mamenyu

My understanding was that Princeton paid for teachers on their adjunct list, not for Juilliard or Curtis teachers -- the price would be very different.
My kid wanted to go to Cal, loved his experience, and had no regrets; in graduate school at an Ivy, he looked back on his Cal experience as one he would repeat -- he liked the public school culture and loved Berkeley, which is an easy place to live. He would not have considered Princeton because of the eating clubs. But he had friends who went to Princeton and liked it (these were musicians -- they thought the orchestra was ok but not great). Because Cal is so large and has so many students with musical training, there is a large musical community. If price is no consideration, and your daughter likes Princeton or U of C, then that is a different story, but there is no reason to think that going to Cal, especially with a Regent's scholarship, is anything to think is uncool. It is also prestigious -- she will not be in any way disadvantaged in terms of future opportunities. She might visit Cal Day on April 12 or try an overnight visit. Go Bears! In the interests of full disclosure, my younger kid got into Cal and Princeton among other options and went to...Oberlin -- and is happy as a clam.