Elonactress

Hi, I've already introduced myself in this thread, but I'm a senior music theatre major at Elon. I drove home to Cleveland yesterday and missed so much on the forum! Anyways, yes, Elon is a bubble, but it's a great bubble! It has everything you could need at your finger tips, Wal-Mart, mexican food, T-J Max, TCBY... Living in "the bubble," for me, has been a very positive experience. I'm a city girl at heart, and I plan on moving to NYC as soon as I graduate, but living in Elon has kept me focused on school. School comes first for four years, then I can play in a city. Being in a small town like this has really not given me an option not to succeed at what I do. Being a music theatre major, you don't really get free time, anyways. If you have it, you spend it in the practice rooms or sleeping. But, it's not like there are not cities close by, Raleigh and Greensboro have so much to do, so if you want to have a night on the town, it's just 30 minutes down the road.

Moving on... there are SOOO many northern kids here. I'm personally from Ohio, my roommate's are from Indiana and Connecticut. I'd say northern kids and southen kids are about equal.

As for liberal arts, everyone is required to do a significant amount of liberal arts studies, about 50 hours. There are 4 freshman core classes that every freshman takes. Then, 4 different categories, science, civilization, society, and expression... we have to take 8 hours in each. Plus upper level courses outside of your major. To be honest, these classes have helped me almost as much as my major classes. They have made me a more intelligent, more well-rounded individual. I'm aware of the world around me and the people in it. I think this kind of learning makes you a much better performer. And with so many classes, it's easy to find an interdisciplinary connection to performance.