<p>I’m sure Walnut Hill’s academics are similar to Interlochen’s. My daughter went to Interlochen from a top private school in Dallas. She felt she did not give up a thing academically. She said the teachers at the arts academy did not assign “busy work”, but the quality of the teaching and the material was every bit as good. She got 5s on all her AP exams and got excellent college acceptances. She graduated cum laude from Rice.</p>