<p>I want to thank everyone on this forum for your wisdom, common sense and time. I have been lurking for the last few weeks and as a result, S and I have benefited enormously from your collective advice. I would like to start a thread on the process of deciding among the opportunities our children face. My S has been accepted by most of his colleges, and he now has to decide where he will spend the next 4-5 years. He is trying to organize an approach, and has a lot of good questions, but he is a bit overwhelmed (in the happiest possible sense!)</p>
<p>S is a classical voice (BASS) performance major who wants to double up with another major (either writing, journalism, or film/media studies). (H is a math professor lol!) He applied to top double degree programs, four UCs and HY. He has performed with a lyric opera company for four years while in an independent study HS, so he knows what it is to perform constantly while maintaining his studies at a high level. He is looking for a program where this is not only possible, but encouraged.</p>
<p>He will be calling each college still under consideration (UCLA, UCSB, Oberlin College/Conservatory, Northwestern Arts&Sci/ Music, and Johns Hopkins/Peabody Double Degree. (He got a University Scholars award at BU, but we visited and he saw that the music department was 15 min walk from Liberal Arts and decided against it. S was also waitlisted at Harvard–his first choice with NEC from which he has not yet heard.) S is comparing programs, trying to determine if double degree students are encouraged or basically dared to complete the programs. He has generated a list of items to use to compare the colleges and I am curious about the means other students are using to choose from great options when the first choice is not at this time available.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>