Originally Posted by Mana
I've mentioned this before but I don't know any kids who got into HYPS because of musical accomplishments.
Many if not most of the accomplished classical musicians who get into HYPS are Asian-Americans who also have great grades and test scores, so it will be difficult to point to applicants who got in primarily because of music. That said, the daughters of the Tiger Mother,who were famously pushed in music, both went to Harvard http://harvardmagazine.com/2015/07/the-tiger-daughter-intact . The year I got into Harvard, the other classmate to do so was a Korean-American whose primary EC was piano. The following year, a Chinese-American violin virtuoso got in from my high school. He is now an orchestra and opera conductor. They had good grades and test scores, too.