It’s decided! I’m going to IU Bloomington!
I did not receive the Whitinger Scholarshop, but I was offered $22k more for a total of $40k at Ball State for four years. Even though the offered me more than IU at $32k for four years, I feel that I will have more opportunities at IU, especially because I am an exploratory student and want to take classes in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs among others. Prestige, rank, aesthetics, and dance considerations aside, making sure that my major will be available is a must. I have friends who I know will be happy at both schools, and I just hope I am making the right decision for me.
That being said, of you are looking into education (which I am still on the fence about for me), communications, and MT/dance, Ball State is a great school. A very talented friend of mine who was desperate to get out of the Midwest in college is now seriously considering Ball State’s MT program and excited about it. I know I will miss out on some wonderful opportunities I could have had as a dance minor there, especially since I was more exposed to it than IU’s program. I also know students who went there/are going there for music studies, math, and psychology… I know they will be fine