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[quote=Anonymous]I think at 16, it's probably too late tobget competition ready kids who compete and place in competitions don't have hobby level amount of practice.  Your son is likely very talented and skilled,  but it takes a serious commitment to place at competitions,  especially on an instrument as popular as piano. I have a violinist who is now more hobbyist,  but she put in hours of practice a day and finally got an honorable mention after several entries. She would practice 2 hours a day most days, less during sport. She did not practice intensely as a younger kid, and she often just couldn't compete against kids who had been practicing 2+ hours a day since age 8. So, if you kid has consistently practiced 1+ hours every and has a top level teacher, it might be possible,  but he would probably need to amp up to 2-3 hours per day just to try to place,  and there are so many kids with piano competitions.  Not sure it would be worth it.

However,  what he does with his piano sounds fantastic. It tells about who he is in relation to piano. On Common App, I would include an EC entry for playing (practice, etc) and a volunteer entry for the time he spends teaching and playing at the retirement place. [/quote]

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