hmm , college (:, graphic design? Options

[miszxjojo]

so im a junior in high school & i was thinking
about going into college for graphic designing?
my cousin told me that i should and that if im
really good at it stores will hire me to design
clothes for them and i would make a good profit
for it? i dont know.

so i'm wondering, should i go into graphic designing?
what do you do when you take grapic designing? like
what do you design? o.O

[Gigi]

What you need is real-world experience and not the word of some people that you know who say you're pretty good. I know a lot of people who know their way around Photoshop, but none of them would know what they need to do to design say a T-shirt, a website, or a brochure. That's where formal education can come in handy - it'll teach you exactly how to do that - but you can learn that on your own if you want to, and are able to. Work experience helps too when dealing with real-world clients, schedules, deadlines and whatnot.

I can't really help you with deciding your major because that's your own decision, but if you're only going to do graphic design because your cousin says you can design clothing and make a profit and you don't know what else to major in, maybe you should explore your options a bit more.