Would this be my drag path?
I just want to rant about what I'm experiencing right now. I know it's better to talk about this to someone I'm close with or my friends but I feel more comfortable saying this to strangers who I know I share a preference and hobbies with and doesn't know me personally. I'm 18 years old who's I would say experiencing my quarter life crisis. Ever since I was a kid I've known to be that obedient quiet kid, I grew up wanting to do things my parents would be proud of, I graduated with excellent grade and one thing that I always love is drawing. Art is something I discover when I was young I don't know where it started but I just find myself drawing at the back of my notebook and since elementary I have this art coach who train me and made me join regional competition but that passion slowly become a burden to me, I as a 11 years old child could not handle the pressure having the name of my city weighing behind my back so I run away, I ghosted my art coach in the middle of contest season and enjoyed my school life. That last me until middle school but when I reach High school I learned to love art again, I would say that reading BL manhwa and manga has a factor on finding my passion again, that's why I choose Arts and Design as my high school strand and that's when I decided that I would be an architect. It may not be my dream as a kid but I want to have a career where it is considered as practical while doing art hence I applied for an architecture course as my college course. But unfortunately I didn't pass but I wasn't that sad since my second option is Idustrial Technology major in Architectural Drafting but just a minute ago I discover that I also didn't pass that one. I am devastated, I just finished my crying season before I wrote this. Now my only option is to study Political Science. I dream to become a lawyer when I was a kid but I've been trying to study Political Science for upcoming test on the only state university that I got accepted and I don't think I would survive this 4 years course in the future, also political science as my prelaw isn't very a good choice given as it doesn't have a great work opportunity if I choose not to study in Law School at the future. I don't know what to do anymore, I'm thinking I would just grit through this and try to survive but seeing my friends being congratulated as they pass architect and Bindtech Architecture drafting really hurts me, I mean we plan that future together, A future where we're all architect.
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I can relate. I'm 4th year Psych student but I've always wanted to study something connected to art and creative work. I wanted to study interior design but in the city i was moving to there wan't any free uni course. So i ednd up in psychology ( i even didn't got in to my first chocie psychology uni lol) . When I became interested in manga and anime at the end of 1st year i tought it would be awesome to study animation or art. I have a master's thesis to write, but I have absolutely no strength for it. I'm wondering whether I should take a course in art therapy so that I can somehow combine my career with art.
Is it possible for you to do a gap year and retake your Arts exam? You may be behind by a year with your friends but you can still pursue what you want.
I don't wanna do that, I have a scholarship to maintain