<p>Hey, I have searched and found some other posts related to this, but I am having such a hard time in my college search! I am looking for solid business (acct, finance, int. bus) and french programs. I would like a city setting with other colleges around, med-large size. </p>
<p>The hardest part finding a fit is my dance intentions. I have danced 20+ hours a week for years tap, ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, modern, etc. I would like to continue. A good dance team or company will work, but I also need weekly technique classes and possibly a minor. </p>
<p>I will not go to an all girls school, I don't have an ivy league worthy academic or ec record either. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any advice I can get!</p>
<p>Goucher College is known to have an excellent dance program. I don’t know about their business program, but I imagine they have a good french program because the school very much emphasizes study abroad. Also, I read that the acceptance rate was like 70% (maybe this is a bit exaggerated), so even if your record isn’t “ivy league worthy” you would probably have a great chance at goucher.</p>
<p>I thought one of the big dance magazines runs articles about dance programs. Have you looked through any at your studio or asked one of instructors when that kind of issue comes out?</p>
<p>This is a bit of self-promotion of my school… but Fordham has a pretty good program for what you’re looking for. It’s in NYC. It has a solid business school. Languages are good, especially at the Lincoln Center campus. And they also have pretty good dance majors/minors. </p>
<p>The only problem you might run into is the fact that the business school and the theatre/dance programs are at two different campuses. (I believe. I’m really not positive on this. You should probably try and look it up, or e-mail someone from the school.) You can take classes at either campus, no matter which one you dorm at. (They are about 1/2 an hour away from each other, and you’d get a free ride on the Ramvan if it’s for academics.) Again, I’m not a specialist on this, so you should really try to do some research on it.</p>
<p>I don’t think there are any colleges with good dance programs. The reality is that at 19, the best dancers are in companies, and/or are dancing at some professional level.
If you want to continue dancing as a hobby, then I would recommend going to school in New York, Chicago or some other city where there are choices of classes outside of school.
My daughter was a trained dancer and none of the colleges she considered had opportunities close to what she had experienced before college. She dances at her school, but it is gimp. She appreciates what she did before college more and more.
She attended SAB, but even if ballet isn’t your thing, the same advice applies. Don’t expect to develop in college. That’s not what going to college is about.</p>
<p>Thanks. I’ll look into Goucher more their dance program seems very good. Fordham is affiliated with Alvin Ailey but I could only find information about majoring. Thanks so much.</p>
<p>Oh just kidding, I didn’t read your entire post. But besides the all women thing, Barnard Juilliard program sounds perfect. But Barnard is not a traditional womens college, so you may want to just research it. I never ever thought I’d end up anywhere near a women’s school.</p>
<p>Check out Butler Univ. in Indianapolis. I know they have good business and dance programs. They also are medium-sized, with a beautiful campus. The main perfoming arts complex for the city is located on campus and students get discounted tickets to all the concerts and plays.</p>
<p>All you people suggesting NYU and BU and ANY BFA program are seriously mistaken. THose kinds of schools really rely on audition, so unless she’s amazing, odds are this is not what she’s looking for…</p>
<p>She should really be looking at non-audition BA programs like Muhlenberg, F&M, Millikan or others with strong academics and theatre programs</p>
<p>Vassar has an excellent dance program, but no major. Ballet classes are offered by teachers from ABT. </p>
<p>Muhlenberg’s dance program is also wonderful; in addition, they will teach dance majors to be dance teachers, and allow juniors and seniors to teach in their affiliated community dance studio for pay.</p>
<p>Goucher’s program is heavily into modern. If you like that, it might work.</p>
<p>Barnard does have the affiliation with Juilliard, but also has its own dance program which is not audition-based. That program is also open to Columbia students.</p>
<p>You also might want to look at UW-Madison. They are strong in both business and French and have a excellent dance program in the School of Education. The focus is mostly on modern, however.</p>