<p>Gettysburg has a really pretty campus, and CollegeBoard says it has a marching band, concert band, symphony orchestra, choral groups, music ensembles, opera, jazz band, and radio station (no pep band) so they have plenty of extracurricular options. They are also home to the Sunderman Conservatory of Music, and 7% of students are Visual and Performing Arts majors of some sort. Also, my second cousin goes there :)</p>
<p>All I know about Skidmore is my parents opinion of its reputation as possibly “stuck-up/snooty.” The only objective evidence I can find of that is the availability of Early Decision applications (this is a strategy fancy prep schools seem to use a lot) and the sticker price of tuition. Collegeboard says they do not have a marching band or pep band. While 14% of students major in the field Visual and Performing Arts, the music major gives a Bachelor of Arts degree rather than a Bachelor of Music (I don’t know how much of a difference this makes to you, but yeah).</p>
<p>Collegeboard does not list a marching band or pep band existing at Dickinson, and Visual and Performing Arts majors make up some amount less than 6% of undergraduates. But it seems like a great LA</p>
<p>All those schools have a lot in common numbers-wise (size, cost, SATs, acceptance rates), with Gettysburg having a slight edge in difficulty of admission (maybe?).</p>