Hi all,
I'm trying to make sense of the awards my son did and did not get as we consider which school he should attend.
He was accepted to McGill and U of Miami, B.Mus. Jazz but without any music (or academic) scholarship at all. Does this mean we like you and think you are good enough to join (and we have so many students on trumpet already), but really we think you can pay your way? Or is it indicative of his playing ability, that he is really at the lower end of the talent spectrum at those places?
I'm more concerned about the latter interpretation because maybe that means he will be a small fish in a big pond, which could positively push him to work harder on his instrument in order to compete with others, or it could be a demoralizing experience.
Similarly he was accepted into two much smaller music schools (Lawrence and Puget Sound) and was offered significant academic scholarships but no music either. In these places, I wonder if he will be like a big fish in a small pond, with limited opportunity to grow musically.
I feel mixed about what to advise him as we consider schools. We want him to go the most affordable one (which for us would be McGill) but I wonder if one of the smaller schools would be a better fit for him instead.
What do you think? Thanks!
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