Just a Slight Detour

I'll get pictures posted with this eventually, I just don't have anything quite fitting just yet....

So I didn't get into the animation department, but it's definitely not the end of the world.  At first I was a little bummed when everyone's status was changed to animation online and mine stayed the same old, pathetic studio status (which, in all honesty still hasn't even changed to pre-animation after about seven requests to my counselor to change it, but what else can you do right?)  Then again, maybe my route y is just a glitch...

Hopefully I'll be able to get that sorted out once I go ahead and try to transfer over to the illustration department, but anyway, that's besides the point.  

The real point is that the more I think about it, the more I realize that this is probably a huge blessing.  If I had gotten in, I think I could have run the risk of slacking off during the summer and not trying as hard as I have been up until my application.  I might have slowed down and missed out on so much growth if I had been accepted into the program, but because I didn't get in, I'm going to spend my summer putting ten times as much effort as before while everyone else sighs in relief with their acceptance letters.  I know I'm nowhere near the level where I want to be, but maybe this rejection and this summer will help me to change all that and help me get one step closer to my goal.

All I need to remember is this:  It's just a detour, I still have one more chance to get off on the right exit, at least at BYU. That, and I'm still torn between this and illustration, so maybe this is a hint that I need to be elsewhere.  Regardless, there's something to be learned here, and I'll be pickled if I don't just figure out what that lesson is.  Besides, there are always other schools if needs be, even if they are more expensive.......

Also, I have never been so impatient about getting a rejection letter in my life.  Let's see if I don't at least get invited back to apply in the fall.  Keep your fingers crossed everybody.