a horrible pudding pop pun but I don't feel like deleting it right now. To get back to business, Temple is located in a city, not home to giant agencies like BBDO or the legendary Ogilvy Mathers and Wu Tang, etc. but to small boutique agencies that are not only growing in popularity but also tend to provide a good foundation for resumes and careers. Temple offers an actual Advertising major with emphasis in different parts of the field (accounts, copywriting and art) with flexibility to move between the different areas. Being that I fixed my application and received their acceptance letter during the recent break, no word of financial aid or scholarships have reached me yet so I'm going to mark down a "N/A" for that field. Philadelphia also offers the whole not being New York thing. Not that I have anything against the city, but I have this slight fear of spending so much time in New York that it might become boring to me. Next week I plan on going to Temple and visiting the Ad department to get a decent glimpse at what it may hold.Until then, feel free to make my life decisions for me because frankly I just want to take a nap.
-COBRA COMMANDER
http://www.pace.edu/academic_psearch/display_program.cfm?School=BUS&Cred=BBA&Maj=MA4&Location=NYC
http://www.temple.edu/sct/advertising/
Congratulations on getting in to school first of all! If you really ant an opinion, the deal at Temple sounds a lot better... and they have the exact stipulations and facets of your major that you're looking for. What's wrong with having Philly and NYC at your fingertips! You'll never be bored!
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