<p>Hell all,</p>
<p>I am a 22 y.o. blk male from a grimy city in Upstate, NY. I am a Musician (singer, rapper, producer, engineer, writer, p/t guitarist, etc). I live in the studio (literally) and I am a fulltime student at CC as a music major. Just finished up my first semester. I've been making music since very young. I don't watch television or play video games... I write songs and produce beats all the time! I've worked in a handful of studios, ran my own independent one for two years and produced projects for a group in 2005 and 2007. I perform at least twice per week. </p>
<p>GPA = 3.00, and I will have 20 credits as of Jan, 15 2009 </p>
<p>Music Theory = B
History of Music 1 = B+
Political Science = A+
Introductory Psychology = D+
Chorus = A
Great Mysteries of the Earth = ?A
Dangerous Earth = ?A</p>
<p>Dropped out of h.s. after 9th grade... Then, got a GED. Scored 3390 on that out of 4000; had perfect scores on Social Studies and Reading Comprehension (800 out of 800). My city's school district has something like a 50-60% dropout rate as it's told, and I believe that it is actually higher. Never took an SAT or anything like that.</p>
<p>Now, as a transfer student, do I have an honest chance at getting into any of these schools?</p>
<p>1)Berklee (Music business program)
2)University of Toronto (St. George campus; Music Comprehensive)
3)McNally Smith school of Music (Music Business program)
4)Suny New Paltz (Popular Music Studies)
5)University of Western Ontario (Popular Music Studies)
6)Suny Oneonta (Music Industry degree)</p>
<p>Also, my current degree program is music performance, but I plan to switch to Liberal Arts. Will this effect my ability to get into one of the above mentioned schools? My reason for changing is that my school's music program only has two tracks: Performance or Production & Engineering. I don't really want to do either. I am most intersted right now in management, concert and event promotion, music marketing... things like that. I already produce fulltime and I DON'T want to sing Italian art songs, so I plan to switch to LA and build a more suitable grounding for my future studies by taking a wide variety of music electives in both departments. </p>
<p>Odviously, I like the cold and would like to more or less stay in the crowded Northeast.</p>
<p>If anyone would care to chance me or provide any type of feedback, it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Peace and Love, Magz (GrindStreet)</p>