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<p>Umm, not with that list. Stanford, Duke, UCLA, Pomona, & Oxy don’t offer undergrad biz.</p>
<p>Concur that Emory & Rice are worth a look, but not on the left coast. For LACs, look at Puget Sound which has an excellent music program.</p>
<p>^^^Sure, I was speaking generally!</p>
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<p>If you were asking me if I thought your sister would prefer Oxy to UIUC, I never said that. How could I know what your sister would prefer? What I said, to help your sister v the stats ?, is that Oxy has just as good stats as UIUC once the stats of engineering are removed, but I don’t know that you can find them culled that way on UIUC’s website or in their CDS. </p>
<p>It’s really too bad that stats like that determine so much for so many. And don’t get me wrong, my S attended UIUC and enjoyed his time there very much.</p>
<p>If your sister has a strong interest in Music Business I suggest the Thornton School of Music at USC. Offered there is a B. S. in Music Business as well as a B. M. in Music Business. Thornton is an excellent school of music with a conservatory feel within a major university. </p>
<p>The university has strong ties to the entertainment industry and there are opportunities for music students to take courses in the famous School of Cinematic Arts. </p>
<p>USC is a private university, but the majority of students are on financial aid. About 21% of the students are on merit scholarships. Some qualify for both. The student body is quite diverse. About 11% of students are from abroad.</p>
<p>On YouTube there are videos from Thornton which explain more about the faculty and programs at the school. Midori is Chairman of the Strings Department. Also, on the faculty are Ralph Kirshbaum and noted jazz and popular music Grammy award winners.</p>
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<p>Yeah, but they are not accepting the exact same students. The SAT 75th percentile for Pomona is over a hundred points higher. CMC is a selective school to be sure, but a kid with stats a little on the low end for Pomona might still have a shot at CMC.</p>
<p>^^The also look for different types of majors…for example, a premed wannabe won’t be all that successful in CMC admissions even with top test scores.</p>
<p>Not true about CMC and Pre-Med. It’s a fine place to study for Pre-Med and wouldn’t be a disadvantage in admissions. My son’s roommate at CMC had his choice of med schools after graduation.</p>
<p>Of course it’s a fine place to study almost anything, bcos of the consortium. But, unlike a typical college where 25+% of matriculating frosh maybe premed, that ain’t the case at CMC. Heck, they don’t even offer their own science classes (unless you count “military science”). The point is that they seek out history/government/econ kids bcos that is their reason for being. That is not saying that premed wannabes won’t get in, but a lot fewer will be accepted to CMC than other comparable LAC bcos CMC is focused.</p>
<p>[Departments</a>, Programs, Majors - CMC](<a href=“http://www.cmc.edu/academic/departments.php]Departments”>http://www.cmc.edu/academic/departments.php)</p>
<p>Joint Science is a real department - even if it is a joint program between three of the colleges. By pooling their resources they could provide a better program than each could individually. That doesn’t mean that it is not a part of CMC, nor that the college isn’t looking for students in the sciences.</p>
<p>According to IPEDs, of the 281 degrees offered last year, 18 were science-related. That would be 6.4%. Hmmmmmmm.</p>
<p>We know a girl who got a full ride to University of the Pacific for music. She hopes to become a Music Educator.</p>
<p>[Conservatory</a> of Music - University of the Pacific](<a href=“http://web.pacific.edu/x1458.xml]Conservatory”>http://web.pacific.edu/x1458.xml)</p>
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<p>Second vote for Pacific, which has an excellent music program.</p>
<p>Also second Georgia Girl’s suggestion about USC – they have both undergrad biz and a music program. They are also seeking to increase geographic diversity. OTOH, USC loves high test scores, so merit money is unlikely.</p>