College near city/strong science/good dance program

churchmusicmom
Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:39:49 +0000

I absolutely concur that Barnard is a great choice for the op. Doing a double major (dance/science) is definitely do-able. My daughter was going to but did not enjoy the “academic” dance classes she did take and decided that she would not want to continue down that road. Actually, pretty much the lowest grades she has gotten at Barnard were in dance/academic dance classes (we are talking a-minus or b-plus, here). She also did not want her overall GPA to be pulled down (she has a very good GPA in neuroscience )

Point is, serious dancers can pursue serious training in classical ballet and/or modern even if they are not majoring in dance and are pursuing an “academic” degree…