<p>Hello you can call me Max! I am a high school student and I have been recently looking high and low for colleges preparing for the future. I would like your guys' opinion on colleges to 'focus' on. I already pretty much know what I want to do when I am older, that is computer/ software engineering. I've always wanted to be one of those people at google or simiar sitting in a room doing code and or building computers and stuff related to such. There are TONS of schools out there for that though... but my main problem is finding a good smaller private school to go to. "There is still alot though, how is that hard?" I am also trying to find a school that has a music program to, specifically orchestral. I have been playing double bass for years and I'd like a school that would let me pursuit that way too because comuters and my bass are the two things that make me happy in life. So wonderful people on the internet, I'm not looking for all the answers but more of a guiding finger. Can you help me out?</p>
<p>U. of Rochester. You go there, you have access to the Eastman School of Music. Not as much as the Eastman students, of course, but there’s some pretty nice benefits like free music lessons, and I think Rochester students can participate in some of the musical groups. It’s worth looking into, you just have to like snow.</p>
<p>Check out Oberlin.</p>
<p>Look at Carnegie Mellon.</p>