YES! Congrats!!!
Call and ask how that works! If you are waitlisted for piano performance and get in off that waitlist, you could add the comp degree once in Bienen.
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Thank you! I already sent them an email. Still waiting for the reply.
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Congratulations! Son just accepted for composition 
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Congrats!! (I have a special place in my heart for BU- it’s my alma mater!)
Congrats to your son as well!
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Mine too 
Also used to teach there-best place to work. I have been a little put off by their admissions/marketing practices over the past few years (not music at all, just the school as a whole.)
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Fellow terrier!
My son didn’t apply (too many grad students to contend with for him), but the whole guaranteed transfer for next year thing is a total turn off!
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Did anyone applying to NEC also apply to the dual degree program with either Harvard or Tufts?
We are wondering if ds is waiting on four or five total decisions (one from each school and an additional one or two confirming acceptance/denial into the dual program)?
Tufts releases this Tuesday and Harvard on Thursday and NEC’s website just says “End of March,” so he’s not sure what to expect!
It doesn’t help that Tufts lists his application to Tufts as a “dual application with NEC” while Harvard’s portal says nothing about it! 
ouch! I guess the one he auditioned for is leaving?
I think that is the case
As grueling as the music major search, application, and audition process is, it is pretty straight forward. No mind games that we’ve run into. It is also a very personal experience compared to the regular (liberal arts/undecided major) search that I went through with my daughter last year. (That felt like a crap shoot.)
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My son is waiting for NEC for viola. He originally applied to NEC/Harvard but they advanced him to final audition for NEC only. (Which he now prefers anyway.)
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oh, wow! That is interesting! How did he find out that he was advanced to NEC only?!? Did they email him this directly??
The NEC portal is pretty much non-existent - just a copy of his application, right? Same with Harvard’s. I keep feeling like ds has missed a step somewhere, lol!
(I mean, ds sent in his prescreen and was approved and then sent in his final audition, of course)
Yes, it was a direct email from the Dean who then connected him with the string admissions rep. That rep has been a great help when we’ve had a couple of technical issues. I agree-the portal is pretty non-existent so nothing really to check there. Hoping we hear by Tuesday!
Ok, thank you for sharing that. That’s really interesting that they made some adjustments to the applicant pool that much in advance. I had no idea.
DS is hoping that it’s all separate in case he is fortunate enough to be accepted to one of the dual programs but decides that he wants NEC only. However, with financial aid being how it is, I’m thinking it’s going to be all or nothing. The websites just aren’t clear with what to expect.
I’m also relieved that ds wasn’t the only one who experienced some technical issues with the application/portal! He pops into the “portal” every now and then just to check and make sure they haven’t needed anything else from him and it’s just … oddly blank! It’s weird to imagine a decision popping up there somewhere. 
Hopefully Tuesday is the day!
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It doesn’t help that Tufts lists his application to Tufts as a “dual application with NEC” while Harvard’s portal says nothing about it!
The difference may be because Tufts’ dual degree is two bachelor’s and Harvard’s is a BA/MM.
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Agree! DD and I shook our heads at the “weird” school list she had at the start of the fall because of music/instrument (at least, compared to peers on the same academic trajectory), but it all made such sense. It’s intense and exhausting, but it’s thorough process and it’s thought out all the way through. If anything, it feels a little too “personal”, with the high-stakes auditions/visits all over the place. Once the tough decision is made in April, however, we’ll know pretty much exactly what happened and why, I think. There’s reassurance in that – although I am ready for what everyone here has described as May’s second thoughts. Still, that seems like a different thing than the more general college admissions lottery. Thanks for your thoughts, @grahamcracker6 .
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That is a great way to describe general college admissions these days-“a lottery.” Part of the reason my daughter ended up at McGill (Arts and Sciences)-which only considers grades (and test scores are optional currently). Nothing else. Simplest application process that exists.
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