No one looks down on Blair students at all. No one really looks down at any students. It is more of a general acknowledgement that STEM majors and engineers may have it toughest in terms of exams that can seem to be merciless. Blair is a huge asset to Nashville and to Vanderbilt in general. There is a lot of camaraderie in Blair. My son used to hang out with two or three good musicians who were music majors but also in the marching band and in other performance groups. They throw parties. Friends in CAS and other subschools will show up for Blair recitals to support their friends. Some of the band and so on leadership arrives early each year to train freshmen recruits.
This is Music City. Now we aren’t going to compete with the Boston Symphony but the new home of the Nashville Symphony is out of this world gorgeous. There are very cool studio musicians who teach at Blair as well. Our CAS son took a fabulous course on film scores that was open to all students. There are always courses like that for the general Vandy student to take if they like to get some of their hours in.
Boston is one of those really great towns for college students on many levels. Personally, your springs up there in New England are pretty sad. We spent spring break in Boston one year and were pelted with freezing rain the entire time. haha. But Boston has many many rewards, I am sure. Vanderbilt as a campus is both cohesive and spills out nicely into the near downtown area of Nashville. Remember this is only four years of your life. Take the long view. What kind of experience do you want first? Where might you be heading.
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