{"id":157,"date":"2020-06-22T05:15:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T09:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2019\/?p=157"},"modified":"2022-06-06T23:54:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T03:54:43","slug":"goals-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/goals-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Paths to a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Earlier this year, I graduated from <a href=\"http:\/\/cotc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Central Ohio Technical College<\/a>, with an Associate&#8217;s Degree in Applied Sciences, having majored in the Digital Media Design program. While I was a student there, I learned a lot about how to create all kinds of digital media able to be shared online, including images, graphics, clips, videos, and this very website! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vladimir-Plantins-College-Diplomas-Square-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"289\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vladimir-Plantins-College-Diplomas-Square.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/?attachment_id=289\" class=\"wp-image-289\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vladimir-Plantins-College-Diplomas-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vladimir-Plantins-College-Diplomas-Square-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vladimir-Plantins-College-Diplomas-Square-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vladimir-Plantins-College-Diplomas-Square-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vladimir-Plantins-College-Diplomas-Square-1536x1536.png 1536w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vladimir-Plantins-College-Diplomas-Square-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"821\" src=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/COTC-College-Diploma-biege-1024x821.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"288\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/COTC-College-Diploma-biege.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/?attachment_id=288\" class=\"wp-image-288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/COTC-College-Diploma-biege-1024x821.png 1024w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/COTC-College-Diploma-biege-300x240.png 300w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/COTC-College-Diploma-biege-768x615.png 768w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/COTC-College-Diploma-biege-1536x1231.png 1536w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/COTC-College-Diploma-biege.png 2008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While I do think learning these new skills was a pretty amazing experience, what I&#8217;ve REALLY wanted to learn was to do animation, possibly 2-D or 3-D animation. COTC&#8217;s DMD program fell short of what I expected there, but I did find other schools that could teach me more. Now I&#8217;ve got my sights squarely towards earning a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in Digital Art, so it&#8217;s likely that&#8217;ll be my level of education reached by or before 2030. The question is: from where will I earn it? Here are 3 potential answers below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationcareerreview.com\/articles\/top-50-animation-schools-and-colleges-us-2020-college-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"404\" src=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Capture-2020-Top-U.S.-Animation-Schools-Rankings-1024x404.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Capture-2020-Top-U.S.-Animation-Schools-Rankings-1024x404.png 1024w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Capture-2020-Top-U.S.-Animation-Schools-Rankings-300x118.png 300w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Capture-2020-Top-U.S.-Animation-Schools-Rankings-768x303.png 768w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Capture-2020-Top-U.S.-Animation-Schools-Rankings.png 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>This is this year&#8217;s (2020) ranking of the top 50 schools for animation in the United States; as you can see, the 3 colleges I&#8217;m thinking about going to are considerably close to each other in the ranking, at numbers 21, 24 &amp; 26. Click or tap the screenshot for the source website.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/film-studies.osu.edu\/programs\/majors\/MIP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"991\" src=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ohio-State-Buckeyes-Logo-1024x991.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ohio-State-Buckeyes-Logo-1024x991.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ohio-State-Buckeyes-Logo-300x290.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ohio-State-Buckeyes-Logo-768x744.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ohio-State-Buckeyes-Logo.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>While I was a student at COTC, I made friends with many students at this university, and earlier this year, I found out more about their Arts program (tap the USO logo to see the major).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-A-727x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"245\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-A.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/osu-newark-admissions-scan-a\/\" class=\"wp-image-245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-A-727x1024.png 727w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-A-213x300.png 213w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-A-768x1081.png 768w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-A-1091x1536.png 1091w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-A-1455x2048.png 1455w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-A.png 1577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-C-736x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"246\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-C.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/osu-newark-admissions-scan-c\/\" class=\"wp-image-246\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-C-736x1024.png 736w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-C-216x300.png 216w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-C-768x1069.png 768w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-C-1104x1536.png 1104w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-C-1472x2048.png 1472w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/OSU-Newark-Admissions-scan-C.png 1522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccad.edu\/academics\/animation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Columbus_College_of_Art_and_Design_logo-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Columbus_College_of_Art_and_Design_logo-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Columbus_College_of_Art_and_Design_logo-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Columbus_College_of_Art_and_Design_logo-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Columbus_College_of_Art_and_Design_logo-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Columbus_College_of_Art_and_Design_logo-1536x1536.png 1536w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Columbus_College_of_Art_and_Design_logo-2048x2048.png 2048w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Columbus_College_of_Art_and_Design_logo.png 2096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>My younger brother is set to graduate from this school this year. And it has an Animation major that gives students a real spring-forward step in the animation industry. Tap the logo here to see its M<g class=\"gr_ gr_135 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"135\" data-gr-id=\"135\">ajor<\/g> page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-B-830x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"243\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-B.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/ccad-finaid-b\/\" class=\"wp-image-243\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-B-830x1024.png 830w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-B-243x300.png 243w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-B-768x948.png 768w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-B-1245x1536.png 1245w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-B.png 1601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-A-823x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"244\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-A.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/ccad-finaid-a\/\" class=\"wp-image-244\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-A-823x1024.png 823w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-A-241x300.png 241w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-A-768x955.png 768w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-A-1235x1536.png 1235w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-A-1647x2048.png 1647w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CCAD-FinAid-A.png 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">From what I&#8217;ve always heard, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ccad.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">CCAD<\/a> is supposed to be a SUPER GOOD school to learn Art and Design from. However, it&#8217;s also <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccad.edu\/admissions\/tuition-fees\" target=\"_blank\">SUPER HIGH in prices<\/a>, as you can see from my brother&#8217;s Financial Aid sheets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcad.edu\/animation\/program\/program-overview\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"455\" src=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/vladwp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LCAD_Logo_2008-1024x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LCAD_Logo_2008-1024x455.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LCAD_Logo_2008-300x133.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LCAD_Logo_2008-768x341.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LCAD_Logo_2008.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Unlike the other 2 colleges, which are located in Columbus, Ohio, this college named <a href=\"http:\/\/lcad.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LCAD<\/a> is near Los Angeles, California, where many of the animation industry&#8217;s world-renowned studios are also located. Click or tap the logo to check out their Animation undergrad program. However, the <g class=\"gr_ gr_429 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"429\" data-gr-id=\"429\">challenge<\/g> here, like with CCAD, is that the annual tuition costs are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcad.edu\/admissions\/tuition-financial-aid\/bfa-tuition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not exactly cheap<\/a>, and I would likely have to move to live on campus there, which wouldn&#8217;t be cheap in California, either&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you&#8217;ve got some experience with <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">college<\/g> education, whether you&#8217;re an educator or have just been a student, I&#8217;d like to have your feedback on this; comment below on somewhere else where I can read from you. Just don&#8217;t ask if I want to take up any student loans &#8211; I am NOT planning a future full of debt! Hope to see you around!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I graduated from Central Ohio Technical College, with an Associate&#8217;s Degree in Applied Sciences, having majored in the Digital Media Design program. While I was a student there, I learned a lot about how to create all &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/goals-education\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,21,40,39],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-20","tag-2020s-plans","tag-college","tag-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vladimirplantin.com\/wp2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}