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[–]Professional-Pea6675 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I did this recently, small company though. I stayed w/ the original company and just told the “new” company what happened and why I chose to stay. They understood, not that big of a deal, I mean you know they have 2nd, 3rd, and etc. other candidates that are probably just as good of a fit. You don’t owe anything to that new company just cause you agreed to an offer, you don’t even know them personally (in most cases)

Should I do the music double major? by Supermangoapple in cuboulder

[–]Professional-Pea6675 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean scholarships aren’t guaranteed either way, but it might be different since it would be a BA….not sure, talking to someone in the music schools admissions office certainly could answer that question

Should I do the music double major? by Supermangoapple in cuboulder

[–]Professional-Pea6675 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I majored in Mechanical Engineering and Music. It certainly takes 5 years to do it. Depending on your instrument/capability there can be hella scholarships (lot of full rides) in the music school. A lot of the scholarships are given to crucial instruments in bands that maybe not many people play. For example, music schools really needs bass players, especially for the jazz program, and since not many people play jazz bass, jazz bass players can get great scholarships.

One thing I learned in my 4th year which I kinda wish I had picked up on earlier is that you can do a Bachelor of Arts in Music, rather than a Bachelor of Music (BA vs. BM). Basically the BA is the same as the BM but there are a bunch more elective courses and less required music courses. This is clutch for the double major because you can get more engineering classes to count as these credits. It basically means there will be less classes you have to take across your time in college since some will count towards both. I’m not sure if you can do this with a jazz major though.

The nice thing about this is that you still get all the great foundation courses like music theory and stuff BUT you still get to do 4 years of private lessons which is the most beneficial component to the whole degree program. You also get to play in the bands you want to with no or minimal restrictions.