<p>My son is currently a freshmen at Elon. He absolutely loves the school. His favorite class is acting. Having not had much dance, he feels behind a lot of the times even in the beginning dance classes, but says he is learning so much. He is also taking a couple of liberal arts courses, as Elon requires a liberal arts base, which is another reason he liked the program there. </p>
<p>Elon is a small community, but there are so many extra activities outside of classes. He said this week he doesn’t understand how anyone can get bored. He’s been spending a lot of time in the music library, which he recently discovered, researching songs. In addition, the city of Burlington is 5-10 minutes away, with plenty of shopping, restaurants, etc. For bigger night life, students might go to Greensboro or Raleigh.</p>
<p>The MT students are a very tight-knit group and socialize quite a bit with each other. My husband calls it the MT fraternity. Each freshman is assigned an older student in the program as a mentor, and many of the freshmen have developed close bonds with their mentors.</p>
<p>We ask him every week if he’s ready to come and always get a very loud “NO!”</p>