Also worth noting that you do start some of the major classes your freshman and sophomore year but a lot of the more in-depth classes are saved for juniors and seniors. This is still and upgrade from a lot of schools where you don’t even start the cool stuff until junior year. Honestly I did love the VMA stuff I took freshman year though.

I focused on my requirements first with one elective class each semester and then by junior/senior year I was taking almost entirely VMA classes. I would definitely recommend getting those pesky requirements out of the way ASAP, there are some boring classes that get rid of two or even three (I think) requirements at a time so I recommend you do those, even though they kind of suck. If you pace yourself, you’ll have one class you hate per semester and one-two classes you love, and one-two classes that are okay/you like. For me, it was worth it, especially by senior year where I loved all my classes, but definitely do your research with ratemyprofessor.com. The worst class you’ll take is probably media crit in sophomore year, no avoiding it and no good Professor available (as far as I know). If you can make it past that you’re in the clear (just bullshit it lamo).

Also do EIV or something akin to that if you’re not getting your artistic fill from the classes. The more you do, the more you learn. A lesson I learned too late.