Anonymous
05/27/2014 16:45
Subject: What achievement in violin will help college admission?
Anonymous wrote:Suppose the kids have great scores, then will soloing in a youth ochestra like maryland classical youth ochestra be a hook?
OP is sooooo Northern Virginia! I am ROFL. Or, I would be if this mindset weren't so pathetic.
Except apparently OP is sooooo Maryland.
Anonymous
05/27/2014 15:53
Subject: What achievement in violin will help college admission?
OP is sooooo Northern Virginia! I am ROFL. Or, I would be if this mindset weren't so pathetic.
Anonymous
05/27/2014 15:49
Subject: What achievement in violin will help college admission?
Suppose the kids have great scores, then will soloing in a youth ochestra like maryland classical youth ochestra be a hook?
Anonymous
05/21/2014 19:04
Subject: What achievement in violin will help college admission?
Anonymous wrote:Drop the violin and start playing the bassoon.
or bagpipes. I've heard that really is favorably viewed by the admissions staff.
Anonymous
05/21/2014 11:31
Subject: What achievement in violin will help college admission?
Anonymous wrote:Unless the musician is at a super serious/professional track, violin or any other instrument will not get DC into a highly selective college. And for great musicians without top grades and scores, a conservatory would make more sense. Good but not great musical skills paired with great scores and grades describes a very large segment of the applicant pool. Just like sports, compete at whatever level your child finds enjoyable because that's worthwhile even if it doesn't matter for college.
Yes. Just as being a non-recruited varsity athlete is NOT a hook, being an accomplished but not decorated musician is NOT a hook. EC's become hooks only at the extremes. They is, however, more demand for athletes than musicians.
I'd add that the legacy hook works this way too. It's one thing to be a mere legacy and quite another to have grandpa's name on a building.
Anonymous
05/21/2014 10:47
Subject: What achievement in violin will help college admission?
Unless the musician is at a super serious/professional track, violin or any other instrument will not get DC into a highly selective college. And for great musicians without top grades and scores, a conservatory would make more sense. Good but not great musical skills paired with great scores and grades describes a very large segment of the applicant pool. Just like sports, compete at whatever level your child finds enjoyable because that's worthwhile even if it doesn't matter for college.