graduate school part 2

So, part of the reality of pursuing a career is your potential to earn an income with the training that you receive from your education. Part of this consideration is the cost of the education in the first place. I was given this advice when I was applying to graduate school and thought it to be a little extreme but have found that it is true: if you are good enough to be there then you should be paid to be there. Compensation such as tuition waivers, comped housing scholarships and the likes. An MFA is thought to be a silver bullet to jobless Bohemian lifestyle, but for most it is the beginning and the cause of that lifestyle choice. When you get out of school the likely hood of walking into a tenured college professorship is slim to nil. Seriously. Maybe 1% get that reality. Most people work freelance, teach at multiple institutions, making about as much as heir friends who are bar tenders.

Artists don't like to talk about money but its all around you and the cost of your future starts with the price tag of your education.

When you get into graduate school, there is one skill that will help you more than anything, networking.

I will pick up on this later. Good luck if you decide this is the way to go.