Chances / Frost

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Miami - Florida
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Hello.

S, a junior at average HS, is starting to plan how to spend a finite number of campus visits before he applies for a BM in jazz bass. One visit is likely UNT. Another visit is likely UM/Frost. Other visits not yet determined. He is in Illinois. Funds are not-rich-but-not-poor-enough.

The obvious totally awesome outcome for entering Frost would be the 2017 Stamps jazz quintet scholarship. Aside from the key audition, what are S’s chances for admission/scholarship:

UWGPA: 3.97
WGPA: 4.3
Rank: 1/189
Rigor is just about everything they have to offer
ACT: will take in April, projected 31

Freshman = Humanities*, Geometry, Spanish I, Biology, Global Studies, Band, PE
Sophomore = Humanities, Algebra II, Spanish II, Chemistry, AP Music Theory (5), Band, PE
Junior = Humanities, Pre-Calc, Spanish III, AP Chem, APUSH, Algebra Teacher Aid, PE
Senior = AP Humanities, AP Calc, AP Spansih IV, Physics, Algebra Teacher Aid, Civics, PE
*Humanities is a 4-year honors course in art and literature, with AP Lit test.

Freshman: Starting Center for freshman football team
Sophomore summer: Drum corps snare
Junior: District jazz band in jazz bass
Junior/Senior: Teacher’s Aid for Algebra class at HS
Long list of outside music training (jazz/classical) and performance in jazz bass - audition will tell.

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My daughter didn’t like UNT, and we live 20 miles from their campus. She attends The U. Your chance is probably good. Your audition will determine your scholarship/admittance. I would apply to all you might want to attend, then you might be cut in prescreening a couple places (make a really good prescreening video), then you can determine where you spend money to go for auditions at that point. My daughter backed out of UCLA after visiting, if I were Herb Alpert, I would make them fix that dumpy building. It looked like a junior college building.