Creating the List of Colleges

bridgenail
Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:58:15 +0000

I can’t comment on jazz so my contributions are just food for thought - and their seconds as I know you have thought of them already!

Going back to your original question, keep in mind a “list” is ever evolving. To me it looks like you have a few solids (at least for now), a few other you are certainly considering (Oberlin, Temple - anything between Chicagoland to NYC area) and a few that are an intriguing, expensive lights (and ultimately could be a fly trap - NYU - frankly I’d go light on these schools unless there is one - just to see).

ScreenName48105’s earlier comment reminded me that WE had NYU on my D’s list. She was going off to NYC to make it big! However I encouraged to do all here other apps first and see if she had time for NYU as I explained we could not afford unless a miracle happened. With everything going on in the fall of senior year and barely getting all the other apps and pre-screens done, NYU never happened. And that was because my D had learned a lot and become more realistic during the process.

As a parent I looked at affordability, told my D not to go down the road of debt (for some this would be fine) and told her to put some variety into her schools choices because … you never know. For some kids they will stay solid on their choices. But still many will change their opinions over the last 12 months. AND the audition process will continue to shape opinions. I think few leave the process without thinking “if I were to do it again, I would definitely…”

And U of Miami was one of those schools … it was on the list, it was off, on again, off again…too expensive (never visited)…well maybe we need another school…last app sent in. She went to a unified audition (for MT), it fit in the schedule, had the greatest audition, and got her biggest scholarship offer. You just never know…

Good luck!!!