<p>Hi TJC – there was a thread from last spring on the Music Major site where students and parents actually listed their scholarships. I used to have the thread bookmarked but somehow it disappeared when I changed computers (sorry) – one of the other posters may have it. I systematically went through that thread and picked up information about voice performance majors and the value of their scholarships. It’s not difficult to see patterns in scholarship reporting. Of course this thread reflects a skewed population – people tend to report only those schools from which they received scholarships, not the schools where they didn’t get scholarships. However, I think it’s something worth looking at. If you think my listing of voice scholarships (the one I extracted from the thread) would be of interest, PM me with an email address and I will send it to you – it could help you identify (sort of) more generous schools from less generous schools. Also, I found by studying the music school sites, you could frequently get a sense as to whether there is money “lying around” for merit scholarships. Another approach, simply call the school and talk to the admissions and scholarship folks. When I first began this process I was afraid to call, but I overcame those feelings and found many of the admissions people to be highly approachable. Remember they are in the sales game, too!</p>
<p>My daughter applied to seven schools. She was accepted to all except one – Northwestern. The 3 private schools where she was accepted gave merit scholarships that brought the total cost of attending down below the cost of the public universities, with one exception. Public universities offered comparatively little. Everybody offered something. The one exception mentioned above was the University of North Texas-Denton, with a very high quality program and unbelievably low tuition. The small scholarship they offered really didn’t matter because the tuition was so low to begin with. I don’t know the school’s reputation in organ. </p>
<p>Good luck to you.</p>