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Re: Suggestions for grad. schools, and what to do in college?

Author: EEBaum
Date: 2010-10-15 02:24

USC is not a state school. Quite expensive private school.

I wouldn't worry about this yet. Really. Spend your first couple years (really, your whole undergrad, but especially the first couple) trying as many different things as you can, finding out what you like to do, both things outside your field and areas of focus within it.

What would you hope to get out of two masters degrees?

Also, what drew you to the actuarial degree? And the clarinet degree?

While you can do two unrelated bachelors' at the same time, I think you may find it difficult to do two unrelated masters' simultaneously. Bachelors is a time of GEs and less intense stuff anyways, but at the masters level, ESPECIALLY on the performance end, you'll likely want to spend every waking moment on your field of study in one way or another. Or, at least, more than half of your waking moments.

In essence:

S L O W
D O W N

There's a term I've heard recently, I think it might be a book, "racing to nowhere." People get so worked up about doing everything they possibly can to optimize their progress toward an educational goal, then get there and realize that they have no idea what to do once they've arrived.

Also, don't rush yourself through the 4 years. I've seen dual majors done in 4, but it's not pretty. I took 7 for my two, would recommend 5-6.

Do note that there are some things that you can only do in your college years, and that it's very easy to neglect them in favor of trying to optimize some career path. You only live once, and such things.

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com

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