swmerrill7, this thread is for links to music resources. To get answers to your questions you need to start a new thread. That way people will be able to respond to your question specifically.
Link to schools with music industry/technology programs
The Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association has a page listing their institutional members - which appear to be 2-yr & 4-yr colleges and vocational schools. Last year we used it to get a great start on identifying colleges with music industry/technology programs for my son. He's now a freshman at the University of Miami, majoring in Music Engineering Technolgy - a program we identified through this list.
I am starting a series of articles about finding a jazz program that is a good fit for you and getting in to that program. Here is the link to my blog:
These are two extremely helpful music theory links.
This one has examples of everything from triads to musical form, and has many exercises (even ear training!) teora - Music Theory Web
This one starts out more basic and does not get as advanced, but is still helpful for almost anyone. Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net
Both of these can help greatly in preparation for an AP test, of more importantly theory placement tests for college.
This one is from the Peabody web site, and it talks about what is often discussed on here, what to do with a music degree and it mirrors a lot of my own thoughts:
