<p>I am hoping to major in musical composition and physics next year. Here's where I've been accepted:</p>
<p>Northwestern/Bienen School of Music</p>
<p>Bard College/Conservatory</p>
<p>Yale College</p>
<p>Columbia College - John Jay Scholar (not sure what this even means)</p>
<p>University of Washington</p>
<p>Rice/Shepard School of Music</p>
<p>Oberlin College/Conservatory.</p>
<p>I know UW is out of the picture, and I don't really want to go to Rice just because of its location. Right now, it's between Bard, Northwestern, Yale and Columbia.</p>
<p>Can anybody offer any insight? Composition is what I want to focus on most.</p>
<p>repost your question on the music majors thread. You will get a lot of knowledgeable responses there.
my 2 cents- [DS entered college with the goal of majoring in GeoPhysics and minoring in Music, which he found impossible because of class scheduling conflicts] -the 3 colleges with the most well known music programs, mostly because they contain true music conservatories, which are set up to train students who are committed to a career in music- are Northwestern, Rice and Oberlin.
If your dream is to live the life of a musician- those are the ones you should decide between. The conservatory path might make it difficult to pursue another major, especially one in the sciences, such as Physics, because every science class you take ALSO requires a separate 2-3 hour LAB 2-3 times as week[ depending on the college]
If, however, you want to have the freedom to seriously pursue other academic areas, such a Physics, I suggest you go to Yale or Columbia.
Oberlin is a great LAC ,if you dont mind being in the middle of corn country. But it is isolated.</p>
<p>Oberlin is 35 minutes from Cleveland. We thought Bard was far more Middle of Nowhere than Oberlin.</p>
<p>We have a friend whose son is a composition major in the dual degree program at Oberlin. He loves it, and has some great January internships in San Francisco through Oberlin.</p>