[Lucid:]

I started going to a community college when I was 15. my high school had a program called running start where the high school would pay tuition at any community college in the state. I just had to meet with my high school counselor once a quarter to make sure I was keeping good grades. which wasn't hard. I'm pretty sure my community college classes were easier than the AP classes I would have been taking in high school. I had to pay for textbooks, but it was basically two free years of college. I finished my associate's degree and got my high school diploma at the same time.

I transfered to Brigham Young University in Utah last fall. I've been here a year, and living in Utah is driving me crazy! @.@ but tuition here's cheap, plus I have a half-tuition scholarship. so it's nice.

I came to BYU expecting to major in Graphic Design. but when I showed up and discovered that some of my credits didn't transfer right, and that they only took 10 people per semester into the program, I was mad. then I took an advertising class. the first day of class, I suddenly realized that advertising was my calling in life. I LOVE advertising so much. so I switched my major early on, and I apply to the program in the fall. I have no worries about getting in, because my advertising group was my professor's favorite out of the whole class. my professor is head of the admissions committee, and the project we did for that class is one of the biggest factors in admissions decisions. two of my group members got accepted this winter, so I'm sure I'll be good enough to get in. I just need to make a rockin' awesome admissions video this summer and I'm pretty much set.

I'm also planning to double-minor. To be in the creative advertising track, you're required to get a minor in either English (for copy writers) or in Advertising Design (for Art Directors). Since I want to be an art director, I'm minoring in ad design. for a while, I debated whether or not to get a second minor in business marketing, but I didn't want to take a stats class. but the scholarship office gave me a scholarship for Fall that I didn't apply for, so I had to sign up for more than twice as many credits as I was planning to take in order to get the money. I decided to just give in and sign up for my business classes while I have the time to. so I'm almost-finishing the business minor in one semester. I would only have two classes left to take for it.