Student Loans

don't do it unless you get into a top-tier program that the major animation houses recruit from. If you go elsewhere, somewhere that doesn't hook you up with a really good job, you will never pay off that debt.

If a place is like "yeah we get you a job" and it's a job with some podunk firm that does shitty commercials, don't do it. gotta be high-tier (though there are some firms that do commercials for big corps that pay well, but it'll be kinda soul-sucking).

How to filter schools: get in touch with alumni. ask them what the school's career process was, and how they're doing now. Don't trust the school's own stats on job placement; the people in charge of that just shove people into any old position that qualifies as an "creative career" so they can pump their numbers up.

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try to apply for government grants, if youre in the US