<p>I got the impression from the original post that the daughter is not looking to major in vocal performance but would prefer to go to a liberal arts school, possibly an elite school, with hopes that her dedication to music will be seen as a significant extracurricular and achievement. At such schools, as Marite also explained, there are numerous quality music groups for students like her who are not majoring in music. There are many strong academic students who also have a passion in music who end up at elite schools and wish to continue being in choral groups, a capella groups, band/orchestra, etc. On a parent weekend at Brown, I must have seen 10 diifferent a capella groups for instance, and that is not counting their formal choirs and all. I THINK that is the kind of student that the poster was talking about. So my feeling is that her EC will be seen as meaningful as they want kids who will be in their music groups. It is just that MANY kids have that talent so any achievements that stand out, only help further. </p>
<p>Taxguy, I must smile at your post because what you say is true for a student like the one being posted about.....where there is some sort of significant achievement beyond the high school level....helps in admission to a selective college. I wish the examples you gave also would help a kid like mine pursuing a BFA degree which is extremely competitive and by audition (not what this poster was looking for) and I am afraid that those achievements are not going to mean a lot and it is going to come down to the audition, plus many of the kids she is "competing" against for a slot also have such achievements....but I realize if my D was going for a BA like this person's daughter, that perhaps such achievements like the ones you list that she has on her resume WOULD help, but alas she is not going for a BA. She does have over 40 shows, state awards and has performed at the Kennedy Center, and a national award but I think her profile is not a stand out among those going for the degree she is striving for but would be beneficial to a kid going for a BA in a selective college who has this as an extracurricular passion. If only.....LOL. In my D 's case, it is going to boil down to her audition, I think. I think many kids vying for conservatory type programs are standouts and that is the problem! But for a BA in liberal arts, this kind of profile may very well be an asset on the application! </p>
<p>Susan</p>