<p>theperformer; Great info to have, thank you very much! Williams was a maybe, but I am still quite interested in Sarah Lawrence especially since the test scores are optional there, and I met with one of the admissions staff that visited our school and I liked the feel.</p>
<p>I know this is a double post and I'm sorry I was just wonderin if anyone had any information on Middlebury or Conneticut College, because I am curious.
I want to have a solid list of schools to apply to before Graduation.
Thanks again everyone!</p>
<p>Sarah Lawrence has a jazz studies major--we looked at it for my son, but he wanted a conservatory in the end. Sarah Lawrence is a very nurturing school with a lot of very creative students. I thought it seemed like a fun and stimulating place.</p>
<p>jazzzmomm; I really liked Sarah Lawrence when the representative visited my school this year. Jazz studies has always been something I have been interested in, Jazz vocal studies that is. I am going to a Jazz vocal workshop at Berklee this summer.</p>
<p>My Revised College list:
[Any advice is appreciated]
*Goucher College
*Sarah Lawrence College
*Skidmore College
*Guilford College
*Bard College
*Bowdoin College</p>
<p>Maybes:
*Conn. College
*Williams
*Middlebury</p>
<p>When I first ready your post, I thought of Oberlin immediately. Also Kenyon perhaps. Would second Goucher and Sarah Lawrence (though it is small, like Bennington). Skidmore is a good choice, though I have heard mixed things.</p>
<p>I would enthusiastically add Clark University in Worcester, MA. Like Goucher, it is in Pope's book "Colleges that Change Lives." Great curriculum, and we are familiar with some of the people in the music department. Lots of contact with professors, quite international in flavor. Go to their website. (I love their communications and culture major, if I am remembering the title correctly; they are stellar in psychology and geography)</p>
<p>By the way, Emerson is quite hard to get into. But if your chances were okay, they have a cooperative arrangement with Longy School of Music in Cambridge.</p>
<p>Connecticut College, Williams, Middlebury and Wesleyan are very selective. I did not read about your "stats" or background, but am just noting that fact.</p>
<p>A lot of state universities seem to have pretty good music departments, with an option to major, minor or just take classes or participate. You want a small, hipper school, but you can find that kind of situation within a larger institution too sometimes.</p>
<p>YAY Bowdoin! Great little school with a pretty decent music program. They only offer B.A's in music, but I'm assuming that you know that already. </p>
<p>My high school chamber choir just recently sang the Bach "Mangificat" around Christmas time with the Bowdoin Chamber Singers and Bowdoin's community chorus. That little group does all sorts of things with area chorus' and other music organizations. Tony Antolini is a really great choral director. </p>
<p>Bowdoin is also quite difficult to get into. To give you an example of who gets in, the valedictorian and salutatorian from my school (twin sisters!) were both accepted into Bowdoin last year. They earned 5's on all AP's they've ever taken, which is a ton, and have perfect 4.0s...</p>
<p>Let me know if you want more info on the Bowdoin area or more stats about admissions. I have a lot of friends who attend.</p>
<p>Middlebury is very competitive for admissions. It is a wonderful school, but music is not their strong suit. They have a small faculty and do not have lesson support for a wide variety of instruments.</p>