<p>I’ve got TWO main goals - get a great education (major in poly sci, econ, or maybe math) from one of the top institutions in the country AND do some hardcore composing (that way I’ll be able to figure out what I want to do in graduate school). There is no way I’m just going to stop music nor would I want to essentially end my liberal arts education by going to a music conservatory. </p>
<p>Getting into an Ivy is not my main goal here. I want to go to a place that has a really good comp faculty where I’ll have ACCESS to that faculty, and get a good education. I need to do that, however, in a place that has fewer than 10,000 undergraduates (preferably between 3 and 8 thousand). From what I have read, ivies generally have some of the top composition faculty in the country - so that wouldn’t be a horrible place to end up. </p>
<p>Although it indicates good research skills, checking on my previous posts may not help you understand my goals as well as you might think. We all know that the ‘college admissions process’ is a JOURNEY. That said, I am quite positive that my evolving list of colleges now is much more comprehensive than it was in June of 2005. In June of 2005, I was like most every CC.com newbie - posting my stats in the 'What Are My Chances?" sub forum and asking questions that could be easily answered through a little bit of research. I guess everyone at some point needs to get through that [<em>said quickly, nervously</em>] ‘I have no idea what’s going on, but my stats are good right!!!, I can get into an Ivy…, they’ll serve me well, I think, maybe, yi-yi-yi-yeah, I’m right’ stage and move to a higher understanding of what the college admissions process is all about. I hope I’ve gotten there…</p>