| Welcome brimx,
Flute and piccolo are usually very competitive instruments because of the large number of people playing them. The audition standards may be a little lower for music ed majors than for performance majors, at least at some of the schools you mention.
If you are not playing at least at the senior high school regional or all-state level, UNT is going to be a reach. I don't know a lot about Terri Sundberg there, but Mary Karen Clardy attracts a lot of very talented flute students from across the country to the auditions. UNT has a reputation as a great music school at the national level and their tuition prices are very attractive when compared with other schools that offer teachers at a comparable level.
I do not know the teachers at the other schools well enough to tell you much about them, but the competition there is likely to be a notch or two down from UNT.
You should check out the audition repertoire listed on the school web sites. UNT wants things of comparable difficulty to Bach, Poulenc or Hindemith Sonatas. There will be applicants there who play those pieces quite well.
If any of these schools are close enough to visit, you should request a sample lesson with the flute teacher or teachers. They should be able to give you a feel for how you stack up against their admission standards. |