Picking up from yesterday –
Some of my not-as-great reasons for picking the major were:
1) Quincy Jones went there.
Now, you could argue this is a good reason. Who doesn’t want to follow in the footsteps of people they admire?
But it’s a little silly to pick a major or a school based on a person who went there. (Though, I have done it twice now, and neither time have I been disappointed. [I chose BMI because amazing composer Robert Lopez went there. And it’s probably one of the best things I’ve ever done.])
Anyway, as you know, Michael Jackson was my favorite performer in the world. Head over heels in love with him since before I could speak.
He didn’t go to a college. (Why would he have?) But his producer, who many argue (at least gotta be partially correctly) was the sort of magic pixie dust to Michael Jackson went there. And majored in MP&E. And I wanted to be like Quincy Jones.
So, I would call that a neutral reason.
2) To be impressive!
This is something that can really get me in trouble in life. I worry too much about what people think, or what I ‘should’ be doing. I did have all those great reasons for wanting to do MP&E. They’re valid. And that’s probably why it’s been overall such a wonderful experience. So, it doesn’t necessarily matter if I also have a not-great reason on top.
That being said, yes, part of me picked it because you had to apply to MP&E on top of applying to the school, so it feels more ‘selective’. And especially when I started, girls weren’t as high of an enrollment. So, I wanted to show I could do it – especially as a girl.
That leads us perfectly into talking about choosing EPD (Electronic Production & Design) tomorrow!