A few questions about college auditions/schools! (Flute)

Singersmom07
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:50:37 +0000

University of Maryland is not a safety school for anyone. It is very competitive. What people are saying is that no audition based program can be considered a safety. There are too many variables that you cannot control from how many spots are available to how many and caliber of the auditioning pool.

For our state our school and teacher knew which ones were easier however. Easier because they were more regional, took more, or they did not draw a large pool of high level talent, or they mostly focused on music ed so their was not as much competition for performance. You can try include an academic school with a BA for a safety or take your chances. DD took her chances. Her teacher had her pretty well pegged for admissions so it was not an issue. The easier admission places were ones she would have been happy with. She did manage to get into all of her places and had choices, but you cannot tell that ahead of time .