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I leave for my free-trial of college in a week!
(It's actually a Georgia lottery program for gifted high school students) But I'll be living in a dorm with a roommate for the first time ever and I'm a bit nervous. Anyone have any tips for living in a tiny dorm with a roommate when you've never met them before?
I'm in the running for art ghp. I go to a STEM school, so I enjoy STEM subjects but I see them every day. I like humanities and politics, but plan on going into engineering. Despite all of this, my strongest subject is music (piano). Super confusing !! Any advice on how I should choose a minor if I get in? tysm <3
i came from a STEM school too, and I know of people from my school that got in for music, art, technology, math, all different kinds of subjects. Everyone ended up picking many different minors. My best personal advice would be to pick a minor that is something you usually won’t do outside of school (like dance or counseling!) because it’s so very fun and let’s you experience a field that in the future you may not get a chance to try again. I did piano minor and it was great being able to hang out with my friends who also enjoyed piano and playing duets/quintets with them, but i would honestly say i didn’t really learn anything new, just had lots of fun instead. So from my past experience, I’d say picking a minor that’s totally out of your comfort zone would be the best way to make the most of your GHP experience :)
The most important interview of my entire life is happening in four hours and I'm more nervous than I've ever been
I can't even begin to express how saddening it was to leave everyone behind this summer of 2016. They made this summer one of the best experiences of my entire life and I made friends that I connected with more than I thought possible in a mere month and seeing them go hurts my heart. Any advice for coping to get out of that mindset? I miss seeing everyone and my home feels so foreign. I miss Palms, Odum, I miss our dorms, even the RAs. I just want to be back on the magic square, with my friends
The beauty of this day and age is that we have technology to help us. For me, I am actually still really good friends and in contact with some of the people I met at GHP. I know that your friends may live far from you, but you’d be surprised at how fate/chance actually lets yall meet up. Funny story, my bestest friend at GHP lived about 3 hours away from me, so I never thought I’d see her again. Never in a million years did I expect that I’d end up going to college in her hometown! I also didn’t see this coming, but another guy in my major at GHP ended up going to the same small college I go to. Since I was a math major, I ended up bumping into some of my friends at math competitions (nerdy I know). With a car it makes things easier and some of my friends from GHP ended up visiting me sometimes. Facebook is a lovely way to keep in touch as well as snapchat for me LOL. thank you technology
It’s been 3 years now and the memories of GHP will never fade away. Honestly, I think a good advice is to journal your experience at GHP if you havent done so already. That’s what I used this blog for and just writing about GHP after it was over and rereading it sometimes brings back the good days yet doesn’t make me sad that I left because i can relive it over and over again.
Another advice I think would be helpful is to channel all your experiences from GHP to help/advise next year’s GHP nominees. Giving advice to help others get to experience the same awesome program as you did really helps you feel connected, even if you’re not going again. Advising the GHPers that are accepted is also really fun. My friends and I made this huge google document on what ppl should or should not expect/do at GHP and it was really funny for us to write (and hopefully for others to read) and enjoyable to look back on our times there and bring it back to the present for others.
Lastly, don’t forget you can always apply to be a RA/counselor (I forgot the term) there! I forgot how old you have to be but most likely in college at least.
All in all, don’t be sad that it’s over, be glad that it happened! GHP is so memorable and is a once in a life time experience. The people you meet there, the knowledge you learn, the independence, everything. I’m not gonna lie, but your first year of college would probably give you almost the same feels, so you get to have a good time all over again haha. Except you’ll be so prepared for it cause you’ve been to ghp :)
Advice for piano majors? When the recommended composers aren't listed, what are the suggested composers/pieces and level of difficulty?
“Honestly piano repertoire is quite mercurial. As long it’s not an etude or any sort of practice pieces, you’re golden as long as you follow the “Standard PIano Repertoire”. It should be something that reflect your current technical skill…..something you would impress your first date with.
More importantly is the amount of passion you put into it, how much you know how each note should be sounded. it should tell a story.
Honestly for piano majors, it’s pretty much the competition piece you were competing with last year.
what matters most is the interview and sight reading.
since it’s only 4 weeks or less consdering I don’t know the current damn financial situation, you would be expected to learn pieces quickly so you don’t emberass yourself or your duet partners. There definietly will be group playings and even an 8 hands if Dr. Indergaard is feeling it
Must be a flexible person who is willing to spend half his GHP experience pracicing in a humid room.
A person who is able to communicate with others is key since you’re spending much of your time with only like 6 other people
there definitely will be politics….oh god…there will be..”
-Steven Yu, Piano Major 2013
I waltzed for the first time today, and it was one of the best things I've ever done.
Hello. First of all, ghpdays has been so helpful to me. Thank you so much for putting it up for us prospective GHPers. I've been nominated this year for GHP as a math major. Can you tell me what the math classes were like? How did the teachers teach and what kind of projects did you get to do? I am also looking into either a science or piano minor. Do you know what kind of things you learn with a science minor? Thank you for your time!
Aw thanks! Math major is the best hehe. The math classes were super duper fun and we were split up into 3 categories (applied math, theoretical math, and computer science?). Don’t know if that’s still how they do it, but we took classes based on the area we picked. I picked theoretical so I got to learn about number theory, combinatorics, the history of math, and other cool classes. The teachers teach you the basic concepts first, and then you get to do problems along with them. There were no tests or anything which is good lol. There were two projects we were able to do. The first one involved researching math theories and explaining them. The second one was a topic of our choice, and my friend and I chose to delve into the probabilities of our favorite card game 24. :D
About piano minors: Dr. Indergaard was awesome and helped us improve on piano pieces of our choice that we wanted to play. It was basically free for all practicing for straight 2 hours every day plus playing a few select duets/quartets for the final minor performance. I used this time to memorize and practice Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor :)
If there’s anybody on here that’s going to GHP this summer and wants to be my best friend then yes please talk to me ily. Also @whos-jade your friend Hunter is gonna be there ayyy mutual friend
