<p>(1) depends how good you are… I played 4 years in a fairly good wind band. I also played 12 odd years of piano. While that helped it is not good enough to be anything special at Yale. If though you are playing in carnegie hall, or composing things that are being played in important places then it is impressive.</p>
<p>No idea about majoring in music though… I do know that you can say on your app ‘X’ and switch to ‘Y’. You enter Yale officially undecided.</p>
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