*my post got deleted before, so I decided to repost it
The title says it all…today’s rant is clearly going to be about Universities and PR people.
The time to apply to universities is just around the corner, and I’m afraid to say, I’m hella confused now. I still know I want to go into Journalism, but I just don’t know what university to attend.
Since grade 10, I’ve always wanted to go to Ryerson. I thought it would be the ideal university for me. Their Journalism program caught my attention since day one, but…I’ve had a change of heart. The desire to go there has simply died down. After talking to their admin, students who are currently enrolled in the program as well as reading reviews, I just don’t think it’s for me.
Everyone’s telling me that in order to get into Journalism, I absolutely have to go to university and get a degree that says I got my bachelors in journ. I don’t believe that at all. If that were the case, why is it that I see reporters on TV who have never even taken a communications course? I feel like society just says things for the heck of it when they don’t even have any proper general knowledge about the topic. The way I look at it, a piece of paper will not decide your future. However, the amount of experience you have will. Experience is the key to success.
With that being said, I’m leaning towards media arts/mass communications when it comes to universities. This way I’ll be able to get the journalistic and filming aspects to my desired work field. York university seems to have a really great film program which really interests me. Another university I want to apply to is Guelph Humber… it’s a joint college/university so I’ll be able to get honours bachelor of applied arts in media studies and a diploma in media communications with an area of emphasis in journalism (which is pretty damn good, it’s a two in one combo!). I just feel like Ryerson isn’t what I expectated it to be…I’m not that excited about it as I used to be.
I received a message from someone who is also applying to univeristies this year and also wishes to go into journalism, here's the message:
"Neha, I am working my butt off for marks in order to get into ryerson too. My average is an 87. What am I going to do if I don't get in? I'm so confused, you seem to have your whole life figured out? HELP PLEASE?!"I honestly hate this whole "overall average" system, it's just complete bullshit. My english teacher last year was right when he said all people care about is marks, even if they don't understand the material they are being taught. So I'm going to ask you the same question he asked my class, "What did you learn at the end of the semester"?. Honestly, what did you learn throughout these entire four years of high school? It seems to me that students haven't learned a thing, rather they've just been so focused on getting that 90 perecent overall average because of universities.
Students with the top averages get in to universities, but what about the students who took time out of their lives, got experience for that field, built a magnificent portfolio but only had an overall average of 80%? Most of them will probably get turned down, which is really a shame because they're more experienced than the kids who had a crappy portfolio but an amazing average.
But in regards to the anonymous who messaged me, your life isn't over if you don't get accepted to Ryerson for Journalism, or any other university for journ. Like I said, if you enter a program such as media arts or mass communications and during those four years in university, intern at tv stations, radio stations and magazines, you'll be set. At the end of the day, the little piece of paper you get stating you got a bachelors in whatever doesn't matter. I don't know how many times I have to say this but EXPERIENCE is what matters the most. Do you think companies care what marks you got in university? Nope. Do you think they care about what type of degree you got (btw I'm only talking about the field of journalism, I can't really say much for other fields because I haven't researched much about them), well no they don't. They just want someone who's qualified to have a position in their work environment.
I can't stress this enough, honestly. So many students out there are influenced in so many wrong ways...I feel so bad for them, their minds are absolutely corrupt. In fact, they think I'm the crazy person when I tell them everything will be okay if they don't get into the university of their desired choice. What they don't seem to understand is that, there's always a reason behind everything. So what if you don't get accepted to your perfect dream college/university, maybe God has planned something bigger and better for you. Just be patient and everything will fall into place in no time.
Anyways, that's enough with universities and colleges, I'll be ranting some more about them next month since I'll be submitting my applications then.
Now onto this whole PR situation.
So on October 28th I went to go watch Bharati: The wonder that is India. After watching the play, I was supposed to interview the cast/director. Unfortunately, I couldn't. Why you might ask? Because Flip Publicity is the most unorganized PR company I've ever dealt with. The staff member that I was talking to throughout the weeks always responded back so late. When I asked to interview the cast/director she told me that she'd arrange for a phone interview. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. I waited five days, I had my questions ready and everything but nope nothing happened. I emailed her constantly and told her I needed this interview for one of my articles, did she care? Clearly not since the cast and director left around two weeks ago. Thanks to Flip Publicity I can no longer write my article since the interview was needed.
I don't usually call out companies or people, but seriously this was the worst service I've ever had and I am not impressed.
I apologize to my readers, I know I told you all I would have an article about Bharati, but now there won't be one.
XO
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