How many times did you have to apply to BYU to get int?
Haaaaa ha haaaaaaaaa.
See, in highschool I decided art wasn’t a career–I was going to go into International Relations, learn three languages, and become an official translator for the UN and eventually be an ambassador. Then the summer before college I worked at a stained glass studio and one of my co-workers was in the animation program at BYU. He was all, “Megan, you never talk politics. Ever. You love movies. Why don’t you go into animation?”
Problem–I didn’t take any art classes. Ever. Instead I took a crap ton of AP courses to get super far ahead on my crazy 10 year plan to be a US ambassador. So I went to college and took my first Intro to Animation class.
I applied to the program in April of 2009. I was turned down, but asked to apply again at the end of the summer. Apparently I showed promise? This was encouraging!
I applied in August of 2009. I was turned down again. Bummer. But I could apply one last time at the deadline next year! SO I retook figure drawing and joined the animation club to practice my skills. I filled a full sketchbook for the first time in my life.
I applied in April of 2010. I was turned down A THIRD TIME but INVITED TO TRY AGAIN THAT SUMMER. Vividly remember very slowly, carefully tearing up that rejection letter into the tiniest pieces I could manage. (you were only supposed to apply to the program twice. Here, on my THIRD TRY they were asking me to apply a FOURTH TIME. JUST LET ME IN ALREADY)
SO I re-retook figure drawing, audited classes from other teachers, retook intro to animation a third time from a different instructor, drew in all my classes (actually had a professor pull me aside and be like, ‘if you don’t respect my lectures enough to listen, why come to class’, and in my head I was all, “FORGET YOU MAN, I GOT A DREAM.” and just kept drawing)
And my FOURTH APPLICATION, two years after I started trying, in August of 2010 they BYU animation program finally accepted me. My town threw me a fireworks show (ok, it was the Founding Days fireworks show, but I imagined they were all for me)
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