<p>Now as for actual tangible advice…</p>
<p>Do look at your in-state destinations. Ohio State seem to be the obvious choice here. It’s known for its music ed, and is not as hard to get into as other area schools like Oberlin, CIM, CCM, to name a few.</p>
<p>On the whole, music ed admissions requirements do have a bit more lenient standards of proficiency of playing the instrument than performance programs. This is not 10000% always the case, but usually is.</p>