<p>My daughter received an e-mail tonight that she made it through the pre-screening for a vocal music audition on Feb. 6th. She wants to pursue the BAMOF (Bachelor of Arts in Music and an Outside Field). Does anyone know about how many students submit prescreening cds, then are invited to audition, and are ultimately admitted? She is a soprano. We really have no idea about the odds and will have to pay a lot of money for airfare and hotel. Any insights would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Congratulations! Unlike many music schools, Indiana claims that they will accept anyone they find to be qualified through their audition. I remember them saying this at my son's audition there last year. It is a very large school with a lot of money and flexibility. I would think that passing the prescreening gives your daughter very reasonable odds of being acceptance. Of course, there is no guarantee.</p>
<p>"How many applications do you receive a year? What is the acceptance rate?</p>
<p>On average, we receive 1,600 undergraduate applications of which approximately a quarter are admitted and 1,200 graduate applications of which approximately one third are admitted."</p>
<p>I would say that female voice is even more competitive. Even if you are admitted, one female voice student joked: "there are about 13 sopranos for every male singer".</p>
<p>BTW, the program you are interest in is: Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field (B.S.O.F.). A prof said that BSOF is not a problem for eventual grad school. Afterall, the primary decsion for admissions into grad school is your voice, not your academic work. That said, I have compared BM vs BA or BS at some schools, and there are a lot of classes you should take if you are not a BM student if you want to go to grad school. For instance, the language requirements are not as stringent for BA or BS. But, you want Italian, German, and French for Grad School. So you may end up taking 90% of the classes towards a BM anyway if you intend to go to grad school in voice.</p>
<p>If the cost of the trip is a problem it may be possible to designate your pre-screening cd to be your final audition. They clearly liked what they heard already. That's the way my son had to do it 2 years ago. He sent his BM pre-screening cd marked "final audition". Prevailing wisdom is that appearing in person is much more convincing and shows interest in the program so we were a little hesitant to do this. However, it wasn't a problem in terms of acceptance or merit aid and he got his decision much sooner, just after the first round of live auditions. Unless they have changed the policy or your daughter feels strongly about auditioning live she could consider asking to use this option and save her money for visiting after acceptance.</p>