<p>JHU and NYU have separate schools and divisions which make it difficult for a student to decided midstream to major in music, for example.</p>
<p>If it were my child I would definitely select music if it is a PASSION. S’s very gifted violin teacher went to Oberlin as a bio major and switched into the Conservatory her sophomore year. Her identical twin went to Williams and became a doctor.</p>
<p>My S attends Williams. He went in a music major but has become a classics major. The music scene was fine for him, but music theory sunk his boat. I wouldn’t have said music was his PASSION. it’s one of his great loves, but so is Virgil so all is well.</p>
<p>With varied interests I think a student fares better at a LAC or small university, for example the Ivies. At Columbia, for example (if he gets off the waitlist) music performance and science are part of the same division. Not so at NYU.</p>