<p>I've been in band for all three years in my middle school, and in my high school for three years so far also. I've made a couple of honors bands, and some recognitions, but nothing groundbreaking (marching band and tuba, by the way). Would it kill my application if I dropped it my senior year? I would be taking AP Stats instead. My schedule would look like:</p>
<p>Math 150/151 *
AP Stats
AP Language
AP Physics
Track and Field
Political Science *</p>
<p>*community college courses</p>
<p>Any advice is appreciated, thank you</p>
<p>No, it would be just fine. I dropped it this year too, and I’m a music major! I wasn’t learning anything and just did my own music stuff outside of school.</p>
<p>Hmm, I could brush up on self-study theory I guess, since I don’t personally own a tuba. Did you rely on an audition to get into college?</p>
<p>Yeah, I had to audition because I’m a music major.</p>
<p>Even if you just want to participate in band as a non-major in college, you’ll most likely still have to audition (although those auditions aren’t as hard as music major auditions). I have to audition the first week of school for my ensemble still. I’m into my major (piano performance) but not an ensemble yet (clarinet in band).</p>
<p>Sounds good to me, thank you! I didn’t plan on applying as a music major.</p>
<p>Plus most schools are begging for tuba players - music majors or not.</p>
<p>both my kids dropped Band after 10th grade for World Language and AP classes. One is at Dartmouth and the other will start Harvard in the fall. Both made honor bands/soloists along the way but I don’t think Band over academics would have gotten them there.</p>