Liberal Arts/Music double major schools

laxman22
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:25:59 +0000

I know this topic has probably been beaten to death, but i also wanted to add on schools where double majors are actually viable. I am a High School Junior right now, and am a French Horn player. My teacher has faith in me that I can potentially compete for admission to any of the country’s top music schools, and I am stalwart in my love of music. No need to question whether I’m committed enough to music to handle an intense music major (performance btw). However, I do have a love for history/english as well, and would not wish to give them up to go to a conservatory, or a school at which it is virtually impossible to double major as a music performance major. I live in New York, and wish to stay in the east coast region, though i would also consider such programs as Rice in Houston, Texas. I am willing to considered schools as far west as Ohio, as far north as Upstate NY to Maine, and as far south as Florida. Here are my certain academic things to aid in any advice:

SAT: (I intend to take it again as the CR is about 80 points below my psat grade)
CR: 690
Math: 660
Writing 790
total: 2140
Cum GPA: about 4.0 on a 4.33 scale (works out to an A or about a 96ish average)
Class Rank: dont know yet but probably in the top 10 in a class of 400ish, give or take.

psat-
217 out of 240 (comparable to the SAT by multiplying by a factor of 10)
(99th percentile)
Possibly a National Merit Scholar (havent found out yet)