Do you know of anyone who applied and was accepted to the above three institutions?
<p>I would hardly think anyone intellectually capable of getting into Harvard would be dumb enough to apply to these three schools. First of all, West Point decisions are made starting in the beginning of November, often before regular college applications have even been started. Also, there would be no reason to apply to Juillard and Harvard due to the fact that Harvard and NEC have a joint degree program similar to the Columbia/Juilliard program, which I think any applicant interested in a career in music would be aware of.</p>
<p>Personally? I don't even know someone who applied to Juliard, and was much less accepted</p>
<p>All 3 are extremely extremely selective with perhaps Juilliard being the most selective of the 3. But there doesn't seem to be much overlap between them. Why would someone wanting to become a musician or an artist ever want to go to West Point? Just for the heck of applying and knowing one can get in? What a collosal waste of time!</p>
<p>A student at my school will be attending Juilliard next year. Obviously as you all know it's near impossible to be accepted. She is the kind of student who would have a "good chance," if that's possible: she spent her morning at the high school, taking the core classes, and her afternoon and evening were spent practicing the cello. I don't think I need to tell you that's she's realllly good.</p>
<p>my friend was accepted to both Juilliard and Harvard. Most people that apply to Juilliard dont usually apply to Harvard...let alone West Point (why would a potential music major apply there?) My youth symphony has around 3-4 Juilliard acceptances each year. Most arent very academically-oriented students. The Juilliard/Harvard acceptance happened to be an asian.</p>
<p>But couldn't a potential candidate apply to both Juilliard and WP because he or she wants to join a marching band, but he or she also likes being in the military?</p>
<p>but if you're good enough to apply to juliard, or get accepted, you're not going to go into the military</p>
<p>Juilliard graduates predominantly have been trained classically for performance either as a soloist or in symphony orchestras: it would be a huge waste to "join a marching band" with a degree from Juilliard. Furthermore, getting into Juilliard is largely a matter of what connections you have established in high school. Starting from sixth grade I participated in the Juilliard pre-college program, which undoubtedly resulted in my admission to the college (no, I am not going there). And by the way, Juilliard is widely regarded among prospective music majors as second (by quite a bit I might add) to the Curtis Institute of Music in both prestige and quality. So if you are looking for the best of the best in the three categories perhaps Curtis would be a better example.</p>
<p>Sorry to digress here, but I have to comment on the above post.</p>
<p>Well, I'm a bit biased, of course, since my son goes to Juilliard. His teacher would have been the same whether he went to Juilliard or Curtis, and financially it was a wash as well. The teacher recommended Juilliard based on the kind of kid S is, and what he wants out of a music program. It is an excellent fit. The kids at Juilliard have a lot of respect for the kids at Curtis, but don't see it as a "quite a bit" better school. They see it as a "different" school. (And the differences are both big and small.) A classmate of my S was recruited as a transfer to Curtis, and turned it down, because she didn't want to be the "ceiling" and felt the musicians at Juilliard (in her instrument) were better. In fact, it is not unusual for a Curtis grad to come to Juilliard for graduate school. (Can't happen in reverse, of course, since Curtis doesn't have a graduate school.)</p>
<p>Juilliard vs. Curtis could well be a Harvard vs. Yale argument (or many others) -- you must go for the fit.</p>
<p>And that brings us back to the OP -- a student that applies to Harvard, WP, and Juilliard probably has no clue what he/she wants, so they are rolling dice, hoping somebody else will decide for them if they should go for academics, music or military.</p>
<p>Well.. I know someone who got into Westpoint early and went to University of Georgia instead.</p>
<p>Beats me.</p>
<p>anyone else (for drama), I'm trying to find future classmates.</p>
<p>My buddy got into Juliard for music performance</p>
<p>Harvard - yes, Westpoint - yes, Juliard - no</p>
<p>I know someone who got into Julliard for Dance as well as Duke and NYU. She does not want to go that far away because she is a Georgia girl so she is only going to Clayton State! What a waste! I dont know anyone who would consider West Point if they were serious enough to get into Julliard.</p>
<p>At my school...</p>
<p>4 people got into Harvard this year</p>
<p>At least 2 people have gone to West Point</p>
<p>Someone got a full ride from Juilliard</p>
<p>My sister applied to Juilliard... thrice. Once for her bachelor's, once for her master's, once for her doctorate. And got rejected all three times.</p>
<p>Our father teaches there (part time), heheh. Pretty pure of Juilliard.</p>
<p>Don't know anyone who's gone to Julliard ever. We had one Harvard and a couple of West Points this year.</p>
<p>I know no one at any of the institutions mentioned above. As an ignorant layman I do want to mention one thing. Julliard is the only school I have ever heard of in the musical/arts field. If the average person does recognize a muscial/artistic school (most won't) they will likely think of Julliard. Though Curtis is (according to the poster above) a better school, the average person will put more stock in Julliard. It is the same way for Law School. Though Stanford and Yale rank higher than Harvard, most average people will be more impressed by a Harvard Law School degree than one of the other. Still I guess it only matters what your future employer thinks and not the average person off the street.</p>
<p>"my friend was accepted to both Juilliard and Harvard. "</p>
<p>where did he/she go?</p>