I’m planning to send a music supplement to my RD colleges. The main reason why I’m deciding to send one in is because an upperclassman friend of mine (who already graduated and got accepted into Juilliard) told me that I would have a really good chance of getting in if I were to apply (which I’m not going to). I don’t intend to sound boastful and if this still does make me sound like it, then I apologize in advance, but I’ll quote what he literally said, “If I got in, you’d definitely get in”. I never even knew that music supplements had existed before senior year, quite frankly. Throughout high school, I haven’t made any significant music accomplishments. No state awards, no Carnegie Hall performances, nada. The only thing that I have would be that I’m a member of my church’s districts jazz band full of adults and currently 1st chair in the sax section. When people say “you should only send in a supplement if you’re at a conservatory level”, I don’t even fully know what conservatory level playing is considered as. So, what I’m asking is: although I literally have nothing except for my jazz band in my app, will colleges undermine/not take seriously my music supplement even though my playing may actually be deemed to be as good as what my friend had said it was (again, don’t have a strong sense of what conservatory level playing is really)?
If people are interested in hearing, let me know. I’d be more than happy to receive your judgements/opinions.