<p>Agreed that Berklee cutting for profit reasons is a rumor. I think that all freshman music major classes have attrition, some schools have steeper drops than others. I can imagine Berklee having a few who are in way over their heads technically and academic music wise, as well as financially. S fully expects up to half of the guitarists in the program he has been accepted into to not continue into their second year. </p>
<p>I would not let rumor and hearsay keep my child from applying. It is true that Berklee is expensive and they do not meet need however those are transparent facts that the institution is very up front about. And that they hold you to a pretty high self directed standard.</p>