New England Conservatory of Music

Educational Resources

Libraries

Firestone Library - audiovisual materials

• Member of library consortia.
• 82,964 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 295 current serial subscriptions.
• 650 microforms.
• 53,429 Audio/Visual items.
• 0 e-books.

Computing

Requirements

• Students are not required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Campus Resources

• 52 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is not available to all students.
• Student web-pages are not permitted.
• Online class registration is not available.
• 0% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Services

Basic

health insurance

Remedial

writing, other

Counseling

career, personal, academic, psychological

Career

internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, other

Campus Safety

controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 20% of students live in school housing.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Types of housing available

• 31% of housing units are Singles.
• 62% of housing units are Doubles.
• 7% of housing units are Triples.
• In total, there are 1 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 100% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 0% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 95% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Battle of the Bands, Concert X
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, jazz band, music ensembles, musical theater, opera, student government, symphony orchestra
• In total, there are about 8 organizations on campus.
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Fellowship with Christ, Jewish Student Assembly
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Pentatonic (African-American student group)
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Athletic Club, Light Opera Club, Schubert Circle (GLBT club), Spare Change, Thursday Night Live

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Boston (5)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Boston (2)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Boston (2)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• Not all students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 0% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 60% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,500
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 1 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 15% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance mandatory, class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited, other