<p>Descartesz–My daughter’s GPA is 4.2 weighted.</p>
<p>neumes–Good point, particularly because Dartmouth (for one) doesn’t have a music performance major, just a general music major. My sense is that really phenomenal musicians will want to major in music performance. They are not going to an Ivy League school, but to a Juilliard, Berklee (sp., the one in Boston), Oberlin, or another conservatory. So your advice that academics trumps musical talent at an Ivy League school is probably very accurate.</p>