I've been involved with two nieces and a family friend whose parents needed assistance in the admissions process in the past few years, all focussed on topnotch music programs. One's at Berklee, one at Eastman and one at Curtis. All are happy and thriving, although the one at Eastman is stressed a lot of the time but that is probably more a factor of her personality than any other reason.

Two of the three also auditioned at Juilliard, were accepted but chose their current schools as a better fit.