<p>I was wait listed at the new england conservatory. I applied for undergraduate music composition BM. What are the odds of being accepted? The letter they sent said, "it was in my best interest if my admissions file was complete, and that no offer of admission could be made with out your official high school transcripts." As it turns out I had not sent them an official transcript. My school sent my transcript about a week ago so my file is now complete. Could that have been the reason I was wait listed or is that just wishful thinking?</p>
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<p>Did you ever contact them and ask as I suggested, and if so was their response helpful or evasive? Just curious.</p>
<p>I left an email and a message with no response from nec…</p>
<p>I would take the time to call and try and contact the admissions officer that handled your file.</p>
<p>You may not get all the answers, but you should be able to get some indications of where you stood and why. As I had stated, I doubt the lack of a transcript was the reason for you being waitlisted. As it’s now 2-3 weeks since you’ve sent it, call to verify that it got there, and direct the conversation to your specific questions. If you are considering a gap year and wish to reapply, it is important to work to strengthen the specific areas for improvement rather than take a shotgun approach, perhaps missing the “weaknesses” that got you waitlisted this round.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>In general, when there is this much on the line, leaving an email message and waiting for a response is not the way to go. Email gets lost, ignored, misdirected, or forgotten about on a regular basis. This really is the time to call and speak to someone directly. Before doing that, make a detailed list of the questions you need to ask.</p>
<p>You can also ask admissions if you should talk to specific admissions officer for composition, or to the chair of the composition department.</p>
<p>My experience with NEC admissions is that phone is the way to go. There is a bit of intentional mystique-building there, in my opinion, accomplished by slow and indirect responses to queries. Calling won’t spare you that, but it might help.</p>
<p>If you are close enough to go in person to NEC, do that. We found that their responses to emails and phone calls was…well…not terrific.</p>
<p>The only thing they did in a timely and clear fashion was deny my appeal for more financial aid (which took less than 24 hours).</p>
<p>Fiddlefrog, at least they returned your calls and/or emails:)</p>
<p>I think the Jazz Department is much more friendly! Never had an issue like any you are describing. Ken Schaphorst is kind to students and gracious to parents. And the financial aid office has been very helpful, and we didn’t even get a big package from them.</p>
<p>well…I’m grateful that my son got into the studio he wanted…BUT it is very stressful waiting for acceptances etc. My son is going on to Grad school now, but I am still trying to figure out what he’s doing, lol. I guess thats why they need to get an MM before going “out there”. </p>
<p>My daughter was so simple…got degree…got job…moving out!! isnt that they way its sposed to be? lol</p>