As many on the forum are wrapping up auditions and enter the waiting game, I would like to tap the forum's collective wisdom on choices we hopefully will be faced with - Which of the institutions that I (or my child) has been accepted into should I pick to attend?
As I entertain this happy hypothetical question my daughter may face, I really see three main factors: money, teacher and school.
Money: self explanatory. Merit and/or need based aid.
Teacher: The studio you ended up in. Was it your first choice? How did the trial lesson go? Will he be around a lot?
School: Many sub factors here. I was thinking mostly 'reputation' but may include things like location, ability to double major, campus, etc.
Hypothetical situation #1:
You got into your top two choices. Choice #1: $0 aid, great teacher, world famous institution. Choice #2: full merit scholarship, awesome teacher, top 10 ranked.
Hypothetical situation #2:
Choice #1: Full aid, unknown teacher who seems very nice and trial lesson went well, top 10. Choice #2: decent aid, great teacher, top 5
Hypothetical situation #3:
I thought about making up situations with actual schools and teacher, but that didn't seem proper. Maybe putting school names is OK?
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