Berklee vs Frost vs Belmont

JMXC21
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:42:07 +0000

One of my friend’s kids goes to Belmont University. He was a National Merit Finalist with loads of AP classes and is an amazing musician (drummer). He applied to Berklee and got in but decided it was too expensive for him. At Belmont his major is sound engineering (with classes like Physics etc). I would say that the whole family is almost militantly anti-religion so I was shocked that their son would pick a Christian college in the south. He could have gone to any number of more prestigious schools and perhaps done a dual degree program.

Well, first semester freshman year, he landed in a band that needed a drummer, has performed with the band produced his first song and plays gigs most weekends. The academics have not been too challenging for him giving him loads of time to do performing. He is planning to do the study abroad program in Dublin next year.

I am guessing that there must be other students like him at Belmont (or he found a crowd elsewhere in Nashville). In any event it seems he found a good situation that fits his needs.