<p>I have another quick question. I have so many things that I hope to participate in if I get into Tufts. I want to be a member of the Torn Ticket Musical Theater Group, I hope to ride on the Equestrian Team, I would love to join an acapella group and I hope to double major. In highschool I could easily immerse myself in all these activities, but how hard will it be to participate in them all in college? Also, I would love to take private voice. I would appreciate some advice from anyone who has taken on numerous activities or found them to overwhelming. Thank you!</p>
<p>what do you want to double major in?</p>
<p>Music and Biology</p>
<p>I don't think it'll be too bad. I'm a double in IR and Econ and I do a bunch of activities like choir, private piano, and some clubs like NIMEP and ESI. But all your activities will come at the expense of other things, like free time, or just hanging around with friends or being able to grab dinner with them. You MAY run into a problem, if, say, you have an equestrian competition and a 6 hour rehearsal on the day before a Bio exam. However, if you plan accordingly, and study in advance and such, it could work out well; when I'd have a concert and an exam taking place around the same time, I'd make sure to study in the days leading up to the exam so that I wouldn't have to pull an all-nighter after the concert was over, or whatever.</p>
<p>I don't know about the requirements of the equestrian team, but I know that Torn Ticket can have some really long rehearsals, and many a capella groups are very demanding, a la three rehearsals a week plus performances on the weekends. But I'm sure there are many people who participate in more than one musical/theater thing, and they probably just work their schedules so that they can make both. Like, if you're the lead in a Torn Ticket show, they may try to run rehearsals that you need to be in at times when you don't have other practices. But I'm sure that when they're casting, they take into account how much time you have available. It may not be a problem, however - I know the Bubs, for example, have realllllllly late rehearsals on weekday nights.</p>
<p>Anyway, I don't know - maybe you will know how to delegate effectively, or you will have to make some sacrifices; a capella one semester, Torn Ticket the other, or something along those lines. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you so much, I really appreciate your input!</p>
<p>Yeah delegating your time effectively and not procrastinating will help you do absolutely everything you want.</p>
<p>I am an IR and English double-major (two credits shy of a French major). I was an editor and writer for the Daily for two years; I run a literary magazine; I do 10-15 hours of community service a week; I do intramural sports; and I have taken five classes (the maximum courseload) every semester (senior now). Plus, I have never felt like I've sacrificed my social life. And I have good grades. So your academics will not necessarily suffer!</p>
<p>Yeah, but can you dunk? Psh...doubt it.</p>
<p>Lolabelle - How much sleep do you get? lol</p>
<p>You must be great at time management. You've obviously made good use of your time while you were at Tufts. What do you want to do after Tufts?
Also, did you study abroad? If so, what did you think of it?</p>
<p>jacksonmom - </p>
<p>Not only do I sleep enough, I sleep too much! It's just all about planning ahead. I have post-it notes for every single day. Keeps me organized. Gives me time to pencil in naps, late mornings, and social excursions amidst classes, job interviews, library time, and extracurriculars. ;-)</p>
<p>I went abroad to Sciences Po (Institut d'etudes politiques de Paris) in Paris. It's probably the best polisci/ir school on the European continent. It was an incredible experience and very much worth it. (To get in, you have to pass an exam, have at least a 3.6 GPA at Tufts, and then be accepted by Sciences Po's admissions committee.)</p>
<p>I want to be a writer/journalist. We'll see!</p>
<p>That must have been a great experience studying in Paris. I've heard of that school. Where did you live in Paris? How was your French before you went over? My daughter studied at Parsons School of Design in Paris one summer. She loved it and wants to go back. She had quite a few adventures, some of them a little scary. </p>
<p>Good luck with your job interviews. :-)</p>
<p>Jacksonmom -</p>
<p>My French was near-fluent before I went; I woudln't have been accepted into Sciences-Po otherwise. I lived in the 8th arrondissement -- 2 blocks from the Champs-Elysees. I miss my apartment so much; it was beautiful and the locationw as superb.</p>