Affording the conservatory degree

iloveapiano
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:54:29 +0000

Our son is a piano player who has 11 years experience, and is a junior in HS. His passion is piano. He would love to become a professor and have a private studio someday. Most of the conservatories and private college in CA cost 65,000-75,000 a year. My husband says he has to stay in CA or at least west coast. We are not able pay that much money for college. We make too much for him to qualify for financial need aid…so should he still apply to the dream schools and hope the $ magically appears? Or is he better off to not waste the time with the dream school with a large price tag. He has a 3.88 gpa right now, and scored 1300 on psat. I want to use the money on visits and lessons wisely and not set him up for disappointment because the school is too expensive.