<p>Simplelife, I think you will need to hear back from vocalists on this one. I think it is too different from instrumentalists. ( If your son played oboe, I could give you some pretty good advice). Also, it would help to know what your two schools are, but I can understand that you don’t want to put them down.</p>
<p>When my daughter goes to grad school, these will be my/her considerations:</p>
<p>–go to a big name school
–try to go for free or close to it (may study in Europe, very cheap)
–if she doesn’t get a big scholarship, determine if anyone did get one at that school. She doesn’t want to pay a lot if one or more grad students aren’t. That will mean she is not #1 at that school.</p>
<p>Tough decision! It is a crying shame these schools cost so much.</p>