What college?

Pyromaniac · 2016-06-02 16:54:04

Yandax wrote:

Well, the college I'd LIKE to attend is Juilliard. But I know I can't get in.

What would you go for? If its for music listen close:

Dont audition at music schools solely for the big name. Big named music schools like Julliard and Eastman have been sliding in the rankings because of A) their price, and B) the rise of cheaper/better quality/better funded schools elsewhere in the country. A lot of people ignore these newer schools, and end up going into huge amounts of debt for an (to be blunt) education of arguably lower caliber.

Make sure to look for other schools, and research the specific department that you'd be in. Sometimes a school will have a really good, say, opera/voice department that really stands above the rest.

Also, make sure to look into who you would work with (faculty wise) at the schools. Another problem with schools like Julliard is that they focus on the "art" of music, as opposed to actually getting a job out of your four years there. You want someone with the same goals as you.

If you're going there for acting, also watch out, because i've heard some stories about people who went there and came out the other end needing years of therapy lol

Yandax

Luka504 · 2016-06-02 17:37:20

Well im not going to college
But i just finished 8th grade and im looking for a High School.
I plan on going to a High School Named ,,Bora,, that asks for 96 out of a 100 points (Thats a really good high school)

Kaleb · 2016-06-02 18:19:53

I am planning on attending UC Berkley

-Only 1 more year of high school! YAY.
-College baby here i come.

Yandax · 2016-06-02 20:26:45

Pyromaniac wrote:

Yandax wrote:
Well, the college I'd LIKE to attend is Juilliard. But I know I can't get in.
What would you go for? If its for music listen close:
Dont audition at music schools solely for the big name. Big named music schools like Julliard and Eastman have been sliding in the rankings because of A) their price, and B) the rise of cheaper/better quality/better funded schools elsewhere in the country. A lot of people ignore these newer schools, and end up going into huge amounts of debt for an (to be blunt) education of arguably lower caliber.
Make sure to look for other schools, and research the specific department that you'd be in. Sometimes a school will have a really good, say, opera/voice department that really stands above the rest.
Also, make sure to look into who you would work with (faculty wise) at the schools. Another problem with schools like Julliard is that they focus on the "art" of music, as opposed to actually getting a job out of your four years there. You want someone with the same goals as you.
If you're going there for acting, also watch out, because i've heard some stories about people who went there and came out the other end needing years of therapy lol

Thanks for the advice. And I'd probably go for music if I did attend, but I (unfortunately) have no clear career path.
And it might just be smarted to get a degree from a smaller college, 'cause y'know... money...

hummerz5 · 2016-06-03 01:58:16

(US) Yeah, I was tempted to go to an EAST COAST COLLEGE, but I'm actually in the midwest, so that would be kinda a big trip. I settled for one closer... and cheaper.

In fact, I had a college get-together thingy today. yay me

Different55 · 2016-06-03 04:55:28

Currently attending Dodge City Community College. According to the staff it's in the top 3 cheapest colleges in the USA, so it's got that going for it. That, and it's about 5 minutes away from both a Taco Bell and not one but two (TWO) Pizza Huts which is pretty impressive for a city in the middle of nowhere. I've never been to the cafeteria before but apparently it's pretty okay.

Kkay · 2016-06-03 05:56:47

What college you want to go to, would be the one you think is best. Which college you can actually pay and afford to go to is another story

Pyromaniac, Yandax

Zumza · 2016-06-03 13:10:57

In my country college is almost for free.

Zumza · 2016-06-03 14:01:36

hummerz5 wrote:

Zumza wrote:
In my country college is almost for free.
conversely, in your country, college is paid for over the duration of your tax-paying life.

Its not like in other counties where I'm obligated to stay and work in my country after finishing college. I can fully decide what I want to do.
P.S. Im sure its founded by our tax rate of 20%. Also we were a communist country before. And in that time if you were finishing a college you would have 100% guaranted a job position in that domain. Our education system was actually very good but nowadays we are changing ministers like socks.

hummerz5

blizzard · 2016-06-03 16:21:50

Indiana Wesleyan University

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