I want to be a famous fashion designer?
Anything is within your reach! Definitely take sewing classes if you haven't. Arts,Drawing,Art History, Business management. Start saving money to get a nice state-of-the-art sewing machine. You should also try to rent out a one room office space or take over a room in your house so you can have your own studio and start making clothes for yourself and your friends. Male and female. From here you could probably start your own boutique and go from there. The most important thing you need to do is master your craft and have great word of mouth. Don't ever think any of your ideas are bad. Try them all!
Performing Arts gap year ideas?
Honestly? Don't do it. Why? If you don't find any roles or any way to participate in the performing arts or very little opportunities, you will fall out of practice. Singing and acting are like muscles that atrophy if you don't exercise them frequently, and constantly let them grow through building good habits. People who take gap years right after high school end up very unlikely to graduate from a four year college. You are young, this is prime time for growing and building your skills-- don't risk doing that by not jumping into it right after high school. Of course if you are really disciplined as a person taking a gap year might not be a bad thing, but most people don't have the will and determination to go back to school once they are free from it for a year or more. But hey its your life, your decision! if you think you'll have great opportunities if you take a gap year then go for it. Just remember that you will have to do things like work and pay bills and get a car and pay for it if you become an independant adult. If your planning on sitting around at your parents.... think about how bored you'll be and you'll feel kind of crappy because all your friends from high school are out having a great time at college (I've been there).
How do you become a fashion designer?
You sound exactly like me...except im a 15 year old girl. I want to be a fashion designer sooooo bad. I am working towards that dream through an internship. In this internship I am at a local boutique and I love it. I'm learning about marketing, styling and I just got back into sewing classes. I would suggest starting out working at a fashionable store like forever21 or marc jacobs or any of the big name stores. Being surronded by fashion is going to inspire you and you're going to learn a lot. If you aren't interested in getting a job or if they aren't hiring, then an internship/shadow would be a better idea. A shadow day is where you go to a business site that you are interested in, since you like fashion lets just say you want to go shadow an armani exchange store. First you should do some research on the place and get a list of questions done for the day you shadow if they are ok with that. You'll also need to make a cover letter and resume and the cover letter should explain what the shadow day is and the second paragraph should contain your reason for why you choose this site and what you hope to gain knowledge of. The last paragraph in your cover letter should be saying "I will contact you soon to see whether it might be possible to arrange a shadow day. In the meantime, I can be reached on my cell phone at: (whatever your cell/main # is). You may also e-mail me at:(your email)" this should be the subject of your email and for your resume attatch it in the email and send it to the business' email. Then call them a day or two later to see if they are ok with having you shadow. Shadowing is just basically where you go to the business you are interested in for a couple of hours one day and seeing how they work and what usually happens. If you like it then you contact them after your shadow day is over and ask if it would be ok to intern there.
How do I pursue graphic designing after engineering?
Pretty much the same way you would if you were not an engineer, except that you might have some advantages over starting from scratch.In today's business climate, at least in the USA and probably other developed nations, a degree is usually necessary even to just get you past the HR filter. When I started in design, no one ever asked me for a degree. They just wanted to see the portfolio. If you had strong work samples, you could get a good design job. Nowadays though, you can rarely get your portfolio in front of the hiring person unless you have an advanced degree, even if your portfolio is stronger than most.However, many of those requests for a degree say something like, "BA or preferably Masters degree in design or a related field." Many HR people would consider engineering a related field.And to a degree, that is right. I was recently conversing with a friend, showing him my new wallet. I was telling him that most wallets are built to be just slightly too narrow to hold two credit card sized cards side by side. If it were just slightly wider, like my new one, it could be only half as thick and still fit in pockets. I said the same thing happens with your average briefcase. They are generally about half an inch too small to fit two letter-size sheets side by side. If they were just a tiny bit wider, you could fit twice as many documents in them. "I hate bad design!" I said. My friend said I think just like a mutual friend of ours, who is an engineer. There are a lot of similarities between the two professionsSo, to transition to graphic design you would have to:Learn to communicate visually in two dimensionsLearn about using line, shape, imagery, color, and typography to communicate a message and a moodLearn the right software, currently the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign mainly)That's an oversimplification, but it's a start.
I didn't study computer science in 11th and 12th grade, but now I wish to pursue computer science at the Manipal Institute of Technology. Is it a good decision to do so?
YES! If you can code and apply logic, take it. Passion, perseverance and patience to solve problems will make you a great CS undergrad.I was in the same boat. I took up Engineering Design in 12th, (something unique I know). It was easy, scored a 95+ in boards but deeply regretted taking it up and missing out on Computer Science since I have been into Computers since 7th grade.
How many classes are you taking/did you take your Senior year of high school?
My senior schedule is probably way harder than it should be. But hey, I like a challenge. I'm in 3 AP's this year (junior) and it's relatively easy so I'm loading up for next year. I'm taking AP Literature (already took AP Lang), Honors Physics, AP Environmental (already took AP Chem), Honors Global Relations (I've never been good at social studies so I don't do AP's in those), AP Statistics (already took AP Calc) and AP French (which is actually a joke of a class). To fill up the extra space I have gym paired with a late arrival (hopefully!) every other day, and theater and nutrition. I might have one other late arrival or early release if I need it, but it looks bad for colleges so I'm trying not to. My school has really weird block scheduling (4 classes at a time that switch halfway through the year) and some classes last 2 marking periods and some last 3 and some are every other day. So it gets messy. I need to see if I get the classes I request and then I will know for sure what I'm doing. But I'm taking all my core classes.
Should i do A level ART ?!?!?
If you are not truly dedicated to A Level art my advise would be against it, mainly because of the high amount of research and standard of work. It is much harder to pull A's and B's in A Level art than GCSE. I took Double Award A Level art. I loved it. But that's because i am passionate about it. It does involve a high amount of painting/drawing/sculpture. As somebody above has stated it is a very independant subject. I usually just went in most of the time without a teacher and got on with things. The teachers set the brief then you are allowed to explore it and evolve it in your own way. Art is all about not following others. Just because your work may be "bold and standard" doesn't mean it isn't good .. you've found your own interest and style which is important and A Level art will provide you with the correct equipment and skills to develop that. For the never having any free time part .. that is an unfortunate side to the subject .. i did DOUBLE art so NEVER had any free time. But i don't regret it because most of the time i spend doing art independantly anyway :) now i'm going on to study an Art Degree in september. My advise would be to take it .. if you enjoy it and are eager to explore it further. It can be really fun! And the A-Level itself will provide you with more advanced skills so don't think you van't do it because you don't know enough. I got a grade C in GCSE art and got A's in A level art.