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08-16-2005, 11:30 AM | #1 |
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I am currently looking at colleges, planning to major in music and/or history. I play piano, oboe, and organ. Can mooters tell me anything they know about any of these schools? They are in no particular order.
Gordon College (Massachusetts) Grove City College (western PA) Univ. of Virginia Messiah College (eastern PA) Univ. of Richmond Ithaca (NY) Carnegie Mellon Wheaton (Chicago) Calvin College (Michigan) James Madison and then there's Eastman school of music at Rochester...but I'm not that good. Nor do I want to be a famous musician in a top-tier orchestra. I've looked up the music faculty I'd study under at all those schools already. One thing, if you want to study music it's a good idea to be near a big urban center so that you have access to lots of excellent musicians/concerts/etc. Not all those schools are...for example Gordon is near Boston (good) but Calvin is near...umm...? And for history, that's not as touchy an area as music. I'd think most schools would have a half-decent history department. Last edited by Mercutio : 08-16-2005 at 11:40 AM. |
08-16-2005, 11:43 AM | #2 |
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If Lebanon Valley, in Pa. still has it's past courses, it's a good school also.
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08-16-2005, 11:59 AM | #3 |
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Ah yes. I know the orchestra director from Lebanon Valley.
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Just got My 6th Year set of school results (the final year of school). I got alrite grades last year but I needed a few more to get into the course i am doing at Uni. Anyway I got ABC this year - an A in Media, B in Classical Studies, and a C in Economics. Hence - I am off to Aberdeen University to study Property! Loads of mates from my year going there too acually so its going to be a blast. I leave on the 17th of September to move into Halls - cant wait. Any other Brits goin to Uni this year?
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I'm applying to colleges too.
One of them will be James Madison. I visited there about a month a go - very good school.
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I know two people going to JMU this coming year. The only problem is...on their website, they have absolutely no faculty in organ (I just found out). The oboist looks good and the entire music deparment (they just became an "All Steinway School" with an anonymous gift of 12 Steinway grands).
I was surprised. I figured a big enough school as JMU even if it is secular would have an organ professor.
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08-16-2005, 07:49 PM | #7 |
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My suggestion is to go to the best, most renowned school that you can afford to enter (and that accepts you).
School recognition opens many doors. I would not be deterred by the prospect of not being number one in the class. Better to be average in a renowned school than the best in an average school. Secondarily, I would also consider the size of the school's endowment because it affects the quality of teachers, structures and programs... If you were to ask me about economics, among those listed, I would say: Rocherster, or Carnegie Mellon or (failing those) UVA Also try to find a school in which you fit in; e.g. I would never go to a catholic university BTW Yale has a major in music too http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/publ..._iv/music.html The major seems to come out of the department of music which handles the theory/history part. There is also a school of music http://www.yale.edu/music/ysm.html where the musicians are; that offers a degree in conjunction with the "usual" undergraduate program. Yale also, of course, has an excellent department of History. Last edited by The Wizard from Milan : 08-16-2005 at 08:25 PM. |
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I'm not really that into Ivy Leagues..I dunno. It's not as if I'm going into politics or law, or need that kind of name recognition.
I disagree with you that it's "Better to be average in a renowned school than the best in an average school"...if your a big fish in a little pond you might get more attention from the faculty. Something else about Ivy Leagues...just because Mr. Famous teaches Course 304 doesn't mean he really really teaches it. Plenty of TA's and other folks who do the real work. Thanks for the advice, though. I liked what I read about Carnegie Mellon. The only thing is, the oboists on their facutly are the type from big name symphonies who studied under brilliant oboists. So they can push you really really hard and be a little arrogant/belittling/in-your-face/etc...this one woman would be good to study under if I wanted to be a professional big-orchestra musician. But I don't. At least not now.
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I am so going to get my B.A without going into debt! Just a year and a quarter more to go...
Does anyone know what the difference between credits needed in order to enter a Masters program in America and in Ireland is? I've been looking at grad. schools and I want to apply to either the creative writing or the medieval studies program at Trinity.
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The credits should be the same, ie you should just need your BA. Best of luck with those applications when you do them.
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I just visited Towson University today for an open house. (Towson is in Maryland, by the way). I really enjoyed the people and the location of the college. Which is funny because I completely dreaded coming and I said flat out no that I would ever come to this college, but I actually did like it. I think that I will keep it in mind. I'm not crazy about their nursing school, which is what I want to do. But I have many more open houses to come, I guess.
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It was. I never thought I would enjoy Towson University.
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10-17-2008, 06:44 PM | #20 |
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I would love to go to Notre Dame, its very beautiful. I'm trying not to stray away from Maryland though, maybe for Graduate Schools...oh that is so far from now. College couldnt come any sooner
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