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[quote=Anonymous] . . . Did they only apply to colleges that they would be OK attending if they DON'T get accepted into that major?

DS is a HS senior applying for music (mostly production & composition (contemporary focus) or technology--not instrument-focused), and there are several schools that he applied to because they have a great program in the major he's interested in. But many of the schools describe the admission process as almost wholly separate--you can get accepted into the college without being accepted into the major. Acceptance into major requires audition, portfolio, interview, etc., so it's labor intensive for each school, so he didn't apply to that many schools.

But I'm worried now (with most EA dates having passed him by) that he has a lot of schools he wouldn't really want to go to, if he doesn't get into his preferred major.

These include schools like Belmont, U Cincinnati, Indiana University, Ithaca College, Drexel. The only "music-only" school he applied to was Berklee.

Trying to decide if he should apply to some more schools where, if he doesn't get the major he wants, he would still like the school based on campus, size, location, other majors etc. (He applied to U Colorado and JMU, where I think he would be happy even if he doesn't get his major, but wondering if he should add some closer options).

He is a B student, 1380 SAT, so needs schools with high acceptance rates. Attends competitive NJ public, 95% of students attend 4-year college after high school. Just wondering if anyone has any BTDT with their art or music kid.[/quote]

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