<p>I hear some students say they were accepted at their audition. Does this mean that the entire faculty or chair or audition committee tells them this in some official way or are they referring to being told by teacher whose studio they applied to? DS came out of a meeting with the teacher he hopes to study with convinced he is accepted, but I haven't told anyone in case we are wrong.</p>
<p>It really varies from school to school. In some schools, everyone on the faculty has to approve an offer, so even if a particular professor wants someone, he/she may be overruled. Others do not require a unanimous decision.</p>
<p>My son was told he was accepted at an audition 4 yrs ago. The faculty all spoke to him during the audition. He had several emails from teachers asking him to join theirs studio’s. That was 4 yrs ago, but I know that it does happen, from experience. It was followed up within days with a written acceptance, via snail mail, with merit aid, and scholarship info. I think if they really do want a student, they may go for it during the audition. It was his second choice school, so he didn’t end up accepting that offer.</p>
<p>I got an email from both professors saying that they hope they will see me at their college in the fall. What does this mean? Are they going to accept me?</p>
<p>ottest09, like cartera45, it varies from school to school. </p>
<p>My take is it’s not official until it’s in writing. </p>
<p>Realize also that part of the faculty job is to recruit and attract students. It could mean you had an acceptable audition, and are in the running. It could mean that the professor has a major voice in decisions, it could mean nothing.</p>
<p>Keep your fingers crossed. Good luck.</p>
<p>Son had information lessons with profs, and they said they would be happy to have Son in their studio. That is in no way binding upon the admissions committee. Student can be rejected for other reasons (academics, blow the audition, etc.).</p>
<p>After an audition, had a phone call from a prof saying Son was in, but would have to get the official notice from the admissions office. I think that is a much firmer situation.</p>
<p>In cases in which a single faculty member decides the audition result, you can pretty well assume that it’s a done deal if they say yes, unless you have an extremely poor academic record. Apart from that, it’s wise to consider such acceptances as provisional, especially for undergraduate applications; they do, however, indicate a potential willingness on the part of the faculty member to go to bat for the student for scholarship money.</p>
<p>This happened to my D last year at two schools. One followed through with the written offer (that’ where she ended up going) and the second turned out to mean that she was accepted into the studio/music school but was subsequently rejected by the university (a selective school) for academics. So it can go both ways. At least you know your DS had a good audition. Keep it up!</p>
<p>We were told at a couple of schools on the spot that D was being recommended for acceptance at the program she was applying for but were cautioned that it was contingent on academic acceptance. One of the schools was NYU and we knew that academic acceptance there was a little tougher call. Even so we held our breath waiting for all of the schools to answer in writing and ofc nothing is solid until you get that Aid package!</p>