D2 will be a senior next year and is currently finalizing her next-year's course schedule. She has a rather hefty load planned right now ... but the more she's talking to other music majors (some are currently seniors in hs, some are already in school), she's getting mixed feedback.
Those who applied to conservatories or other hard-to-get-into music programs all seem to have had a light, light, LIGHT senior year so that they could primarily focus on auditions. Some even started homeschooling for that senior year only. Some others had a tough course load and have told her they regretted it (but why? Because they were seniors and wished they'd goofed off more, or a more substantive reason? D2 isn't sure), while others were glad they got more gen-eds out of the way with multiple AP credits.
So - I'm here to see what your students did for their senior years & how that worked out. Did your students feel that the second semester was tougher than the first semester... whatever their courseload?
D2 is (has always been) homeschooled, so we can be somewhat flexible with her classes and their timing... but a heavy load is still a heavy load, even with some flexibility added in. So I'd love for her to have more POVs to take into account while planning.
(dd will probably be applying to 6-12 programs next year, so travel time/etc will be an issue)
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