I received my letter from UVic yesterday, stating that they regretted to inform me that I was not accepted into their School of Music. It also said something to the affect of "there were a lot of applicants this year, and so we were only able to take a few people. Please don't let this discourage you from applying to other music schools if you haven't done so already." This is good advice, if I had received this letter months ago, when I could still have applied for other music programs (just forget that it's impossible to receive a letter of rejection before I even auditioned). Also, I find it hard not to be discouraged when I've applied to UVic 3 times, and have been rejected 3 times.
Another part of it, is that going to the Conservatory downtown still only gets me part way to a Bachelor of Music. I still have to go to a university to finish. I know that I haven't tried UBC or even some of the schools much further east...But the reason I wanted to go to UVic was because it's the closest university to my family. I can't finish the program at Malaspina, so I moved to Victoria. Apparently I moved here for nothing! Just to pay more rent and become unemployed over and over again...And I still end up home sick! I'm not even that far away. Could you imagine if I moved to Toronto, or even just Vancouver, where it will cost me tons more money to come back to Nanaimo for a simple weekend visit? I'd go nuts!
I have taken up my mom's advice on the insurance course being offered through Camosun though. I called Camosun yesterday and got myself on some kind of "list of interest," so I'm supposed to be receiving a brochure on the course some time this month. Hopefully by December, I'll have something that will actually get me a decent job.
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