go to community college and not whatever overpriced trade schools are holding kickass assemblies and giving out cool demo reels -- community colleges have the same classes for far cheaper, with access to the same tools, the same books, instructors who aren't actively competing with students and integration into an accredited school system with pretty well developed and varied coursework leaving you room to learn the things you would like to learn and grow as you would like to grow. don't go to art school, don't go to mechanic school, don't go to architect school -- go to community college, it has all those things and it won't cost you hardly anything in loans, vs trade schools that are fast climbing in cost (guaranteed tuition hikes as a means to lock students into applying early should be illegal, but isn't). if anyone tells you that's wrong, or that people shouldn't aspire to community college, tell them to write you a check. only go anywhere else if they're paying, because working while schooling is some bullshit.