Transfer student looking for a good engineering school

clarineter
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:03:59 +0000

I am a California resident. I would like the opportunity to play in symphonic band, chamber music, and other classical groups at the university that I transfer to. I have spoken to the clarinet professor at UCLA and he said that while the university holds open auditions for its musical ensembles, it is very rare that a non major actually will get in to one of the groups because the music program is so competitive. Marching band is not my thing.

As far as my budget goes…I think 20k or a little bit more than that is what I would hope to pay for tuition. I looked at the University of Michigan website…they said their tuition for non residents is 19k…I assumed it was yearly but it may have been semesterly. I have recently been looking at Northwestern University, U of Illinois and Purdue. Purdue doesn’t have a music major program but it seems like they have alot of performance opportunities. Northwestern is pretty expensive, but U of I and Purdue have out of state tuition of approximately 26-27k per year. U of I and Purdue are definately not urban though, but I visited both areas and they don’t feel like the middle of nowhere.

My dad tells me I should just stay in state and focus on my major, and just make sure wherever I go has some opportunities for my to play…but I really would like the opportunity to grow a little bit as a musician while I am in college, and i would prefer not to have to go off campus to do that.