<p>" Im not setting my self too high but im using this to motivate myself already. Whats wrong with being happy and concern about a dream major program i want to study, right??? "
Kathy—we all understand your motivation and excitement. But you really need to set aside the excitement and passion when approaching these intensive (and expensive) programs and look at them in a dispassionate,cool and focused manner. For example, even though your community college may have an excellent record as far as transfering credit over to USC or UCLA in general, that record may not be consistent when transferring to a music program. None of us here at CC can answer what will or will not transfer. There are plenty of specific issues that have been mentioned by bassdad, violadad and fiddlestix. Write down each issue and discuss these first with your current voice teacher, then a counseler at your school with experience in music admissions and finally with the admissions people at the music schools you are applying to. Good luck!</p>