Top Music Schools Ranking in 2010

College Search & Selection
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<p>Anyone care to comment on the rankings posted on this website -- UScollegeranking.org? I was surprised to not see Ithaca College listed in the top 30.</p>

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<p>That ranking is in line with previous rankings. IU, Rochester, Michigan, Northwestern, Oberlin, JHU and Rice all have top rated Music Performance programs within elite universities.</p>

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<p>The concept of trying to rank music schools is discussed several times in the Music Major Forum. Here’s a link to a thread, which then has links to other threads. The basic consensus is that attempts to rank music schools is helpful for providing a beginning list of schools to explore, but not in terms of the ranking per se.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/38662-music-major-minor-rankings-anyone.html?highlight=ranking[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/38662-music-major-minor-rankings-anyone.html?highlight=ranking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>IMO the most important aspect of studying music is the quality of the private instruction that the student receives on his instrument. I would work to find schools with excellent private teachers rather than those that are on some list. I would also rather see students stay away from conservatories for their undergraduate education in music. Most of the large conservatories put their resources into the grad programs.</p>

<p>Another thing to consider with music programs is the likelihood of being able to compete for performance opportunities as an undergraduate. Sometimes it is better to go to a “lesser” school and be on the top of the heap with respect to performance opportunities than to go to a name school only to find out that only graduate students ever get any performance opportunities. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the link about music schools. I’ve been trying to figure out what IMO means… could someone enlighten me? I feel stupid!</p>

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<p>In My Opinion (IMO)</p>

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<p>^^^Sometimes expanded to IMHO. The H stands for Humble. Supposedly.</p>

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<p>What it REALLY means is “I’m right, and anyone who doesn’t agree is an idiot.”</p>

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<p>and IMHO really means “I’m absolutely right, and anyone who doesn’t agree is the biggest idiot.”</p>