Class of 2025 Undergrad/Class of 2023 Grad: The Tours, the Auditions, the Journey

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For people looking for insight into various programs, this may help (if you haven’t found it already). It covers a variety of schools.

Reality check: What's it actually like at ____ now that your kid is enrolled ?

I’m starting this thread specifically to hear from some of the veterans on the board whose kids who completed this process and are already enrolled in (or have recently graduated from) the schools the rest of us are still hoping for or applying to. Now that your kid has a semester or a few years under their belt, what’s it really like there? To make it easy to read and follow, think of a bulleted list of pros and cons (no more than 3-4 each). Not things we would hear from the brochures, but your kid’s reality check on what is in the brochures or what you heard and thought initially. You do NOT need to address all of these, but some things to think about as you come up with your short list of what you and your kid love and what you’re not so crazy about: – Environment (supportive, competitive, friendly, cliquish, etc.); – Facilities (quality & number of practice rooms, school instruments, libraries, dorms, gyms or athletic facilities, student union or common areas); – Performance…