Grad School Diary #7

Well well, it seems like my little thought experiment of whether or not i want to go to grad school might actually be put to the test. UC irvine has asked me to come out for the final callback out in california, and of course I'm going to go. They're paying for most of the ticket!

This will be especially troubling, because they're program is the one that I found most interesting. Agh. What is a boy to do. Well I'll go, see what I think, probably love it, and then have a real decision on my hands when I get back. It would be a slightly different story if they were going to pay for the schooling as well, but I don't know if that kind of aid is available for MFAs.

Right now, getting my MFA seems like a luxury, and not a necessity - rather, I don't feel like getting my MFA will necessarily improve my chances of getting work when I graduate. I go to school 3 years, do a showcase, hope I get an agent, and if I don't, then I'm pretty much in the same spot I am right now. So why go to grad school? Especially when the other option is to move to LA, use my referrals to get a commercial agent right away, get a legit agent based on my reel and the body of work I've amassed, and hustle for a part-time assistant job to a producer or writer. That feels like real progress to me.

What do I do!?!

--  Shawn Dempewolff