<p>Has she been accepted to music at ASU? She needs to pre-screen and then interview for composition, and that is finished for the incoming 2014 class. Or was she thinking of adding that as a major later? The head of the music dept, a composition teacher, does have at least one student finishing dual degree doing math. It isn’t easy. It’s one of the schools where even the music BA requires a ton of credits. They have a new performance minor students audition into, as well as the usual academic music minor. Though neither seems quite right for theory/composition. The music dept at ASU is very good, and the Herberger kids in Barrett have 2 floors to themselves in one freshman dorm. </p>
<p>It is quite a bit more than $8,000/yr after NMF money, unless she has outside or departmental scholarships. If departmental, she needs to remain a major in that dept to keep that scholarship. In music the scholarships require 3.25 GPA.</p>
<p>The math dept at ASU leans strongly to computational math.Their best faculty are there. My D is doing math/music and they have some really interesting summer and school year paid REUs that she has been asked to apply for. Look for CSUMS and MBTI. I think physics, like math, is a smaller dept and the better students get a lot of attention and support. The other ASU mom who often posts has a daughter in CS, so could answer any questions you have about that. </p>
<p>If she hasn’t visited yet, she should. They’ll reimburse for plane fare and set her up with a program including class visits and an overnight with current student. It isn’t too late, though they are very busy about now. They were swamped with NMFs visiting when we were there last March. Weather is great. </p>
<p>If you have any particular questions about ASU/Barrett, feel free to PM me.</p>