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Saturday, March 31, 2012

I wish we had known this before visiting

Ok, so over Spring Break I took my daughter to see a couple of colleges. We had researched the college online and they seemed to meet the criteria she is looking for. The campus was great and the Admissions Counselor was really helpful. The program seemed really strong, as well. Since my daughter is looking at Music Education, we wanted to meet with faculty in the music department. We met the head of the department and imagine our surprise when we found out the school does not have their own orchestra! Since strings will be her primary field, that kind of made everything else a moot point. There just would not be enough opportunity for her at this particular school. This is what I meant when I said there is always something new to learn about this process. In the future, I will call the school and make sure they actually have an Orchestra before taking my time to visit. Oh well, now we know!

5 comments:

  1. What a great and helpful site!! I'm not quite there yet but with a 13 year old I will be here before you know it and the more I can learn now the more it will help me later! Great to find you on voiceBoks! I'm now happily following!

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    1. Kathy,
      You are so right; it flies by! There are scholarships for kids even in middle school, so I will try to get some of those posted in the near future. Thanks for following!

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  2. Oh wow! My kiddo is 5 so like Kathy, I'm not at this stage yet. But it's nice to know you have this blog so I can start reading up before the craziness begins. waaaay before :) Dropping in from Voiceboks.

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    1. Anne,
      Yes, you have a way to go, but I will keep posting and I am writing a book, too. If you know anyone with preteens or teens, please pass my site onto them!
      thanks,
      Debbie

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  3. I know exaclty what you mean. I wish I would of had the info I needed before doing all of this as well. Now my children are grown and have families of themselfs.

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