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College vs. Conservatory

Author: J-MB
Date: 2019-07-28 20:26

Hi all!

It’s been a while since I have posted on this board just had some general questions I hope you can help with!

I am a rising junior in high school in Ohio, and have started looking at college programs that I would like/may want to audition at. I have made the decision to stay in state because going out of state is exorbitantly expensive and truthfully, I couldn’t afford going out of state without taking tens of thousands of loans.

I have also made the decision that I want to major in music education, due to the number of people I know who have performance degrees who are either A, working in a completely unrelated field or just teaching private lessons at a local music shop. I would definitely be willing to relocate for a job because the metropolitan area i live in is not the most keen on music education.

This all being said, my prospective list is.
Youngstown State (great school which is extremely cheap I could commute to.)
Baldwin Wallace (I’ve heard great things about the teacher, but sort of expensive to be honest.)
Ohio State (I’ve taken a lesson with Dr. Hartig and she is wonderful, but OSU is not to keen on offering money.)
Cincinnati(I know they offer Ed but isn’t this a more performance based school?)

If you guys on this message board could shed some light on Cinci and BW I would greatly appreciate it as I know little nothing about the programs and how they compare to OSU/YSU

Another concern is, is it worth it to go somewhere that’s going to be way more expensive for the sake of going way to school and an *arguably* better program? I know that Cinci, OSU and BW will all cost me 3x-4x the amount YSU would which is a little concerning regarding the starting salary of a public school teacher. But I also don’t know how the programs compare and I know YSU has a great wind ensemble (went to Carnegie Hall in 2015) and I really like the clarinet instructor

So I guess my final question is, is it worth paying the premium for an alternative institution compared to the commuter school that is in my backyard.

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College vs. Conservatory

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2019-07-28 20:26