She is a rising sophomore at the hartt school of music at the University of Hartford in CT.
She made the decision about 8 months prior to prescreens and had to learn 6 English, French and German songs for prescreens (she only had one in her book).
Some people (mainly peers) have tried to convince her that she has to choose, but she refuses. She chose to room with an mt major (they have so many interests in common) and at school she socially goes back and forth between the mt and the vp students. She’s actually been somewhat of a catalyst bring the two groups together.
At first some thought she may only be doing vp because she wasn’t good enough for mt. But during one her spring classes she was able to sing whatever she chose and she picked “my kindergarten boyfriend” from heathers and it was a smash with both groups.
She looked into OCU and knows several who have attended, but exclusively wanted an east coast school. Plus I have a debilitating phobia of Oklahoma/tornadoes and would have dreaded visiting…I know irrational, but that’s why its a phobia. She liked the vp programs at Baldwin Wallace and Otterbein’s as well. A smaller program that appeared to have good cross-over type opportunities for mt and for vp was Plymouth State…plus it was really inexpensive.
I’ve said it multiple times, there’s no one path not one school. Stand confident in what feels right for you.