<p>I am extremely fortunate to have been accepted to both USC for a BS in Music Industry and NYU for Music Business. I've made my pro and con list for both schools and one doesn't exactly weigh out the other. I'd be more than happy to attend either one of these schools but I can't find much info about their programs online.</p>
<p>Has anyone attended either of these schools for these majors? Thoughts on which one is better? I have a week to make my decision :/</p>
<p>Any input would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I’m a popular music major at USC and I love it here, but I’m in a different program from the industry kids so I don’t really know how their experience is… I know some of them, but not super well. They’re all doing their own cool things; some of them are musicians themselves, others are becoming managers for bands, and yet others are interning at record labels and publishing companies. I take some classes with some of them and they’re usually good practical classes. I don’t know much about NYU Steinhardt but I applied to the Recorded Music program in Tisch, which seemed like an excellent program. Steinhardt doesn’t have much of a reputation though in comparison to other music schools.</p>
<p>Both cities have great music scenes; however, I think it’ll be easier to network with a better variety of high-quality musicians at USC Thornton. If you’re interested in working with bands and artists, go to USC and get close with people in the pop program, the guitar program, the jazz program, and the classical program as well as people within your major. USC Thornton has a better reputation for being a “good music school”, so whether you’re a performance major or not, it might help you out to go with the better name in the long run. However, if you’re in love with the New York scene, if you feel like there are special opportunities for you there, if you’re planning on transferring to the Recorded Music program in Tisch, or if it doesn’t cost as much to go there, then I’d say go to NYU.</p>
<p>Both universities are great and I’d put them at about equal in regard to the universities themselves, although USC is ranked higher in a lot of rating systems. They’re just very different. Are you a New York person or an LA person? Do you want a campus-style school or a big city to walk around in? Do you plan on having a job that will require you to be personally connected with bands, artists, and songwriters, as well as composers and session musicians, or is that not super important to you? Are you interested in recording/tech too, or just the biz? Can you find out what some of the Music Business majors at NYU are up to? Which music school has course requirements and electives that are better suited to your interests and needs? These are some questions to think about.</p>
<p>Thanks! That’s really helpful.</p>
<p>I am applying to USC and NYU this fall to USC for a BS in music industry and NYU for music business. </p>
<p>Both are obviously very hard to get into. I was wondering what kinds of activities, internships, jobs, ect. that you did to get accepted. What made your application strong/special and do you have any recommendations on what I could do to increase my chances of getting accepted?</p>
<p>So what I did was find an internship that was related to what I was trying to study. During my second semester at my CC, I found an internship that allowed me to be involved with some music related stuff. I was promoting live music in my area via social networking. Through the internship, though, I was able to be involved in other areas, like assisting with putting on live shows, helping with pre-festival stuff, and just other areas of the music business. At the time my application was due, I had been at that internship for almost two years.</p>
<p>A friend of mine also asked me to manage his band. I wasn’t at all good at it, but it was experience I was able to put down on my resume.</p>
<p>I put down anything and everything I was involved with that had even the slightest bit to do with music on my resume. I guess my statement of purpose wasn’t too bad either (took me a lot of researching to even figure out what that was). </p>
<p>My advice is, do as much as you can with the time you have left so you can show off how you’ve been involved!</p>