Hello everyone!
I was recently accepted as an undergrad flute performance major at CMU and NEC. My goal is to become a professional orchestral flutist, but I'm really torn between these two schools.
If anyone has any experience with either of these schools, can I have its pros and cons?
The teachers are not an issue for me because I work well with both of them, and I would be VERY happy with the either of them. I also have to pay about the same amount of money to attend either school so I guess that's not a key factor for differences between the schools either. Also location-wise both places are pretty convenient for me.
I just have a couple of issues I'm concerned about:
1. I'm not sure how the ensemble system works at both schools. My flute teacher said when she attended NEC, some flutists couldn't play in ensembles because of such a high number of them enrolled there. This was years ago, but is this still the case now? I also would prefer if the ensembles are divided up like freshmen+sophomores, juniors+seniors so I was wondering if either school works like that.
2. I have heard that NEC's liberal arts classes are not challenging enough (please correct me if that is not the case), but on the other hand, are CMU's required classes for music majors TOO rigorous? Would I have enough time to balance those with 3-4 practice hours a day?
3. I know that NEC recently established a ton of new practice rooms, but how are the practice rooms at CMU? Are there enough rooms so that I can pop in anytime and there is always one open, or would I have fierce competition over the rooms?
Ultimately, WHICH SCHOOL SHOULD I CHOOSE??? Thank you so much in advance!!! :)
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