liberal arts vs. conservatory

teriwtt
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:09:55 +0000

OK… since my last post, I’ve been doing more research; D has added a few more schools. So this is the list: Emerson, Ithaca, Syracuse, Penn State, UMich, NYU, Elon, College of Santa Fe, Marymount Manhattan. I may persude her to drop Santa Fe and Marymount, only because their academics aren’t on par with the others. She considered Cal State Fullerton until we found out you can’t enter the program as a freshman.

Regarding non-audition programs, I wish academics were stronger at SHSU and Texas State University (Texas State University was called Southwest Texas State University when I attended in the late 70’s), because I’d know she’d have family in the area (mine). But their academics are weak (which is why I transferred to UT-Austin).

So upon someone’s kind recommendation, I’ve checked into Muhlenberg, and will highly recommend she consider this as a back-up. I also need to check to see if they offer tuition adjustments for Lutheran rostered ministers’ children, since I hope to be rostered by the time she would start.

The other school I ran across is SUNY-Geneseo, which I really can’t find anything on this forum about. Several mentions were made to SUNY-Purchase, but not Geneseo. Anyway, it’s the most selective of the SUNY schools, so academics are a match. But the web site gives very little information. Does anyone know how many incoming freshman they accept each year, or anything in general that would answer whether this could be considered a backup school even though it’s audition based? I’d appreciate any information about this school anyone can offer.
Teri