<p>Do you think that being admitted into the music school for a performance degree could help you enroll at the academic school? I've talked to some admissions officers at other colleges with distinct music schools that say if you are accepted into the music school and want to double major (and have decent to middle stats), they will give you some slack. And do you have to apply separately to both schools?</p>
<p>I am not sure exactly what you are asking, but have the experience of a friend of my nephew's - both are sophomores at Northwestern. Nephew's friend wanted to double major in performance of an instrument and an area in arts and sciences (I hesitate to say the exact areas as his instrument major is a very small number of students). His senior year of high school, he received word that he was admitted to the school of arts and sciences (or whatever NU calls it), but NOT the music school. He tenatively made plans to attend another school, then got word he was also admitted to the music school - someone they had admitted must have turned them down. I am not sure exactly what you mean in the area of "giving you slack", but he has not found that in terms of what is expected from him in the music major he is in. 3 hours of practice a day required, etc. - it has been very stressful. He has dropped his original other major, but is continuing the music performance major right now.</p>
<p>I mean that, if you get into the music school, is it likely that they will also accept you into the academic school?</p>
<p>For Northwestern, you must have the same high academics to get admitted to music as you would to get into any other major. If you were admitted to music, you could easily add a major in one of the other colleges there. There are also 5 yr double-degree programs allowing you to get two bachelor degrees, one from music and one from WCAS, McCormick, or Medill.</p>
<p>So if you apply for WCAS, for example, AND music, is it possible to not get into the music school, but be admitted to Weinberg?</p>
<p>yes, that is true.</p>
<p>is this fairly common? the 5 year degree i mean? i plan on pursuing music studies, maybe as a dual-degree, but i also want to continue academics. i want to be in the same boat as many others similar to myself.</p>
<p>My understanding is that if you are admitted to any one of Northwestern's schools (there are 6 total) other than WCAS, then you have the privilege of double majoring in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, but not vice-versa. The six schools are Communications, SESP--social education & social policy, Music, Journalism--best in the world, College of Arts & Sciences, and engineering. Also theatre majors--one of the nation's top two acting programs--cannot double major within the Communications School- but can double or triple major with Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. It is very difficult to be admitted to Journalism, Music and as a Theatre major in the Communications School. And, of course, you have to be incredibly bright to get into engineering. SESP is highly specialized & quite small. It is the only undergraduate program of its kind in the US.</p>
<p>It is fairly popular to do the five-year double degrees in music. You can also do a four- year program in music with 2 majors, one performance and one academic, both majors can be in music (like voice & music theory) or one in muisc and one in Weinberg (like string performance & history).</p>
<p>So I’m a freshman at Northwestern now (I LOVE IT!!!) and what they told me is that even if you only get admitted to the music school to begin with, you can still transfer into a dual degree program with Weinberg or McCormick in later quarters without too much difficulty, you just have to write an essay and develop a course schedule. Additionally, you’ll still be able to take classes outside of the music school with no problems. Currently I’m piano performance and trying to do a math major in Weinberg (4 year program). If anyone else has questions, feel free to PM or ask.</p>