It really does seem like the first couple years of school are a waste. I guess that's why they give you dumb-ass classes to take.
Well, I was lucky that I had almost no requirements to fulfill. Gallatin is all about "take any class in any school of NYU"--in theory it's supposed to help people who already know what they want to do to avoid all the required boring stuff and get right to what they're interested in. (Of course it's also useful for people with no clue what they want to do who want to sample a lot of different things, which is what I did.)
I thought at first I was interested in history or mythology so I was taking a lot of stuff like "Ancient Celtic Myths and Culture" and "Ancient Egyptian Religion." All of which seemed tedious and irrelevant once I was actually studying it. But luckily this led me to Anthropology, which led to Cultural Studies and Gender Studies and a way to integrate my interest in film and pop culture. But by then I was halfway through.
And it doesn't help that in the first two and a half years it's nearly impossible to get any of the classes you want. They fill up so quickly that you're basically paying [insane amount of money per year] to take third and fourth choice classes.
I am so looking forward to seeing you again. Can't wait to party at MR! :)
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It really does seem like the first couple years of school are a waste. I guess that's why they give you dumb-ass classes to take.
Well, I was lucky that I had almost no requirements to fulfill. Gallatin is all about "take any class in any school of NYU"--in theory it's supposed to help people who already know what they want to do to avoid all the required boring stuff and get right to what they're interested in. (Of course it's also useful for people with no clue what they want to do who want to sample a lot of different things, which is what I did.)
I thought at first I was interested in history or mythology so I was taking a lot of stuff like "Ancient Celtic Myths and Culture" and "Ancient Egyptian Religion." All of which seemed tedious and irrelevant once I was actually studying it. But luckily this led me to Anthropology, which led to Cultural Studies and Gender Studies and a way to integrate my interest in film and pop culture. But by then I was halfway through.
And it doesn't help that in the first two and a half years it's nearly impossible to get any of the classes you want. They fill up so quickly that you're basically paying [insane amount of money per year] to take third and fourth choice classes.
I am so looking forward to seeing you again. Can't wait to party at MR! :)