[PD] OT: Computer music grad school

[Kyle Klipowicz]

Hi Chuck~

In my (recently finished) undergraduate experience, I learned that
PhD's are very particular about the research that they proctor.  They
are unlikely to be interested in learning something new (like Pure
Data) if it isn't in their narrowly defined research field.  They'd
rather spend their precious research hours on something likely to
guarantee tenure.

So when I tried to find a research prof at my school to support my
learning Pd, I wasn't satisfied.  Bottom line, if you want to learn
something specific, investigate the staff at the institution of your
choice.  If they are not already ears-deep in what you're dying to
learn, it's a far cry that they will change their deeply-ingrained
tendencies to accommodate you.

~Kyle

On 9/11/06, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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