<p>Another avenue to explore as she identifies possible schools/conservatories of interest: the Pass/Fail option for liberal arts course work - or lack of an option.</p>
<p>For example, CIM (Cleveland Institute) requires 8 Gen. Ed. courses - one being a required writing course. The Gen Eds can be taken Pass/Fail. Only the Writing Class needs to be passed with a “C”. If she can figure out how to Pass everything else with a “D-”, she will still officially “Pass”! </p>
<p>Has your D taken any AP courses? Some schools may give her credit for these reducing the total number of non-music academic courses needed.</p>