im probably going to have to take a quarter or two at the local community college first

I recommend you do more than that. Two years would be best.

nevermind again im screwed.

No. You are not screwed.

from what they tell me if i find myself liking the over programming side more the classes are so similar the first 2 years between the two that i can transfer into the RTIS program now i just gotta figure a miracle to get it paid.

Aaron, when you started this thread you were better about your capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. But you've gotten lazier with those things. And that's not good. We encourage posters here (especially in this forum) to stick with good writing habits, because if you develop those good habits now, you'll still have them when you go applying for a job.

I see we're posting in real time here.

I meant the quarter or two to get my gpa up to par so that i can try to apply and get accepted into digipen 2 years would be great but there is no programming classes

I was taking the longer view -- the more education you get at community college, the more your options for the follow-up school widen, and the more your options for a career in games open up. Don't take the narrow view of wanting to do the minimal necessary steps - that could be a shortcut to nowhere.

im screwed as far as paying for digipen[/quote]

There are affordable options (other than that school) that you should not disregard altogether.

Might I suggest broadening your views of the whole education process? Adding some variety to your education helps so much.

Like taking classes in communication, art theory, formal writing analysis, psychology; they all help you to create a more stable base to develop projects from and help you find new aspects of game design and development that you never knew you'd have a passion for.

I'm a student, too, though not at DigiPen and I'm on the eastern side of Washington state. If it weren't for a more broad education and life experience, some of the obstacles my team has faced wouldn't be over come and I wouldn't have discovered as many passions that I now cherish.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd say I share the same opinion as Mr. Sloper; the more topics you get education in will broaden the opportunities that open up to you and may change the way you view things in the industry.

Speaking from my own experience, having some different education/life experience under your belt than the others helps out a lot, especially when back at school and on the job.