<p>Chris,
Do ND and Dart have good music programs? The only other school my son was really interested in was CMU, also because of the good engineering and good music. He got accepted to some other great choices, but when it comes right down to it, he wants music in his life and he wants a top teacher. I made him visit his other choices, but I could see his heart really wasn’t in it. I finally “got it” yesterday when he said to me, “I have never been a one dimentional academics only kid in high school, and I’m not that way now either”. OK, goodbye good academic programs without a good music program. Hello big bucks CMU or the very generous Case-CIM program. I guess the point of my story is that if you find youself less than excited about ND or Dart,this might be the reason. You sound like your music is important to you, too.</p>