<p>Linnlew, I’m very happy for you that your kid got into the school she wanted. I still stand by everything I’ve said. The fact is that I’ve known several singers who’ve been accepted at Northwestern… these are singers who didn’t get auditions at some of the top schools including CCM and Rice. The fact is that if a student wants to go to Northwestern, it’s more important that they have the grades to go than just about anything else, this includes their audition. Otherwise, what’s the point in even going up there because the university simply will not budge, even for a very talented singer who was an average student.</p>
<p>Perhaps I am wrong, but I don’t think that a university which values one’s ability to do math more than there ability to sing beautifully is going to be able to create the best singers.</p>
<p>I’m very excited to hear about Northwestern’s new building. I went to visit a few years ago and I thought that their facilities weren’t the best; then again, I wasn’t that impressed by Oberlin’s either. I didn’t end up applying to the Northwestern program, academically it would have been a bit of a stretch for me too and I simply didn’t feel it was worth it.</p>