| I agree with Binx. My son is actually at Boston University. While this is not the premier place for music studies, the trumpet teacher is very highly regarded, the orchestra is excellent, he's not the top student (yet....but that's where he'd like to be) on his instrument, and the music program is conservatory program within a large university. PLUS he loves Boston for the cultural and playing opportunities too. He was also accepted at conservatory programs (NEC and Peabody) and came very close to going to both. BUT for he also considered other things...e.g. NEC has awful (mandatory) freshman housing with no housing guarantee for upperclass students. At the cost of housing IN Boston this was a major consideration. He loved Peabody, but in the end felt that Boston, and the locations of the two Boston colleges was better than Baltimore (I will say that we didn't agree with him on this one...). DS does have to take BU core requirements (8 courses) but he had AP credits for two of those courses. Everything else is within the music department and that is where he spends the bulk of his time. I do think he WILL go to a conservatory for graduate work, and I feel very strongly that if he continues his music studies that is what he should do. |