<p>Will colleges give more weight to your musical supplement or your listed musical accomplishments (e.g. 1st chair in your regional orchestra, winner of a concerto competition etc.) in determining the strength of your activities? In addition, will they look closely at details (such as which level of a youth orchestra you were accepted into)? Sorry if this seems a bit random; I'm paranoid because I just had a youth orchestra audition that I feel I did very poorly on, which will likely reduce my prospects of getting to the highest level of said orchestra before I graduate from high school.</p>
<p>It depends on where you’re applying. At conservatories or other schools where you can major in music performance, you will generally do an audition for the faculty, who can make up their mind about your playing without too much concern about whether you’ve been in youth orchestra or whatever. In a college of arts and sciences with a music department, music supplements are typically sent to the relevant faculty for comments. The faculty comments are appended to your application. But the decision about whether to admit or not is made by somebody in Admissions, not by the music faculty, and the main criteria are academic: the music supplement is merely a “tip factor.”</p>
<p>Start here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/979587-include-not-include-arts-supplement.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/979587-include-not-include-arts-supplement.html</a> and follow the links. jingle gave you a pretty accurate overview, but so much is contingent on the specific school. It can very mean different things at different institutions.</p>
<p>In general if you are of average talent, the supplement may not be worth the effort. If that is the case, your music EC’s can speak to your level of commitment. Most students suffer from an inability to gauge their talents across a broad base of peers.</p>
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<p>They will most certainly glance at your achievements listed on the commonapp . But even for as a person who listed music as a major and wrote an essay about music, I know that my supplement was ignored. Due to the number of applications and supplements, DONOT presume that your supplement will be heard. Except colleges like Williams which commit to listening to every CD. </p>
<p>If you want to make music stand out, use the essay and short answers and awards etc.</p>