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Posted by Brian C on May 04, 2003 at 11:16:03:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Who got tuba studio spot at SMU? posted by Mark F. on May 03, 2003 at 23:43:47:

I think you're being unfair Mark. In general, those who attend SMU are wealthier than those who attend TCU, (but not as good-looking :p ). The general rules do not apply to the music schools. SMU has styled itself after Rice. TCU styles itself to be in direct competition with UNT and the like. The only area where TCU clearly outclasses SMU is in the area of marching band, hardly the best measure of either music school. SMU has a better practice-room to student ratio. You're comparing apples-to-oranges.

Even so, in five to ten years, if everything goes as planned, TCU's music school will be superior to SMU's. The time-scale may be wrong, but this is inevitable. Dallas is landlocked and the suburbs are large enough to field their own orchestras. Fort Worth stretches nearly to Denton and its suburbs are nowhere near as advanced. For these reasons, within the next few decades the FWSO should surpass the DSO, (assuming each city's committment to the arts remains the same). Fort Worth and the TCU School of Music have embraced the all-too crucial Hispanic demographic, which entails further growth in a region where Latinos will be the majority within the next generation or so. TCU is also much better-positioned to survive the coming conference realignments in football. Owing to the success of its football program, TCU's acceptance rate has already dipped below that of Baylor and SMU as each year brings a new record number of applicants. Also, a good deal of the real estate surrounding TCU is much less expensive than that surrounding SMU. Though both schools are landlocked, TCU has room to grow coupled with a city plan to revitalize one of the streets that forms TCU's border.




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