What do you think of Rice and Carnegie Mellon?

[cobrat]

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If you are interested in a music major at Rice you have to apply, audition and be accepted into the BMus in the music school. You do not apply for another major at Rice and if rejected from music you are rejected from Rice. After you are in the music school you can add a major if your studio professor agrees or drop to a BA after one year and take more academics.

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<p>Wow! That sounds a lot less flexible than Oberlin’s admissions policies. From what I heard from Double Degree candidates or those who applied to both the conservatory and the college, rejection from the conservatory doesn’t necessarily mean rejection from Oberlin altogether. </p>

<p>Knew plenty of rejected Oberlin Con aspirants who were accepted by the college and opted to attend majoring in other fields.</p>

<p>Also knew some college classmates who were accepted into the Con…but opted to not accept the offer due to concerns ranging from conflict with academic interest/schedules to not desiring to place themselves under the exceedingly competitive environment…especially in some departments such as Piano.</p>