<p>My D is a Junior and we are trying to fine tune our list for next year's applications. Can someone speak to the culture of the program and CCM? I know it is an intense program that likely leaves little time for a life outside of the training, but do the students feel a part of the larger community or very separate?</p>
<p>I auditioned/visited CCM and almost ended up going there. The feel that I got from talking to students is that they’re pretty separate from the rest of the university (they have designated CCM floors of some dorms) but I feel like it’s not impossible to have friends there from the other colleges of the university. The thing is that the CCM students are very artsy for the most part whereas the general population of the university is, from what I gathered, made up of “bros,” or people who were jocks in high school. It’s a generalization but that’s the relationship between CCM kids and other UC kids in a nutshell from what they insinuated.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>