<p>does anyone know if it is possible to major in for example, civil engineering and still be able to join an orchestra on campus? im mainly looking at UC's and CSU's</p>
<p>Sure… time management. Simple answer. There are engineers in sport teams.
Have you visit those chance me threads on MIT, Harvard forums yet?
Those students listed a bunch of exceptional achievements. Man, I wonder how they do that?</p>
<p>So, it’s definitely possible.</p>
<p>Yes it’s possible. I have a couple of friends who did this in college, though they only met once a week.</p>
<p>If orchestra is anything like marching band, you will do just fine. Engineering is the most popular major in marching band, there are no doubt lots of engineering majors in the other music ensembles as well.</p>
<p>Tons of people do it. Engineering students do all the same stuff that other students do, they just don’t always do quite as much of it. I knew honors engineering students who did multiple performing groups, who spent 20+ hours a week in rehearsals. If you want to do that AND party like its 1999, thats when you pick an easier major.</p>
<p>I’m finishing up degrees in EE and viola performance. Definitely requires a lot of time management and work, but definitely possible and worth it.</p>
<p>Music & Engineering have a lot of overlap. I’m an engineer, still playing chamber music & pit orchestras, and I’m always surprised at how many engineers sing in choirs regularly, play guitar, are in bar bands, etc.</p>
<p>Different colleges, and different colleges within large universities can vary. When I was getting my BS in Engineering at the University of Illinois many years ago, I was in Symphonic Band & Clarinet Choir (3 and 2 rehearsals/week) plus other pickup groups. One of my friends followed up a BS in Electrical Engineering at Illinois with a Masters in Clarinet Performance at Julliard!</p>
<p>On the other hand, in grad school at Penn State, the Acoustics program fielded a woodwind quintet, while the music department didn’t have a regular quintet.</p>