| DS applied to BU, NEC, U of North Texas, Peabody, the Hartt School, Duquesne and U of Maryland. He was accepted at all but U of Maryland. All had music faculty on his instrument who he REALLY felt he could study with and learn from. In the end, he chose BU over the others. The teacher was the main reason. He also made a decision that he wanted a conservatory for grad school, but not undergrad. AND as I mentioned earlier, BU offers a study abroad program for juniors which he will be doing in the fall. The facilities at BU are ....well...dreary, but they were like a castle compared to the dorm at NEC which was his other first choice. Also NEC does not guarantee housing after freshman year...which is pretty costly in Boston. He will look at conservatory programs for his graduate study. |