<p>I was just in Rochester for 1.5 days of Thanksgiving eating, and boy, does Rochester suck. Just as bad as I remember it sucking growing up.</p>
<p>Grey, cold, and nothing to do.</p>
<p>inamini,</p>
<p>My wife drives an orange Mini Cooper S convertible. I steal it whenever I can...</p>
<p>Regarding Cooper, I agree regarding acceptance from Arts High Schools. At the on "campus" presentation, a subset of students intrpduced themselves. Over half were from creative and performing arts HS, with the biggest concentrations from DASH in Miami and LaGuardia in NYC.</p>
<p>In my daughters CAPA, the are excused from classes for up to a week to work on the home test. MY D plans to give ot the majority of her attention in January.</p>
<p>Regarding Rochester, we get our share of cold in Pittsburgh: 10 degress yesterday morning. That said, we do have a thriving art community for a small city.</p>
<p>Pittsburgh was cold and dreary too, but for a very brief part of each year. And there was always "something to do" in South Oakland, whereas in Rochester, there is ... </p>
<p>well.</p>
<p>There are some bars :)</p>
<p>In Rochester there is Abbotts Frozen Custard and Nick Tahoe's. Well, that about covers it.</p>
<p>Aww, garbage plate.
Good times.</p>
<p>Is Monroe Show World still there? haha</p>
<p>Taxguy...my son was in a similar situation when he applied to music performance programs. He was accepted into 4 conservatory programs, and two universities. Ultimately his final two top choices were New England Conservatory and Boston University. He chose BU because he wanted a broader exposure than a conservatory would have given him. Of course, NEC had the more prestigious and focused music program. BUT he is very very happy with his choice of BU. It had to be HIS decision. After all, he is the one attending college, not the parents.</p>
<p>Taxguy:</p>
<p>I don't know if this will help, but I discouraged my son, and he agreed, from applying to the film school at the estimable North Carolina School of the Arts, where he had gone for two summers. I felt that, at the undergraduate level, film was better learned in a university setting where he could obtain a broad-based education, which would better inform his filmmaking. It was a good decision since he is minoring in Peace and Conflict Studies something that wouldn't be available at the NCSA.</p>