<p>is it harder to get into eastman, msm, or cim for violin performance major? which one would you suggest me to aim for the most?</p>
<p>There are 2 issues at work. Are you well qualifed to attend? How many openings is the school likely to have?</p>
<p>If you read some of the older posts on this site, there are a lot of good suggestions on how to start your college journey.</p>
<p>What does “aiming” for one of them entail? As long as you’re working hard, it seems like the best option would be investigate and apply to all of them, and then make a decision with results in hand.</p>
<p>tl;dr: CIM</p>
<p>If it’s a Tuesday, your audition number is an even number, and the stars are in line with the correct Zodiac of the lead teacher hearing the auditions, and he had a healthy breakfast, then CIM is your best bet. However, if the lead teacher is a female, and her pantyhose are too tight, then definitely go with Eastman. On Thursdays, though, after 3 p.m., go with MSM.</p>
<p>Or I may have that reversed. I can’t ever remember the formula.</p>
<p>Taking tongue out of cheek, there are really just too many variables. You are in the range of which is better, chocolate cake, or apple pie. Both are good, best is subjective. All great schools, very selective, and so much hinges on the audition, and unknown variables. If you are competitive for any of them, you would probably be competitive for all of them.</p>
<p>I second what Binx said, you can’t easily answer that question. All three of those schools are top level music schools, all with high reputations and very competitive. They tend to attract the higher level music students because of that reputation, so it is a much more tough admit across the board then let’s say the ‘next tier’ schools. </p>
<p>As far as which is easier to get into, that literally depends on the circumstances. If MSM had very few openings for violins, while CIM had a lot of violinists graduate, for example, it could be much tougher to get into MSM because they had less slots (so, for example, if you were let’s say the 10th best violinist, hypothetically assuming the same kids applied to both schools, did as well, etc), you might get into CIM with my hypothetical scenario because they had 30 slots, whereas MSM, which had only 5 openings, had others ahead of you (note these are not real numbers). </p>
<p>Then, too, it also depends on who is on the audition panel, they very well could take a student who technically isn’t as strong, but seems more musical or whatever, over someone who is more polished but lacking something in their opinion. </p>
<p>Another factor can be seen in the waitlist I suspect. Some schools have a very high acceptance rate, that if a student gets in there they are likely to go, whereas with other schools there could be a higher percentage of students who decide not to go, opening up slots to waitlist students. So your odds of getting in might be higher at the second program, because if you get waitlisted, might be easier to get off the waitlist in B…</p>
<p>One suggestion? E-mail the admissions department, and ask them in the year you might be applying how many slots they expect to have…or ask them now how many slots they had open in violin this year, least give you an idea of what it was like.</p>
<p>One thing I firmly agree with, it is unwise to base applying someplace because you assume it is easier to get into then another program, assuming the programs are all high level. Note that kids have gotten accepted to places like Juilliard and NEC and so forth, and gotten rejected from schools considered less strong, which highlights the fact that getting admitted into music programs is a process that can defy logical explanations or planning…believe me, lot easier to assess the risk of financial derivatives then figure out which school is going to be an easier admit. Best bet is probably to apply to schools you feel are within your reach, and then let the cards fall where they may, trying to figure out the system to only apply where you have a strong chance is bound to run into all kinds of weirdness.</p>
<p>go for the teacher you want, not the school</p>
<p>binx, where your methodology falls apart is in the semantics.</p>
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<p>is of course open to interpretation. Healthy in whose eyes? Those of the applicant, the chief adjudicator, or a panel of 3 nutritionists?</p>
<p>While a bowl of Muesli, Special K, a glass of OJ may work for many, there are others that might deem that healthy is comprised of an eight inch tall stack of pancakes, six or so eggs, a half pound of bacon (and not that ill named turkey ersatz substitute), an equal amount of sausage, and a pot of black coffee.</p>
<p>And my wife, a dietitian by profession, would swear that the only way to properly start the day is a warm diet Coke and a piece of chocolate cake.</p>
<p>Entrail reading is the only acknowledged option here.</p>
<p>Sorry, Violadad, I’m on drugs these days, and having trouble communicating accurately. What I was thinking, in terms of healthy breakfast, was that the adjudicator needed to not be suffering from rapidly falling blood sugar, stomach growling, or a piece of fiber stuck in his teeth, that would distract him from the awesomeness of the applicant, or from the errors, as it may be.</p>
<p>Having chocolate cake or even apple pie for breakfast, with or without Diet Coke, would of course throw a whole different variable into the process.</p>
<p>Does the entrail reading come before or after the breakfast sausage?</p>
<p>What about checking head for bumps? I remember that science was in favor about 150 years ago… ;)</p>
<p>Seriously, it seems like auditioning for violin is pretty competitive in general. I am feeling thankful these days that D plays trombone…(less slots in orchestra, but less competitive).</p>
<p>thank you for all your precious advice. i have gotten into all 3 schools, and now actually deciding between peabody and cim</p>
<p>appassionato, congratulations. I’ve posted your acceptances to the list here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1045522-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2011-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1045522-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2011-a.html</a></p>