Preliminary Visits as a Junior

Beethoven_s_10th
Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:58:11 +0000

My son has a friend who visited Oberlin during her spring break in her junior year of high school. She arranged for a private lesson on her instrument, after which the teacher told her not to bother applying the next year. I’m guessing she wouldn’t have improved enough to make a difference but you never know. So you ARE taking somewhat of a risk having a lesson in your junior year.

for what it’s worth, my son made a tremendous growth during the Xmas holiday of his senior year. He practiced like crazy and took additional lessons with a new teacher. Although it would have been nice to have auditioned for Oberlin’s Early Review, I’m not sure he would have been as impressive. Maybe he would have still been accepted, but possibly not, and likely without his rather substantial scholarship.