<p>I'm the parent of a HS freshman cellist who also has some learning issues (has a good gpa but not sure test scores will be great; will need accommodations) and health issues (T1 diabetes among some other things). I'm scouring colleges in the So. Cal/Southwest area (possibly including Texas) for schools that have cello performance majors with the possibility of music scholarships.</p>
<p>Schools can be Christian (Protestant) or secular.</p>
<p>Any suggestions would be appreciated.</p>
<p>What I've found with admit rates of over 30%:</p>
<p>SDSU
Chapman
Cal Baptist</p>
<p>Are you talking about 30% admit rates for music?
For music admissions, even some of the schools with tighter admit rates will be accommodating for a really talented musician.</p>
<p>ASU might be a bit large and overwhelming for a student who needs specific accommodations.
If you like Chapman, look at Pepperdine as well. (Chapman can be REALLY generous with scholarships.)</p>
<p>I’m just thinking overall admissions rate needs to be less selective. I just don’t see my son having great test scores.</p>
<p>I keep looking at Chapman but I wondered a couple things.</p>
<p>We are a conservative Christian family and I’m not sure about Chapman from that standpoint, though my son probably doesn’t care about this aspect; thus, secular schools are fine.</p>
<p>We are middle income (family of 5 between 70 and 80K) and wonder how we could possibly afford it.</p>
<p>My son is a talented cellist but isn’t doing competitions. He’s done a university orchestra (in 8th grade and 1/2 of 9th) and he performs in a quartet for weddings, etc. He’s currently working on Saint San Cello concerto among other things. His cello teacher believes in him and has been his biggest advocate, but my son struggles with believing in himself. </p>
<p>He’s identified as highly gifted + but all his issues have me really wondering how far from home he should go. (We’re in So Cal)</p>
<p>I know a lot can change in two years, but since we homeschool, I’m trying to figure out the next year or so. I know we visited colleges in my older son’s sophomore year. Maybe we can visit Chapman next fall or spring.</p>
<p>ASU is too big, I think.</p>
<p>Also for large schools, do they have a certain admit rate for their music schools? How does one find that out?</p>
<p>Look into Redlands University in Southern California. And University of the Pacific in Stockton.</p>
<p>There are many conservatories and schools that don’t care about test scores, and don’t ask for them. That shouldn’t hold your son back.</p>
<p>My daughter is going to apply for music schools next year. She doesn’t do SAT-type tests well as she can’t finish them, she’s LD identified, but otherwise is a great student with A’s. We’ve told her not to worry about it. She’ll apply mostly to conservatories without submitting SATs. There are about 2 schools which require SATs, but those are her back-up schools anyway. If they don’t admit her, she won’t mind. And we are fortunate that our local large public university does not require the SAT.</p>
<p>A friend of hers, takes from same teacher here, was home-schooled and didn’t take the SATs. Just got admitted to Juilliard.</p>
<p>I’d recommend getting your son to become as independent as possible in the next few years, so that he can travel anywhere for school.</p>
<p>sbjdorlo–since you are here in So Cal, why not visit with one of the Cello teachers at Chapman, Pepperdine, or Redlands ? You can discuss what sort of things he could be working on, and where he should be in the near future to qualify for admission/talent scholarships. You might check out Biola’s music dept as well.</p>
<p>That’s a good idea, musicamusica. He has a cello lesson tomorrow; we can talk with his teacher then. I also see that the principle cellist of the San Diego Symphony teaches at SDSU but I don’t know how good the program is or if my son could get in. (Kind of ironic that I graduated from there when it was known as a party school and now it’s the most selective of the state schools!)</p>