<p>Do people who are not applying to a music program but have piano as major extracurricular send a tape to colleges? If so, what do you send?</p>
<p>If piano is a big ec of yours, definitely send a tape.</p>
<p>Most schools have a section of their website dedicated to supplementary materials, so you should check that out. Many of them either tell you to submit pieces that most clearly demonstrate your talent/achievements or to send a piece from each time period (baroque, classical, romantic, comtemporary).</p>
<p>Do you just tape yourself with a little cassette player and somehow make copies or is there some other way to do it?</p>
<p>try recording at school</p>
<p>If you want to make it recording, make it nice. You have a few options: Buy a high-quality microphone and do it at home, or go to a recording studio and do it there.</p>
<p>Could you give me an example of a school which wants one? So far I just looked at NYU and Carnegie Mellon which say - don't send, and we discourage sending. I couldn't find anything on Wash U's website.</p>
<p>What schools are you looking at? I've never heard of a school that actually discourages you...</p>