missing academics with BM

SpiritManager
Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:56:27 +0000

SimpleLife - Was your son on a 5 year double degree track and now plans to be done in four? My son has five years to get everything done and it’s rather leisurely really - and his merit/financial aid was explicitly for the entire five years. He could take a slightly heavier load than he does (by half a class only) - basically he’s taking two music classes and two academic classes each semester, and then ensemble and/or conducting for credit. He has the time to compose, and the time to run his independent new music ensemble - which is not for credit and is wildly time consuming! And, btw. his interests and your sons are similar - he’s getting his 2nd degree in Classics. He’s taking Ancient Greek this year, and is considering a 3rd ancient language (Sanskrit.)

I don’t know how CambridgeMom’s son is handling taking 8 courses each semester! It would not have worked for my son who needs unstructured time for composing/rehearsing/playing music.