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[quote=Anonymous]Actually, OP. I wonder if you're really asking about a 'hook' versus wanting to know an instrument that would make your kid distinctive and help feather his resume more than violin?

A 'hook' would mean that your kid is so distinctive that the chair of the music dept contacts the admissions office to request that they admit your kid.  That's not likely, and so unpredictable you can't plan for it.

But there are instruments that are relatively rarer (I'm thinking things like bassoon) that would make the kid more distinctive in high school.  He would still have to become very good at the instrument, but it's possible that with a rarer instrument, he'd have a bit of an advantage trying out for the most competitive high school band/orchestra, all county and all state band, etc).  Likewise, my old marching band teacher loved tubas (sousaphones in marching band) because the sound carried so far (and they are heavy, so kids don't particularly like playing them).  So being good at an instrument like that may make you competitive for things like the McDonalds all american band, and having that on your resume would look good in college admissions.

All of this, of course, is predicated on the fact that your kid becomes very good at the instrument-- the unusualness only gives a small bump.

And with all of the practice time needed to become really good, you might think about whether his passion will be strong enough to make it worth while.[/quote]

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