<p>I was wondering if anyone knew the specifics on the joint program that Columbia has with Juilliard. My main question is...will I be able to play on the Columbia tennis team and study piano at Juilliard? However if you know anything about the joint program I would be happy and thankful to hear.</p>
<p>"Barnard and Columbia students also have the opportunity to pursue music studies at Juilliard. To be admitted, they must audition at Juilliard during the regular audition periods. Students admitted to the cross-registration program in music take annual juries to determine their eligibility to continue in the program." </p>
<p>This is from the Juilliard site. It's possible to study at Juilliard as a Columbia student (my D has a friend doing that this year) but you must audition for Juilliard just like any other applicant.</p>
<p>Yes, that is exactly correct. Julliard regards an application from a Columbia student precisely as it would from any student. There is no advantage associated with being at Columbia. The Columbia student will be employing the Julliard faculty member's time and Julliard's space. Consequently, the Columbia student must be of Julliard's standard. </p>
<p>If the Columbia student could not gain Julliard admission without the Columbia connections the Columibia student will not gain it because of the connection.</p>
<p>Also, it is important to note that Julliard is a conservatory. This means Julliard students are there to study their particular talent and skill. They do not have a core curriculum. All their energies are directed toward their skill set. Obviously, this is not the case for the Columbia student.</p>
<p>Only the most talented of students will be accepted to Columbia and combining the two programs is quite difficult although five or six students a year to manage it. However, many of them do not take the most demanding load in order to accomplish this.</p>
<p>It sounds (almost) impossible even if you were admitted to both to play tennis and not flunk out of julliard. I mean at Julliard, they are 100% committed to their study, and playing tennis at the varsity level will take up so much time, I think you would have to decide what you want more.</p>
<p>You have made an important point. It is not easy to stay in Julliard and like everything else in life, competition is relevant.</p>
<p>You must compete to remain once you are accepted. You must audition again. You will be competing with students who are conservatory students. These students do not take math, sciences, literature. They study only their talent and skillset. </p>
<p>The tennis team has very specific practice times and a set competition schedule. I would think this would conflict with Julliard.</p>
<p>High School and Junior High are the places to refine your talents and experience various options. Julliard is not the place to continue this trend. Julliard is the place where you make your focus.</p>
<p>I five minute discussion with either Julliard's Admissions Office or the Tennis Team Coach will make this infintely clear. Of course, you cannot do both.</p>
<p>HellfromTexas makes one point that especially stands out: they aren't taking a liberal arts approach, which is essentially what the core at columbia is. They have a very narrow focus- and it's music. Nothing else, just music. There are very few people who can be both julliard and columbia students because in the end you have to make a sacrifice, and one will have to take priority over the other. I find it hard to believe that one could be at the top of julliard's talent and at the top of columbia's class. Your focus will be much more broad- you're not just studying music, but a core curriculum.</p>
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<p>On simple email to the tennis coach: <a href="mailto:bkg1@columbia.edu">bkg1@columbia.edu</a> will clarify this immensely. However, if The Garnet Tide truly intends to be on the number two tennis team in the Ivy League she probably already has the coach's name and email address. She also has the standard tennis schedule.</p>
<p>She must be incredibly talented to believe that she will be both accepted to Julliard and made the tennis team. My bet is she will not have to make the choice. She'll be incredibly lucky to get one of the two.</p>
<p>Also, to clarify celebrian's post ....... Julliard is not a music conservatroy. Julliard is a fine arts conservatory. Other arts are represented here as well, including theater.</p>
<p>Also one typically does engage in some cross over between the arts at Julliard. A five minute call to schedule an audition and a short conversation with the admissions department will make the reality of dual enrollment clear.</p>
<p>Also to clarify celebrian's post. Yes, typically the students who are at Julliard are at the top of their class at Columbia.</p>
<p>What they are not is engaged in an NCAA sport and certainly not on the number two tennis team in the Ivy League.</p>
<p>Also to correct celebrian's post. Yes, typically the students who are at Julliard are at the top of their class at Columbia. These students have a devotion and commitment. That's how the got here.</p>
<p>What they are not is engaged in an NCAA sport and certainly not on the number two tennis team in the Ivy League.</p>
<p>I think I said my point wrong. I was saying that is the truly talented and hard-working who can juggle both columbia and julliard, and that these people are far and few between</p>
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<p>Sorry, it just bothers me how no one can ever spell it</p>
<p>I'm a freshman, taking lessons at Juilliard, but I don't do tennis or sports. I go to the gym daily, but that's not an actual sport. As it is, I'm completely BUSY BUSY. You want to be absolutely sure you will manage your schedule. Believe me, it is HARD to find the time for all these things. You aren't going to want to be a hermit in your room constantly. You just won't.</p>
<p>But there are some things I do that you don't necessarily have to do. For example, you could take lessons and not do chamber music (I have two groups: one here, one at Juilliard) and not do orchestra. Then you might have time for tennis. You can manage it if you're determined.</p>