[PD] OT: Computer music grad school

[Chuckk Hubbard]

On 9/11/06, Marius Schebella <marius.schebella at chello.at> wrote:
> I think for Austria it is EUR 726,72 per semester for students from non
> EU contries (with exceptions - for nationalities from poor countries it
> is free). things are changing slightly every year.

Maybe I should wait a few years, when the US will be a poor country.

> for art universities there is a restriction to a certain number of study
> places, which means you have to make an entrance examination. most
> students contact their major professor before.
> and your undergrad will probably not be accepted, because Austria has no
> real undergrad studies like B.A., you mostly finish with a magister
> (M.A. equiv.). this may also change in the future and is already now
> changing. all this is very different to GB and US, because there you can

There must be some way.  I've been unbearably frustrated by my
teachers' unwillingness to pursue really challenging subjects, and
I've been told a bunch of times I'm pursuing graduate-level things.
Can it be that the best course of action for a very intelligent and
driven computer music student is to drop out of school and educate
himself online?  If not, I must find a program that will accept me.
It would be irrational to continue an expensive education in "the
basics" when I've been dying for more advanced studies for years.
A thousand unchallenging things with short deadlines are not the same
as a few challenging things...


-Chuckk