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"  I&amp;#039;m only a few days in and I have to say, Central Saint Martins has been an experience-and-a-half. The school itself is completely low-tech, more resembling a vocational school in the Bronx than a prestigious school of the arts. The caf\u00E9 is a tiny, subterranean stall with a few tables and the occasional piece of graffiti decorating its peeling walls. (Apparently, so the story goes, during the days of Jarvis Cocker it had to be shut down due to incessant drug-dealing.) And to get to the library, you must first navigate through a back door on the ground floor and through an alley where the only protection from the elements is panels of ramshackle roofing.  But you know what? I wouldn&amp;#039;t have it any other way.  There is history imbued into the walls, character in its classrooms, and the talent that has been produced here is unquestionable. It&amp;#039;s the ultimate example of &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t judge a book by its cover.&amp;quot; The Sex Pistols did their first ever gig here and it&amp;#039;s the same place John Galliano received the foundation to become who he is today. You can just feel the fingerprints left by its famed roster of alumni all over this school\u2014it is special. \u2014Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin   Central Saint Martins College of Art &amp;amp;amp; Design  I had goose bumps in our induction meeting. I kept thinking, &amp;quot;Am I really here?&amp;quot; all the while scanning the faces of my classmates wondering if the next Alber Elbaz was sitting beside me. And at other times during the meeting, I wondered why in the world I willingly signed up for this program, which can be best compared to a torturous boot camp\u2014multitudes of assignments, the expectation and demand to produce the highest quality of work. From a university that has produced so many stars, the onus on the class is tremendous.  Luckily, all the challenging aspects of the program take place against the backdrop of one of the greatest cities in the world: London. Such beautiful architecture to feast my eyes upon and some of the world&amp;#039;s most renowned museums to explore. And the city is home to famous fashion spots like Portobello Road, Dover Street Market, Harvey Nichol&amp;#039;s and Harrod&amp;#039;s. Just think of all the retail therapy that will be had, all in the name of research! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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