Thank you to all who took time to reply to this thread.
I’m not sure I’m understanding the constructive feedback that strongly states DO NOT go to LU. If the information being shared is because they are a trimester school and our student would be transferring from a semester school I can see the concern. I’d appreciate any clarification you could provide. Is something bad happening there ?
Neither school has the option to change studio teachers. Both schools only have 1 teacher. IU oboe studio has 16 student - 7 are auditioning to transfer. Whether they do or not is another story but that is quite telling . They will finish auditioning next month.
LU was our student’s first choice based on experience on campus and such. However it was the only school they could see at their campus because of COVID19. They got into several “prestigious” music programs and did their best to find a good fit virtually.
LU now has a two term course for transfer students to provide them with something similar to the freshman experience.
I could see how it could be hard to transfer into a small school. Groups are formed and such. Very big concern as our student keeps asking when will they have a “college experience “. They were very social in high school.
But currently at this large school our student has one friend - their roommate for the past two years. Our son doesn’t party and the studio doesn’t get together socially because of the competitive nature of the studio. Not partying at a large school seems to make it quite difficult to find your people.