<p>Hi, my name is Travis, this is my first post here. So, some info about me - I'm almost done with my sophomore year in high school, and probably will have a gpa of about 3.3 unweighted, 3.8 weighted at the end of the year. I'm more passionate about music than anything else in life, so I'd like to study that in college. I'm an entirely self-taught guitarist and pianist, and have an extensive knowledge of theory, but there are some gaps in my knowledge and technique because of my being self-taught. I'm interested in a variety of music from blues to jazz to weird modern rock-ish stuff to classical.</p>
<p>Ideally, I'd like to major in theory or composition. The three schools which have caught my interest are UCONN, Carnegie Mellon, and Berklee. (I live in CT by the way). Berklee is a music college, while the others are traditional colleges with music departments.</p>
<p>First of all, am I leaving out any colleges? Out of those colleges, which seems like it would suit me most? Which do I have the best chance of getting into? Which gives the highest level of education? What should I do to help my chances?</p>
<p>Julliard (NYC)
The Manhattan School Of Music (NYC)
Oberlin (Ohio)
Berklee College of Music (jazz is heavily weighted, less so classical) (Boston)
New England Conservatory (Boston)
Eastman (Rochester, NY)
Mannes (NYC)
Rice (Texas)
U Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Ithaca College (New York State)</p>
<p>Also, certain excellent schools cater to specialized musical pursuits, like Harvard for music composition and classical music. Others may be able to add to the extemporaneous list of musical colleges above. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Indiana University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Rice University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Rochester (Eastman)</p>
<p>Welcome, Travis! On the forum called “College Majors,” there is a subforum called “Music Major.” If you post this question there you’ll get lots of feedback.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions! And yea, I found that subforum a few minutes later, searching for similar threads, but didn’t want to double-post. thanks.</p>