<p>I am hoping to eventually become a veterinarian and am fully aware of the requirements for vet school... I am also a music lover and have been taking private lessons for years and take music very seriously. I understand that the music minor will most likely be a "useless" degree when it comes to finding jobs, but I am interested in continuing the purual of music. Is this a good path when coupled with a biology major for pre vet?</p>
<p>If you love music then why not? I beleive that college is about individual development; if music is part of who you are then it ought to stay with you. College students should enjoy themselves!</p>
<p>Lots of great “sciency” schools have amazing music opportunities as well (both in and out of the school). Examples: Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute, Berklee College of Music + Harvard.</p>
<p>Music is one of the greatest exercises for the brain, and mastery of music is closely associated with mastery of higher Math, physics, etc. It is also a fabulous outlet when academic and professional pressures begin closing in. My grandfather died when I was a baby, but (he was a surgeon) my mother remembered that he would head immediately to the piano, and play challenging pieces, if he had a particularly stressful day at the hospital. Vanderbilt has a great Music school, along with its world-renowned life science departments. </p>
<p>Vet schools are looking for well rounded candidates. I think a music minor would make you stand out.</p>
DO IT!!! I’ve played violin for 14 years and thought about a major… I ended up doing a biochemistry major with a music minor. Its creative, a great stress relief, and sciency people seem kind of impressed by it (though the music minor at my school is kind of a joke if you’re a musician)