<p>I have posted about this in the Music Majors section before, but I thought I'd post here, too, in case some Europeans who frequent this form might be able to point me in the right direction.</p>
<p>Our family lives in Italy, having moved here from NYC last fall. Our daughter attends a supposedly good conservatory here, in violin, at the high school level. She did the same in NYC. We would like to look into having her attend a European conservatory, though not necessarily in Italy, in a couple of years. She's currently a high school junior, in the US system. But given all the music she's doing, she may need extra time to graduate.</p>
<p>I'm on this site today for two reasons: 1) To get a good short list of violin European conservatories that feed into good job opportunities (maybe in England, the Netherlands, Finland, or Germany) but also 2) to see if anyone else has ever figured out what a homeschooled American student (or any American student) can do to show the equivalent of a European exit exam. </p>
<p>What I know so far is: Most European schools require the equivalent of an extra year for a high school diploma, compared to the US system. I've heard anecdotally that there are a few conservatories in Switzerland that will take an SAT or even a GED. I've heard that some in England want to see several APs. I've heard of exceptions to the diploma requirement for talent, but I'm assuming any good school has plenty of talent. And all our conservatory in Italy will tell me is to contact the Ministry of Education! </p>
<p>I know the IB is not an option for us at present, as that requires school for the junior and senior years, our daughter is already a junior, and the local American school is quite expensive. It's also a bit late to study for the Italian maturita'. We need some kind of test or tests we can take within the American system. (In addition, of course, to an audition.)</p>
<p>To make matters more confusing, the faculty at the conservatory here is suggesting that our daughter go ahead and sit for the university entrance exam here next fall, since they think she could probably pass it and it would open up more classes at her level. (The issue with the high school diploma in Italy isn't that she couldn't get in, it's that she can't graduate.) It gets even more complicated than that, but I'll spare you the details, as she'd probably rather transfer eventually to another country.</p>
<p>So, does anyone here have any idea how this sort of thing works, or any idea how to find out this sort of thing? Perhaps the proper order is to get the schools first, and then contact each one, but since my efforts in that direction so far haven't yielded much, I thought I'd ask here, too.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>