I dropped out of art school despite having a free ride and got a computer science degree after realizing art as a career was not for me. I don't regret that decision. Everyone I knew who got an art degree is either doing frontend web shitwork or working in coffee shops. There surely are people who can make a living doing art, but they are few in number and, generally, aren't making a good living doing art. Additionally, once the thing you love becomes work that can really suck the love out of it. Unless you're really dead set on doing it, so you can't see yourself being happy doing anything else, I'd say look around for other things that interest you and run with one of those. There are all sorts of wonderful things to know, I think you'll find the hard part is picking one rather than finding any. tacocat went to art school and, I think, finished. insomniasexx studied film and does design now. One of them might have a sunnier view.