<p>You're awesome man. Thanks again. You said one of them had alot, or a good, decent amount of experience, while the other had none, except for a few local gigs. I'm more like the second one rather than the first. I just picked up guitar about a year ago, and am okay at it, but am by no means proficient. I've also sang a couple of times at a few open mic things with some friends, but nothing big. And yes, I'm applying for the 2007-2008 school year. I'm going to try and see if there are any music business internships available around here in Miami, though, if there are, they'll be downtown and kind of far away. Thanks for the contact note. If I still lived in NYC, I would have done it in a heartbeat. You wouldn't happen to know anyone in Miami, right? :P haha. Thanks anyway, I really appreciate it. Well I haven't really started college yet, but I was a B+ student in high school with good EC's and maybe not-so-good ACT/SAT scores. </p>
<p>My whole worry with double-majoring is that I'm worried I'll feel left behind at college, and maybe somewhat disadvantaged with the fact that my peers will have gotten a head start on the job hunt, and I'll be left in the dust. Am I irrelevant in worrying? Also, if I do double major, and my degree takes 5 years to complete, will USC give me financial aid for that 5th year, or will I have to pay for it out of pocket? Thanks again for your help and reassurance. Write back whenever you have the chance to, and like i've said previously, you rock!</p>
<p>well, i can sorta answer one of your questions...</p>
<p>i'm fairly certain that as long as you keep applying and keep attending USC, they'll keep dishing out the need-based grants. if on the other hand you get a scholarship on top of the grant, you'll only have the scholarship for 4 years (unless you're in architecture which lets you have it for 5) until it runs out.</p>
<p>So need based grants will still be available? Thats awesome. Thanks again. But, if I get a scholarship, it will be over after the four years...Thanks for the info. :) I'm gonna call USC tomorrow and double check. Thanks again! :)</p>
<p>There are thousands of record labels in Miami and a bunch of recording studios as well. I think really all you'd have to do is just search on google for "Record Labels in Miami" and see what comes up.</p>
<p>I don't think you should be worried about the double major thing and being left behind. A 1 year difference won't make much of a difference at all. In fact, some kids usually take a year off after college anyway.</p>
<p>By the way, my friend who had barely any music experience had really good grades and very high SAT's. His GPA was somewhere around the 4.0 region. Since you're gonna transfer, I'd suggest getting a GPA around a 3.5 if you want a good shot at gaining acceptance to the program.</p>
<p>There are quite a few labels in Miami, but all of their offices are downtown and don't really offer the type of music I'm interested in, and are very far away from where I live. The emphasis down here seems to be on latin music, as well as some rap.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reassurance on my double major idea. I really appreciate it. :)</p>
<p>My SAT's weren't all that great, to be completely honest. I believe that they were somewhere aroundand 1800 or 1900 combined score, and my ACT was a 25. However I also took my SAT II's in Literature and Spanish, and I have no idea how, but I got a 590 on literature, and a 710 in Spanish (which happens to be one of my weakest subjects), so go figure. Do you think they give me more of a leg up since I took the SAT II's? Well I am in the honors college program at a local college here in FL. However, my worry is that my classes are going to be much harder and more rigorous, as stated in the brochure of the honors college, and it will be harder to achieve that near-perfect grade point average. Just to stay in the honors college program at my school requires that a student keep up a 3.5 GPA or higher. And I don't really know what I should do, seeing as if I stay in the honors college for a semester to try it out, and don't do so well, USC will see those first semester grades and give me the thumbs down. What do you think?</p>
<p>Hey-- I'm an incoming Freshmen at USC this fall. I am currently a Print-Journalism Major at Annenberg but I REALLY would like to switch to Music Industry. I called the Admissons Office and a person their said that I should just wait until Orientation/Registration to switch. However, I think it might not be possible to simply "switch" because of an audition or application supplement. I'm not sure if I should call the Admissions office again and talk to someone more helpful or just wait until my orientation (July 18/19). Any ideas? lol Thanks! </p>
<p>P.S. I was also considering switching to Communication within Annenberg and then just doing the MI Minor because there are a lot of similiarities concerning the Entertainment Industry within each specific area of study. Ahh I'm kind of lost....ha! Thanks again.</p>
<p>About the honors program-it might not be a bad idea to take it, though, because USC will see that you're taking a more challenging curriculum and thus might be better prepared for transfering. It's the classic "A in a regular class vs. a B in an honors class" conundrum.</p>
<p>I thought so too, but USC's admissions office says that it won't factor in the fact that you were in an honors college course rather than a regular one when they make their decisions. So I dunno what to do, yet again...</p>
<p>Well if it doesn't matter at all, then don't do honors. I mean, just get the easy A and you'll be able to transfer no problem. Also, they tend to place more emphasis on your grades in college as opposed to SAT's and high school grades since your college grades are a better indicator of your current academic performance.</p>
<p>As for the record label thing, obviously Miami tends to be more oriented musically to rap and latin music because there is a large Hispanic population there and rap is relatively popular all over the country. I guess you could broaden your horizons and check some of that music out. In the music industry, you're going to have to deal with different genres of music as well as people from all walks of life, so you might as well start getting used to it now.</p>
<p>I'd just put in a word for dealing with whatever you can get there. In most fields, you're not going to get your dream job right out of school, much LESS when it's an internship before you're even in school. Just realize that you can learn something from any job you take, and that experience will make you that much more valuable to the people hiring for your dream job when you do eventually find it.</p>
<p>You should definitely be somewhat business-minded because that's what the music industry deals with. A lot of people tend to think that just because they're doing music industry that they aren't going to encounter the same aspects of business that business majors encounter, which isn't true. If you enjoy music and you'd like to make money off of people with musical talents and you also have a bit of a knack for business, then you should definitely major in music industry.</p>
<p>i realize that many people go into music industry to deal with the business aspect, but don't forget that Music Industry BS also has the Technology specialization as well...that would have been my specialization if i had decided to do MI (my second choice major).</p>