Cartera - speaking anecdotally, I have a hard time believing that Juilliard's theory and history classes are sub-par. Although kids can place out of certain classes, few do. My S had a 5 in AP theory, and did not place out of the first class. (He is good at theory - the "go to" guy for other students having trouble - but it is deep.) Juilliard does not accept transfer credits for a lot of their classes - don't know how much is snob-based, but they like control over what the kids are learning. Of course, like schools everywhere, sometimes how hard the class is depends upon the teacher.
Are their other accreditation organizations? It seems like I heard Colburn was not yet accredited, but by whom?
Sometimes schools don't "need" to belong - I remember thinking that when I noticed that Curtis does not submit it's SAT data to USNWR. (And Juilliard does not use SAT scores at all - totally refusing to play that game.)
edit - cross posted with lorelei - Makes sense that the accreditation would have to do with non-music offerings. As many have noted, Juilliard has very few. Not the place for a bio-chem double major!
