@MusakParent One thought I had, is if the caliber of students of the other school might not be as high as the caliber of students at Saint Olaf? Again I really can’t speak to a music major with any knowledge because my son was a non-major string player, but it makes me think to the fact that he was also accepted to Case Western where he didn’t even apply for a BM major. He submitted his video for the non-music major art scholarship, and when he was admitted they offered him as well automatic admission into the music major (“based on the caliber of your playing “). I sort of thought to myself I don’t know if my son is really that great or if their program that weak? Same thing happened to him at another much smaller LAC that he crossed off for other reasons. The faculty there actually called and spoke to him and offered him direct admission to the performance major even though it wasn’t the major he had applied for. My husband and I began to think perhaps they needed more string players and this was their way of enticing them??