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- Engage0
might of been the reason you didn't get in... because you were focussed on what you wanted to do... they like to 'shape' you... wankers!
I didn't get in because the woman said i looked to young!... what difference does that mean? Just coz I had washed my hair and I wasn't wearing an army jacket and DM's.... Grrrr
- kelpie0
take the work experience advice mate, seriously, it'll stand you in really good stead for the future. If I could have done one thing different (ha! ONE thing, pfft) it would be to have done that.
Believe me, I've looked at a good few graduate folios recently that aren't as good as yours is now :)
- Nairn0
i wonder if it'd do you any good to go see them or call them up and ask why they didn't accept you. it's a good strategy for jobs you don't get, just so you know exactly why.
paraselene
(May 4 06, 03:34)x2 - then kick 'em in the shins - like others have already said, I'm amazed you weren't accepted - your stuff's better than a lot of that posted on here by prospective job applicants!
Keep your chin up - maybe this was the better path, for some as-yet unkown reason?
x
- Engage0
as my mum said at the time, 'everything is meant to be' ... yeah thanks for that... I've got to get up at 5.30 every morning to get to my course on time now
- PonyBoy0
Enter response:
so are any of you tea-gulping fuckwads gonna fill me in on what a 'foundation' is or am I going to have to look it up myself?
son-of-a-bitch!
- haile_unlikely0
so are any of you tea-gulping fuckwads gonna fill me in on what a 'foundation' is or am I going to have to look it up myself?
son-of-a-bitch!
PonyBoy
(May 4 06, 03:59)Look it up on the interweb you dumb yank...
- Nairn0
I think they're 'inter-stage' courses between College and University.
In the UK, typically university- goers will have to do their 'A-level' exams at around 16-17. This is after having done GCSEs two years beforehand.
If you don't do A-Levels, then you typically work, or go to college... which is where the foundation course comes in - gives you enough 'points' and relevancy to go to Uni.
I think.
- Nairn0
nice, haile.
- kelpie0
'tea drinking fuckwads' hahaha
- Engage0
foundation = spring break
- Andys0
Dont bother with foundation mate you are good enough to go straight in to a degree course! Love the yyy competition piece by the way!
- PonyBoy0
Enter response:
woah!!! so you're saying you're held both 'accountable' and to a 'standard'...
... novel concept - I'm wondering when the U.S. will pick up on this idea... over here they crank out diplomas like Rocco Siffried does porn.
- kelpie0
yup, knew it. should never have let yous go it alone.
- andycallahan0
although many of you have said for me to go straight to a degree, i dont personally believe im good enough yet... i think a foundation will do be good.
so i guess i should be looking up for foundation courses out of my city then... scary stuff :(
i may try leeds, or nottngham on trent.
what a bloody nause
- PonyBoy0
Enter response:
andy - like everyone else said - I dig the work - you're a talented youngin' and humble...
... didn't mean to hi-jack your thread... :) g'luck w/the education!
- haile_unlikely0
yes andy, let us know how you get on....
good luck
- Mojo0
Yeah foundation in art, is well, arty. I did a national diploma in graphic design - so glad I didn't do a foundation in art.
It just involved mostly producing random crap, and learning how to draw (some people produced some awesome paintings, but they were gifted anyway).
Actually my course in graphic design involved loads of 'mark-making' crap at the start. ARGH, I was like 17 so I just wanted to go straight into photoshop. Glad I didn't.
Check out some other courses, I got onto my ND without any other quals (no gcses either - long story) because he liked my digital portfolio..
Check out some other courses.
Interviews will be starting again around june right? gogogogo
- andycallahan0
this national diploma in graphic design you speak of. do you need a foundation in art & design to go onto that course?
would that help me on my way to a degree?
thanks
- Engage0
If you do an HND (Have No Degree :D ) You can usually skip the ifrst year fo the degree... but you do miss out on that first year where you possibly meet a lot of people who'll be your friends for the rest of your life.
- Raind0g0
Yeah, your work looks good, even better for an 18 year old.
You have a great future - stick with it. It's not about them, it's about you.