Not intending to troll this, but I have to disagree. The first year with the ‘bullshit’ is often called Foundation, and its here that you learn the lay of the land not just regarding what your school of choice has to offer, but interact with the other students who may be in your studio, get a sense of the pecking order of art/design programs at the school, explore other fields…which looking back had as much to do with “design” as the core design classes did. One of the things that irked me about foundation year was hearing some other students in my 3D class complain “I want to be a photo major, why am I doing this” or even in 2D “I want to be an ID major, why does this matter”. It ALL matters. Your job is to absorb as much as possible, to fill the cup until overflowing and then sleep and then fill it again. Editing-down at this point in one’s life is truly short-changing the university experience by assuming you know what needs to be learned.