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Anonymous wrote:My child sounds similar. Very musically talented with considerable time spent in musical orchestras, etc but not interested in pursuing a Bachelor degree in music because doesn’t want to teach. Would a kid like this still submit a supplemental arts package if not pursing music?

Yes, of course. It’s part of who they are. Kids from DD’s studio have gone to T-20 schools for completely unrelated subjects, but have all submitted their art as supplemental materials.

Anonymous wrote:My child sounds similar. Very musically talented with considerable time spent in musical orchestras, etc but not interested in pursuing a Bachelor degree in music because doesn’t want to teach. Would a kid like this still submit a supplemental arts package if not pursing music?

Anonymous wrote:Lots of places on the app. A music kid who doesn’t plan on majoring in music will have more opportunities to showcase their talent than an athlete who doesn’t plan to play NCAA.

My musician will have music on his transcript since he’s taken classes at school.

He will have a test score for AP Music Theory.

He will have private lessons and ensembles and theater productions under extracurriculars.

He will have honors like all state or competitions in the awards section.

He will have the performances he does at the nursing home, and the music therapy program he assists with and the canting he does at church as service.

He will have his job as a camp counselor at music camp under employment.

And be will be able to submit videos in an art supplement.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, look at the private orchestra's to enroll her in - not sure if they have space now, but MCYO, PVYO, etc.

We’ve actually left DC for another metro area, but she’s in the local equivalent. I don’t want to be too specific, at some point she’d be identifiable, but either Julliard or Tanglewood (I can’t remember which) has a drop down list with like the top 100 youth orchestras in the US in their summer application materials. MCYO is in it. I don’t think PVYO is. But she’s in two of them.

She started her instrument pretty young, so she’s had really good mentoring as far as building her resume. And really good financial aid! (Yes, some of these summer festivals are off the chain expensive). She’s also maintained a rep list for a few years now. Sounds like she’s gotton good advice!

This whole thought process, for me, came about as we just had the sit down with her advisor to map out courses for the next two years. The big decision was whether to drop language senior year to do AP theory. She decided yes, as it fit her “narrative” of serious musician. So I was curious just how helpful this narrative actually is!

Anonymous wrote:OP, look at the private orchestra's to enroll her in - not sure if they have space now, but MCYO, PVYO, etc.

Anonymous wrote:Oh, OP again. The summer festivals also have had a fair amount of madterclasses, but I have no idea who is “famous enough”

Honestly, I have no idea what stellar grades are anymore. I did the same amount of AP’s she did, had the same GPA (4.0 unweighted) and no real talents - and I got into 4 Ivy’s. As much as I had heard things were different today, yeah, it’s another universe!