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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Business - Management and Administration  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright All Berklee College of Music cares about is money. Given the opportunity I would have taken a few years of more intensive private instruction (for drumset, music theory, ear training, etc) and pursued a business degree at a real university. Avoid this college at all costs. Surrounding City: A+, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Oct 08 2009 4th Year Male -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=61327&uid=562'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Other  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I sincerely apologize to those of you reading this who have their hearts set on Berklee, but I feel that I must say this, and I hope you read this carefully: Do not waste your time here. I spent loads of money on a summer program, which turned out to be most unhelpful, disorganized, and unchallenging. When I applied as a full-time student, the audition and interview process was extremely disorganized---my audition time was cut in half because they were running 2 hours behind. The rest of the process was disastrous as well---they "misplaced" one of the most important parts of my application (which I had hand-delivered to them), and my admissions counselor was unhelpful, indifferent, and generally never knew what was going on or what her job was. If you were a good student academically in high school, I STRONGLY suggest that you avoid coming to Berklee at all costs. No one there gives a hoot about how smart you are or how hard you work---they only care about how talented you are right from the start. If you have trouble learning a concept, you will not find any help from the faculty. I deeply regret having wasted my time and money here. Also, if you're used to being in honors or accelerated academic classes in high school, you will be extremely frustrated with the general disregard of a holistic education both by the faculty and especially the students. They may tell you that in order to succeed in the industry, you only need to have a background in music and practical experience. They're wrong. While those things are extremely important, you also need to be very intelligent in other ways. You can't make a name for yourself or advance your career if you don't know who you are, if you don't have a deep understanding of people and the way the world works, and if you haven't had experience working with people who have different interests than you. All of these discoveries and experiences are an integral part of a strong liberal arts education, which is an integral part in preparing for and positioning yourself for a successful career in the music industry---a VERY people-based industry. Also, you do not need to attend Berklee in order to pursue your dream. I have (proudly) decided to attend American University over Berklee. I have found that I can learn MUCH more about the industry by reading books, doing a little research online, and making contacts. If need be, you can always buy books online from BerkleePress and learn the material on your own for a much lower price and MUCH more quickly than if you attend the actual courses. Also remember: while other colleges and universities may not have a record label, songwriting club, or music magazine/publication etc, YOU can always be the one to start them up. It’s not too hard, either. Plus, you then get to be in charge of how things are run, and being an entrepreneur like this looks WAY better on your resume than if you had simply participated in preexisting establishments. Other reasons to invest your time and money somewhere else: -You probably won’t get housing at Berklee, and if you do, it will be very ill equipped. -You probably won’t get a scholarship or any financial aid. -If you need to work with students from other departments (such as graphic design, finance, journalism, photography) for your projects and pursuits, YOU WON’T FIND THEM AT BERKLEE. Yes, Berklee is a music school. But ask yourself: when in your lifetime will you ever be working with ONLY musicians? The answer is never. And this is a huge disadvantage when it comes to attending Berklee. You won’t have experience working with a wide variety of professionals, and you won’t have the opportunity to make contacts with people who will be able to help you out in big ways that aren’t necessarily directly related to music. I really wish that fewer people believed that they NEED to attend Berklee to do what they want to do in life. That’s just not the case. You’re better off where you are valued more and where you will have your real needs met. Social Life: A-, Individual Value: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 23 2008 1st Year Female -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=46448&uid=562'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Well, here is the truth. The hallways in the main building 150 always smell like urine from the bathrooms. It was so discusting. Many teachers were good musicians but didn't have a clue how to teach! Some didn't even have degrees! The piano teachers didn't understand how to teach "technique." They knew how to hit the right chords but they had no clue how to teach the pianist any technical skills on the piano...After two and a half years at Berklee, I had to study with a student at Berklee from Korea to teach me piano technique (classically trained of course) What I learned from her I will take with me the rest of my life. She had to reteach me of course because the piano teachers at Berklee are clueless as how to teach technique and taught me how to play with my fingers only and did not incorporate any wrist or arm movement! Almost every single piano student at Berklee ends up with tendinitis at least one point during there years at Berklee and of course this tendinitis will reappear later on in there life as it never goes away 100% Berklee College is money hungry. I am soooo indebt from going there that I had a nervous breakdown.. I had to drop out and get a job 50 hours a week and I still will never pay my debt...Over 100,000 for just 5 semesters!! I am now sick from going to Berklee. I used to cry in the financial aid office but they told me "It's not a lot of money!" They never helped me. They just wanted more of my money. You don't need any skill to get into Berklee..most students have only two or less years of playing there insrtuments before going there. It's not like Julliard where there is true talent. Berklee musicians just pund away on there instruments and you always have headaches. There are only a few truly gifted musicians there. Berklee will accept you...especially if you are paying cash... Perceived Campus Safety: A, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 16 2008 2nd Year Female -- Class 2005    Forward  Blog it! 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