Teachability Trumps Raw Talent
What you learn in music is very important. How well you learn may make the difference between you having a career, or moving on to other things. Teachability is one …
College Catch 22: The Dangers and Difficulties of Dual Enrollment
Beware of over-committing. An enormous land-mine that can go off on your transcript if you dual enroll at a college and they you are highly engaged in a number of ensembles or performances …
Hidden Gem Music Schools (Article)
An interesting article that we found on a music college blog from a company that sells its consulting services to parents/students. We will be checking into the schools. Several of them …
Louisiana State University – GEAUX Lower GPAs & Money for School!
If you have a 3.5 grade point average (HPA) or lower, your options, particularly in Florida, can be very limited. Community colleges are not a good option, frequently, because their credits …
Hampshire College Visit Evening Event
Hampshire College is for “out of the box” students who may or may not love school, but are smart and like to forge their own path, including designing their own major.Hampshire was …
raise.me Offers Another Avenue to Get Scholarship Money, Open to Freshman & Up
Another great idea for college scholarships: https://www.raise.me/
Download for the College Strategy Meeting 9/22
All of our PDF fliers on college are available here for you to download: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rnlfnwv56ltss9p/AAAedVcmGlnE2lBwiKFUGk7_a?dl=0 We update them frequently, so please feel free to check them out at least once …
Making “Friends” with the SAT/ACT: Start Earlier!
Practice and familiarity. We know that repetitively pushing yourself to excel at auditions for All-District, All-State, and competitions makes you more comfortable with the process if you start when you’re …
The ACT or the SAT? An Excellent Video Analysis at KhanAcademy.org
Check out this series of YouTube videos and discussion at Khan Academy’s College Admissions Testing
HOW MANY COLLEGES SHOULD MUSIC STUDENTS APPLY TO?
[Some great advice from the Eastman School of Music that is worth a read! – ed.] By Christina Crispin As high school seniors are getting their applications underway (or at …