Beware of over-committing. An enormous land-mine that can go off on your transcript if you dual enroll at a college and they you are highly engaged in a number of ensembles or performances at the performing arts high school if you are required to perform for your grade in a large enough number of different shows over the semester.
Being seen and heard is everything in music. You need an audience to perform. One of the interesting showcase opportunities is the Made in New York Jazz Competition. Open to everyone around the world, any age, solo instrumental or vocal, you produce a video and they put it out to a global audience to gauge […]
If you got into an All-State band, orchestra, or choir for your senior year, congrats! It’s a big deal, and it can help you anywhere you apply, music major or no. The problem for students in some states is that the state music educator’s association notifies you that you got in AFTER the state colleges’ early […]
Type: University Size: Large (49,785; Undergrad: 32,008; Grad:16,272); Style: Overwhelmed and overreaching Affiliations: Honors College: Honors Program (Separate Admission) Student Body: Undergraduate; Graduate Testing: SAT:1810-2060/ACT: 27-31 Admissions: 39% Students of Color: 30.1% (His.: 15.67%; AA: 6.63%; AS: 7.41% NA: 0.3%) Freshman Retention Rate: 96.0%† Freshman Graduating After 4 Years: 67% Attend a Graduate School within 10 Years: Travel Cost/Time/Airport: Car: […]
An interesting article that we found on a music college blog from a company that sells its consulting services to parents/students. We will be checking into the schools. Several of them are religious, which may fit or not fit every student. Boston University meets all of their criterion save that it can be fickle about continuing funding […]
Part of the power of a college is its alumni network. Once you’re done with school, how well can you leverage your alumni network to find career paths? Most of these networks power up around their graduate schools, but some of the top schools that are undergrad only make the list. The ratings are a hodgepodge […]
If you have a 3.5 grade point average (HPA) or lower, your options, particularly in Florida, can be very limited. Community colleges are not a good option, frequently, because their credits transfer poorly for the amount of work that is being done to earn them. You generally are looking for a “home,” at least for a […]
Hampshire College is for “out of the box” students who may or may not love school, but are smart and like to forge their own path, including designing their own major.Hampshire was founded by Amherst College and U. Mass Amherst, in their 5 college consortium (group) with Smith and Mount Holyoke. Many Hampshire grads have started pioneering, […]
There is a rumor that some teacher started that Freshmen and Sophomores were not welcome. Everyone is invited! Please come! It gives you an idea of what you’re shooting for, Freshmen, and for Sophomores, you should already be signing up to get information and ask good questions!
DownBeat Magazine lists the top schools in the country and has other sage advice: Read more here.