<p>I was accepted at NEC, Oberlin, Northwestern, MSM and waitlisted at Eastman.</p>
<p>I just called Peabody today to see what their decision was, and it turns out I was rejected! I had a really great audition that day and am honestly pretty surprised that I was rejected, especially since they say that they accept half of their pianists each year.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any knowledge of the pianists who applied to Peabody this year, or any knowledge of why this may have happened?</p>
<p>We went through the same thing with one or two audition/acceptance results. Sometimes studios are overbooked and have few openings; other times they may just get some amazing applicants. You can always call or email the studio head, but I would recommend just letting it go.</p>
<p>Congratulations, you certainly have a number of great choices.</p>
<p>Don't sweat it: I was accepted at the school where I had my worst audition, and rejected at the school where I had my best audition.</p>
<p>Think of it as training for life as a professional musician.</p>
<p>Rejections certainly sting, and my D has had her fair share of weird rejections. As her former teacher told us, it is impossible to analyze auditions rationally. There are just too many subjective factors that play into these decisions. In light of the surge of music school applicants in recent years, I don't believe the numbers on Peabody's website, and I seriously doubt they still accept 50% of their piano applicants. In any case, you should be proud of your overall audition results as you have some very good choices. Good luck!</p>
<p>The sooner you learn that judging the arts is a completely subjective act, the better you will be.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your remarks :-)</p>
<p>I hope this is going to make you feel better: a lots of piano studios in Peabody I know of are very full (I think they are over-enrolling for last year). So, as luck goes, this year is just not a good year for new students .</p>
<p>Thanks thzxcyl, that does actually make me feel a little better. I was talking to David Lane, director of admissions and he gave me the following info.</p>
<p>I was ranked 36 out of about 90 undergrad piano applicants, but the teacher that I applied to barely had any spots open. Since other people requested other teachers, their studios filled up quickly and they couldn't find me a teacher. He said that I was completely qualified to attend, and in previous years, I would definitely have been accepted. :-(</p>
<p>Still seems strange to me. I always thought acceptance to school first, then acceptance to studio...</p>
<p>the peabody composition department is currently undergoing a really elaborate dance because of the same basic problem - there are a bunch of applicants that they strongly want that they have no space for in any of their studios. They are re-hiring a retired professor so they can expand the department. they appear to be having this problem on a widespread level.</p>
<p>that's what happened to me with Oberlin...I had a really good audition...and I was waitlisted! I had gotten into CCM, UMich, Northwestern, IU, some of the best schools in the country for voice, and I was waitlisted due to space in the program...it is tight...it isn't that I wasn't good enough, there just wasn't enough room. It is all subjective!
Take care!</p>