I am a high school senior, and I have decided to apply to colleges as a music major but have not finalized my college list yet. I play the viola at school and also at CODA and SCSBOA for the past three years, but I don’t have any awards from competitions. I started playing viola a little late and I’m not the most talented violist at my school. At all state I sat near the middle of the orchestra. I was wondering if anyone can tell me which schools I would have a good shot at getting into. I would prefer medium to large campuses. So far I’m considering U Michigan, UCLA, Northwestern, and Boston University. Will these schools be a reach for me?
Those are really competitive music programs. I can’t really tell you how your audition will go, of course, but these schools probably accept 10%-20% of those who audition. UCLA music alum here, BTW.