You need either a very light gold, or a pearl. If you want to go bold, black will look good but you'd have to be confident and fiery to pull it off. Diva/Equip has loads and loads of jewelery that will compliment the dress.
Scaling is a load of shit, do not pay any attention to it. Do you like the subject? Do you feel you can handle the workload? Do you have sufficient time management skills?
It depends on you. You will have a fair idea of your ability to complete four major works. Just go with what your happy...
I'm plowing through some background reading for my EX2 major work, a critical response which I'm thinking will be centered around journalism, regardless of topic/focus it will be a critical response. You seem quite well read and i align with the majority of your posts so I thought I'd ask you...