I
and currently in my third year at TCU and am
enrolled in the vocal music education program. I grew up
in a community very similar to TCU, mainly Caucasian and
middle and upper class. I decided to attend TCU due
to small class sizes, beautiful campus, and a scholarship offered
by the school of music. I absolutely love the
School of Music at TCU. I work closely with all
of my teachers and have had most teachers all through
my schooling. The heads of the music department are easy
to contact and genuinely care about their students. As a
music education major TCU gives many opportunities to teacher prior
to student teaching your senior year with your peers and
also students from schools in the local area. Personally I
think the School of Music is fantastic and if you're
looking at TCU as a future music educator it should
not be over looked. If you are interested in scholarship
I would suggest contacting Dr. Shrock, or the head of
the choral department, and set up a visit, he will
help you tremendously in getting into the school and getting
a scholarship if he wants you. Also the School of
Music has multiple fraternities, sororities and organizations for music
majors, minors, and active music students to join. The Music
community at TCU is very close and it is the
one part of campus that is genuinely friendly and acts
as a family.
On that note, had I note been
a Music Major, I would not have attended TCU and
if I had, I would have transferred. Housing is AWFUL,
they require students to live on campus but never have
enough housing for students. Some friends of mine did not
get housing until the first day of classes. Also off
campus housing isn't overall abundant or affordable and finding it
can be a difficult task. Overall the students are fine
but a little self absorbed and if you're not part
of the Greek community then the social life can be
a little difficult. The overall school staff, not faculty, is
a pain to deal with and is often rude, including
the chancellor himself at times. The faculty is friendly when
spoken to but unlike the School of Music it
is not overly easy to create a friendship with the
regular teachers. But overall the classes are great and I
have learned a lot while at TCU.
One final thing,
TCU is expensive, and I would not suggest going without
some form of scholarship. Tuition increases every year from between
6-8 % so keep that in mind when looking at
the cost.
Overall great School of Music, good classes, good
teachers, but other parts of the school are questionable.
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