<p>Ideally, an arts high school has both high academic and high artistic standards. It doesn’t have to be one or the other. :)</p>
<p>However, one must keep in mind that kids who are artistic (and I am talking about acting, music, visual art, dance and so on, and not just MT) are as varied a group as any other when it comes to how “academic” they are. </p>
<p>Though it sounds from the posters on this list that many MT kids also are strong academic students, I know kids who are extremely talented and motivated singers, dancers, painters and graphic artists, trombone and piano players and so on who are not the best students in the world, and not for lack of trying. These kids of my acquaintance have gone on to some of the best college/conservatory programs in the country and thrive there, despite their less-than-fantastic SAT scores or transcripts.</p>