<p>A couple of weeks ago, I contacted teachers from NEC & CIM. So far, I have only received an e-mail from a CIM teacher and nothing from NEC. I also just e-mailed a faculty member at Rice in hopes of getting a trial lesson. Is this normal for NEC? It's my top school and not getting an e-mail from the faculty is not a very good sign....</p>
<p>It would be reasonable to call NEC and see if they can tell you how that particular teacher likes to receive messages. Some people just don’t like email. If they say he or she prefers email then it would be ok to send another message. If he prefers voice mail, then do it that way. Don’t take it as a good or bad sign. Sometimes really good teachers, especially those who are generous with their time, just don’t have as much time for messages, or might still be uncomfortable with technology. </p>
<p>BTW, good job on the pre-screens!</p>
<p>Ahh I see. Thank you CLRN8MOM!! 
Yeah I had a lesson w/ a teacher several months ago and she said she won’t look at e-mails from people she doesn’t recognize. That’s good to know.</p>
<p>I agree^. Call admissions at NEC. They are very helpful. I don’t think that the contact links on the faculty bio pages are a very effective way to communicate. The admissions office can give you a better email address.</p>
<p>It’s also possible that your e-mail message went to spam. My D had one of her e-mails to a professor end up in spam, he found it there weeks later. Another professor contacted my D, and his e-mail went to her spam. She never saw it and didn’t know he had tried to contact her until she sent him an e-mail. </p>
<p>She is waiting to hear back from another professor, and it’s my guess that e-mail might have gone the way of spam too. I know it’s hard to call the colleges when you’re at school all day, but if you get no response, that’s what needs to be done.</p>
<p>My D crossed one school off her list after a sample lesson, so I feel it is extremely important to get a lesson in if it’s possible.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Also, realize that most schools are not in session at this time. My D goes back to her conservatory tomorrow. Many faculty may not be checking any emails during their break. I agree that a call to the department next week is a good idea. Good luck!</p>
<p>If you emailed the NEC teacher through the link on the school website, that could be the glitch. A few years ago my daughter emailed an NEC teacher and heard nothing. Six weeks later she got a phone call from the teacher, who told her that the link on the website was not working and she had not seen the email until the day before she called. </p>
<p>What beats that is the Juilliard teacher who did not have email. My daughter was told to write him a letter and put it in his faculty mailbox. A year and one week later, he called her cellphone, awakening her in her dorm room at Juilliard, which she by then attended. What ensued was an extremely confusing call for both. She had no idea why he had called her (since he had never responded to her letter a year earlier) and he had no idea that the letter he had been given in a pile of mail was a year and a week old-- he thought it had been sent the previous week. Then they had a good laugh. All’s well that ends well.</p>
<p>Okay- this is really basic but when exactly should we be trying to arrange the sample lessons with the schools my daughter will be looking at. She is a sophmore in HS. Thanks!</p>
<p>We arranged for sample lessons junior year during winter and spring breaks.</p>