What if I could have it all? What would I do if I could choose every great major to accomplish in my life? I have certainly had my whims and wishes over the past five years, and I must say it hasn't stopped. Now I've been reading up on Linguistics, doing research and finding that is just that - research. The programs are difficult, too, it's not just learning about linguistics in a philosophical or anthropological sense... its THAT in conjunction with learning two to three other languages, oh yea and being complete grammar-Nazi at the same time. All fun and games over theree...? Yea no. I've been analyzing my conversations with other people, and with the graduate counselor at Gallatin, and I realize maybe I'm chasing the wrong goose [ha - grammar-correct-English-phrase-Nazis take that and put it in your coffeee]. But basically I have two desires from my continuing education - one being to find a way to market myself as a desperate-to-be-intercontinental designer [d.t.b.i.d for short], and two to learn a [or a few] foreign languages. Shouuldd I then look into Master's in foreign languages? [hahah Rich will killll me for this if he's reading... oh hey! hi!] Reading into the Italian Studies program at NYU it seems like a great fit! It appears to be a small program - actively seeking students and is not limited to the language itself. At NYU the graduate program promotes the study of the Italian culture as a whole - kind of the feeling I got from Italian classes when in Italy [they want to tell you everything about everything]. They also have a 1-year advanced master's study in Florence [!!!!!] ! Wow! Getting my parents to be okay with this is another thing... Whenever I tell them my friends are planning on pursuing master's in programs other than their bachelor's degree they tend to frown upon it [especially my friends in architecture who have expressed interest in other fields]. But let's not forget proposition #1 - I shalt market myself as a better Archie with my advanced language skills. In which case I guess it would be more advantageous to study something like Spanish or Chinese... but who's counting? hahah Okay, for real though Spanish would be a much more marketable language to a firm, especially in California or New York. I'm sure there would be a handful of firms ready to eat me up and send me out to Spanish Harlem. I guess if I could pay my way for the master's program I would jump on board in an instant! [with some reassurance that I might find work after it's all over] I think this is the time when I really need to speak with DBell and Demetrios. This whole idea of a new field for my master's comes from Demetrios himself - with the understanding that a master's in architecture is basically a continuation of undergraduate studies, only with the addition of trying to learn more up-to-date computational thingsss... booo boring. Why not learn the world view of a different group of people? I'd much rather have a new perspective on life and living before reentering the design world, than gaining the knowledge of a few more keystrokes and dying over my keyboard for more years without making a dime. Ahh, alright enough ranting. Thinking this out - maybe talking with Daria would be helpful, too. She is the closest person I would feel comfortable talking to about the realities of finding a job after pursuing such a degree, with the idea in mind that she would give me honest feedback as to whether or not real-life firms would find it a legitimate career choice. Bing! Oh beautiful lights going on in my mind.
Also, after peering into the NYU programs for a bit, I decided to take a dive on over to Harvard [yet again]. And oh booo you Harvard. Students who wish to pursue the master's program.... well no luck for you. At Harvard you have to commit your soul to finishing the Ph.D. [probably because who really needs a Ph.D. in language? I might kick myself later in life for saying this]. But really? That makes me turn away and almost run in hysterical fits of laughter. It makes no sense to me why a community of people would be so against students interested in obtaining a master's in a field of language. Oh well... I guess that rules out the iffy choice anyway. NYU it is! You are my soul's desire young school in the city. Where else might my heart lead me? I could also look into SUNY Albany... but really, I realllyyy don't want to be trapped in this area much longer. Another "whole point" to grad school is to get me away from the forever Albany-Troy-Capital Region sinkhole I've fallen into. I really want a story to tell for when I'm older. A story to tell firms when I arrive at the doorstep begging to unleash my design creativity [which I don't believe can fade at this point]. Maybe "most people" won't understand... but I don't expect them to. Can I someday say - yes I went through five years of undergraduate school in Architecture and then completed a master's in Spanish - and somehow expect to at least engender some form of amusement and jealousy in my interviewer? Well, I kind of hope so because this is a genius plan... who would want to pass this up? And if languages and/or writing/reading isn't your thing - well then I don't know think of it as going to school for finger painting - it's guna be just that awesome! Plan on being further informed in the near future. Fun and exciting Future - here I come!
http://italian.as.nyu.edu/page/graduate
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Also, after peering into the NYU programs for a bit, I decided to take a dive on over to Harvard [yet again]. And oh booo you Harvard. Students who wish to pursue the master's program.... well no luck for you. At Harvard you have to commit your soul to finishing the Ph.D. [probably because who really needs a Ph.D. in language? I might kick myself later in life for saying this]. But really? That makes me turn away and almost run in hysterical fits of laughter. It makes no sense to me why a community of people would be so against students interested in obtaining a master's in a field of language. Oh well... I guess that rules out the iffy choice anyway. NYU it is! You are my soul's desire young school in the city. Where else might my heart lead me? I could also look into SUNY Albany... but really, I realllyyy don't want to be trapped in this area much longer. Another "whole point" to grad school is to get me away from the forever Albany-Troy-Capital Region sinkhole I've fallen into. I really want a story to tell for when I'm older. A story to tell firms when I arrive at the doorstep begging to unleash my design creativity [which I don't believe can fade at this point]. Maybe "most people" won't understand... but I don't expect them to. Can I someday say - yes I went through five years of undergraduate school in Architecture and then completed a master's in Spanish - and somehow expect to at least engender some form of amusement and jealousy in my interviewer? Well, I kind of hope so because this is a genius plan... who would want to pass this up? And if languages and/or writing/reading isn't your thing - well then I don't know think of it as going to school for finger painting - it's guna be just that awesome! Plan on being further informed in the near future. Fun and exciting Future - here I come!
http://italian.as.nyu.edu/page/graduate
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