back to the norm

so today was a lot better than yesterday XD. i woke up around 9. i just relaxed and took it easy getting ready for school. normally it takes me a while so i really took my time. it was very very nice =)

showed up around 10:15ish and found all the other people who are in my 1st period inside the band room since thats where were lead to yesterday after the sub had to leave. so upon showing up in there i went into stone's office and talked to him about my acceptance to both CSULB and APU.

we talked about the teachers, location, education, costs. he said go to the school with good teachers. CSULB definitely has good sax teachers. the two main ones (Sal Lozano, and Jay Mason) play in the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band. which is probably the best big band in the world. no joke. APU has Rusty Higgins who is also an amazing player. mr. stone said to help me out even more i should make a pro's and cons list for each college. so i think i'll do that here. they both have great jazz ensembles too.

CSULB

pros cons

-decent dorms -farther drive
-good distance from home -no commercial music study
-nice location (irvine XD) -higher demand in music department
-conservatory of music -only one scholarship for lessons ($550-1000)
-overall cost around $15,000 - dorms might not be that great
-lots of clubs and activities -campus doesn't look that great
-great teachers
-lots of opportunity for the future
-voted 3rd best value in the nation
by priceton

APU

pros cons

-nice dorms -christian affilation
-already ahve 10 grand in scholarships -close to home lol
-very nice faculty -private university= $$$$$$ (36 grand)
-nice facilities -campus is at two sites
-christian affiliation -not sure how good their music really is
-commercial music major -not sure about success afterwards
-close to home
-they actually call me about stuff

so i'm probably gonna add more to this list tomorrow when i have more time to think. i should be heading off to bed soon since i wake up so dam early! X__X

oh and i checked UCLA admittances today just for the hell of it. cuz if you have seen my last few blogs, i never even auditioned for them. so i went on and there was a very courteous message saying, "we regret to inform you that you did not make it into UCLA." pfftt. hahah i didn't really care to go there anyways though. especially since they didn't even give me a chance and its kinda far.