| DD was accepted there with a nice schoarship. There is a voice teacher there her HS voice teacher wanted her to study with. In the end she chose Rice because she wanted the conservatory environment in a more complete University setting. Both had good voice teachers.
Since she never went, I do not know about negative issues. There were things that she was not as fond of in comparison, small campus, isolated from main univeristy, dorms with practice rooms in basement, practice rooms not well sound proofed. However, the program seemed superb, with a lot of various opportunities to explore different types of vocal music. The students were friendly when we visited. They seem to have a pretty good record.
I did a quick look on Facebook, may not have used the same search you did but found more positive groups than negative. Even the one person who started a negative group had this statement on the positive group:
Chris Sterner (West Chester) wrote
at 1:13pm on July 23rd, 2007
I think I need to clarify something. I actually created the "I went to Westminster Choir College and got out while I could" group, but I never intended any malice by it. I loved the time I spent at Westminster, both musically and through the friendships I made, but I personally needed a school with more programs, as I was at a point in my life where I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. I realize looking back that the group name does seem a little bitter, but that was not my intent. Anyway, I just wanted to set the record straight. Thanks!
In the end you have to decide what kind of program you are looking for. Visit for yourself and make those judgments, weighing the positive and the negative. . |