Going test optional for music schools

bklynkids
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:40:39 +0000

My son is a Junior jazz sax player looking at music schools (including some within larger universities). He has a good GPA, but isn’t looking for a very competitive, academically elite school (like Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, or Vanderbilt) and is very resistant to studying for or including standardized test scores. (He hasn’t taken any yet aside from PSATs, and would need to work at it to get his scores in a good place.)

Some of the schools we are looking at don’t require SATs this year, but might for his year, though most are test optional (U Michigan being an exception). He’s a good player, will probably do well in auditions according to his teachers.

Would love your thoughts. Thanks.