Schools for Percussion, Liberal Arts, and maybe Vis Arts.

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am applying to colleges this year and would like to study music but I don't want to narrow my undergrad studies to just percussion. I am interested in taking between 25% and 75% music courses depending on the type of program. If the music studies were more diverse I would be interested in more music involvement. I am also interested in dual degree programs.
I scored 27 on my ACT and I graduated with a 3.9 weighted GPA. Would like to retake ACT or take SAT.
Any information or comments will be appreciated!</p>

<p>Here are most of the QUALITIES I am LOOKING FOR (roughly in order of importance):</p>

<p>-strong music program specifically percussion
-strong academics and a driven student body
-flexibility / variety in course requirements
-low student to faculty ratio
-jazz (jazz percussion)
-electronic music
-music composition
-good visual arts program if possible
study abroad if possible</p>

<p>These are the types of PROGRAMS I would be interested in:</p>

<p>-liberal arts degree with lots of music opportunity
-general music degree (strong general music programs??)
-student designed major
-musicology (if I could get involved in performance also)
-arts administration
-dual degree program
-partner schools</p>

<p>Some of the SCHOOLS I am looking into:</p>

<p>Bard (Dual degree looks perfect)
Oberlin (dual)
St. Olaf (liberal arts)
Univ of Southern Cal (unsure-musicology?)
Univ of Rochester
Univ of Illinois
Univ of Hartford (gen music?)
Lawrence Univ (gen music?)
Rice Univ
Bowling Green Univ (musicology?)
Colorado College
Belmont
Vanderbilt
Bennington
Bates
Columbia College in Chicago</p>

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<p>Try posting this in the music major forum available from the main page.</p>

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<p>As you probably know, the dual degree programs require an audition and are highly competitive.</p>

<p>Given that you are interested also in LACs, I would encourage you to take a look at Grinnell College which fits your academic profile to a T. Check out their Music department website and see if it looks of interest. </p>

<p>Also:
[Grinnell</a> Concerts |](<a href=“http://grinnellconcerts.com/]Grinnell”>http://grinnellconcerts.com/) </p>

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<p>For independent work, Grinnell offers this:
[Mentored</a> Advanced Projects - Academic Affairs and Dean of the College | Grinnell College](<a href=“http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/dean/MAP]Mentored”>http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/dean/MAP)</p>

<p>and this story might be of interest:
[No</a> Program? No Problem! - News | Grinnell College](<a href=“http://www.grinnell.edu/news/features/no-program-no-problem]No”>http://www.grinnell.edu/news/features/no-program-no-problem)</p>

<p>(My S attends Grinnell, and I know that sometimes it can be difficult to figure out all the information; I don’t think that the website makes it easy for prospective students to get a feel for the music and arts culture and available opportunities!)</p>

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<p>might try holy cros</p>