Music Majors are the Most Likely Group of College Grads to Be Admitted to Medical School

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If you are wondering why you should support our Change Maker of the Month, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, consider this!

A 2002 Canadian neurological study researched music and found music literally electrifies, at the speed of light, clusters of nerve paths in both hemispheres of our cerebral cortex that connect the neural clusters processing musical pitch, rhythm, harmony, melody, short term memory, long term memory, and emotions.
The National Association for Music Education, NAfME, formerly known as MENC, has compiled the amazing results of these studies and more.

Did you know that
• Middle school and high school students who participated in instrumental music scored significantly higher than their non-band peers in standardized tests.
• Students who were exposed to the music-based lessons scored a full 100 percent higher on fractions tests than those who learned in the conventional manner.
• Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school.
• Also, a study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest reading scores among all majors including English, biology, chemistry and math.
• Music study can help kids understand advanced music concepts. A grasp of proportional math and fractions is a prerequisite to math at higher levels, and children who do not master these areas cannot understand more advanced math critical to high-tech fields.
• Music participants received more academic honors and awards than non-music students.

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