<p>I’m a big proponent of LACs - I’m an alumna of one - but you don’t need to go to an LAC to explore different majors. Any college with a good general liberal arts education - which includes many comprehensive universities and research universities - will allow students the flexibility to change majors and most colleges give students until the end of their sophomore year to declare a major (although, realistically, most students will need to have taken some major classes before then to graduate in 4 years). For example, Columbia is not a liberal arts college but students have a lot of major flexibility here - unless they want to major in the sciences, which is pretty standard across colleges.</p>
<p>If OP’s parent(s) are military, it’s very possible for OP to be a TN resident. Military members maintain a Home of Record and they and their children can be considered residents of that state for tuition purposes, even if they live abroad. I’m assuming that OP’s parents are military (DoDDS stands for Department of Defense Dependents School).</p>
<p>Ithaca College, in upstate NY (same town as Cornell) may be very appealing to you - it’s a small liberal arts college that has a variety of majors not normally found at small LACs, including “music in combination with an outside field” (basically a double major in music and something else) and a variety of communication majors that include study of digital media (which may serve your interest in animation). Their art department does have classes on computer art and animation. In addition, they seem to have a pretty thriving music scene on campus - they have a school of music there.</p>
<p>I also suggest Lawrence University - a WI liberal arts college that also has a music conservatory. It’s less selective than Oberlin but still a great college (students are self-selecting, it appears). </p>
<p>Other places that may be matches for you with your current SAT scores are DePauw (IN), Marquette (also Midwest, can’t remember which state), Duquesne (Pittsburgh), Clarkson (upstate NY), Goucher (Baltimore), Providence College, Siena College (upstate NY), Ursinus College (PA), and Syracuse (which you already like).</p>
<p>Also, if your family can afford it - you’re unlikely to get much aid from publics, but there’s a chance that you might and some publics are affordable to OOS students. Minnesota has already been recommended. I also recommend some SUNY colleges - they are pretty affordable even to OOS. For music and animation/art, you may be interested in SUNY Purchase, which has a traditional liberal arts college plus music and art schools and an arty feel. Other SUNYs that might appeal are New Paltz (small-to-medium size/feel) and Binghamton.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in looking outside the Northeast, check out Berry College (in GA) and Oglethorpe University (also in GA).</p>