Yes, I agree that top arts achievement is very helpful for T10 schools. But there’s a third category of BFA combined with top academic scholarship at a less prestigious school. I don’t know the MT world as well as the dance world but there are a bunch of these schools that have strong ballet programs and holistic academic merit (Indiana, USC, Utah etc). Given how many of D’s classmates decided not to continue with dance after graduation because it simply wasn’t affordable, going to college at very low cost can be an enormous help for an arts career.