Vocal Performance Majors- Soprano Advice?

rcmama
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:57:19 +0000

I guess my D was one of the lucky ones to get a fairly decent merit scholarship from NEC. Just a word of warning to NEC applicants: you must complete the NEC financial aid application to be considered for ANY type of financial aid - merit or need-based - and the deadline is much earlier than most schools. It might be interesting to call the school’s financial aid office to see whether they give out stats on how many students get financial aid and how it’s broken down, rather than relying on anecdotal information.

Re: dorms. D has lived in 6 different dorms in the past 5 years. Her worst experience was in the nicest dorm, with a French roommate who didn’t know about deodorant and doing laundry. Yes, NEC’s is dumpy and needs to be renovated, but it is still quite liveable, and it’s only for one year. Basically, a dorm is a dorm is a dorm. If a nice dorm is a major priority, than NEC is probably not the right school for you.