So my son, a cello performance transfer applicant, definitely has too many colleges on his list. However, he has no pre-screens and he'll be sending recordings to at least 5 of them in lieu of live auditions. However, it looks like he'll have live auditions at 7-9 schools between the end of January and beginning of March. All are in Southern California except one in Arizona.
Do you think that's crazy? He didn't enjoy his trial lesson at CSULB, so it might be that he won't audition there, so even though he applied there, he just wouldn't follow through with the audition. That would make it 7-8 schools.
He's been to one other trial lesson (he likes that school and the teacher really likes him) and will take 3-4 more trial lessons by early January.
If the auditions are spread out to 1-2 each weekend (most weekends are just one audition), is that still too much? All schools except Arizona are within 2 or so hours of us.
We just don't know who will accept him, what kind of money he'll get (ie. what we can afford) and where he ultimately feels most comfortable. That's why the list is so big.
Thoughts?
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