<p>Congratulations to you and your son, trumpetguysmom! What a great feeling it must be to be moving forward with a decision. We were hoping to to pin that decision down this weekend, but I spoke with the New School yesterday and was told financial aid won’t be posted until April 15. We’re not expecting much, but no stone left unturned, right?</p>
<p>Lawrence sounds like an awesome place – congratulations again!</p>
<p>Congratulations to trumpetguysmom and son on the decision.</p>
<p>D was officially accepted at Univ. of Hartford (Hartt) for BM in Vocal Performance and Music Ed/Vocal Emphasis (double major).</p>
<p>And accepted at Univ. of RI for vocal performance.</p>
<p>Still waiting to hear from Boston Univ, but she is <em>thrilled</em> with her Hartt acceptance (as is Mom).</p>
<p>Congratulations to dswinnh and daughter.</p>
<p>S has officially accepted Jacobs School of Music - Indiana University, BM Trombone Performance.</p>
<p>Son accepted also to Peabody, BM composition. Decision time. Congratulations to all and good luck with decisions. We are trying to rate the programs prioritizing different aspects. Lynn offered full tuition and housing, but we are unable to find out anything about their composition program. We applied there as a safety since he had a rough time last year with acceptances and because it was in Florida (beach), now we have a dilemma on our hands, since he has so many great offers but no great financial offers except for a smaller school with a small conservatory. Money is a factor but for a comp major, excellent musicians, opportunity to have compositions performed and interaction with peers is also a huge factor. Not to sound ignorant but I don’t want the short term fact of money to interfere with his ultimate success. Now that he has options, it feels like a full ride to the wrong school doesn’t mean a lot in the long run. It’s harder to measure in the arts. Older son is a college swimmer. He definately knew by measurable swim times what schools he didn’t want to look at because he would enter faster than the top times, so he was able to pick a school where he would have to train hard and work to be an integral part of the program. While far less measurable, when comparing programs like UNCSA, Peabody, BoCo, Purchase and Ithaca in terms of BM composition it is worth questioning the value of a full tuition program to a smaller program like Lynn. Maybe the debt is worth the program, in fact, most likely the debt is worth it. Or is it?</p>
<p>@lake4 - great discussion post! - I would suggest that you move it to the main board to get it going versus the “acceptance” thread which is used for just that as others will be hesitant to jump in with comments on this this thread.</p>
<p>Lake4 - I agree - very important issues to discuss. </p>
<p>"…for a comp major, excellent musicians, opportunity to have compositions performed and interaction with peers is also a huge factor." - I couldn’t agree more. This has been crucial to my son’s success at his school.</p>
<p>Congratulations to CAtbonemom and son, and to lake4 and son.</p>
<p>S has received the following music scholarships:</p>
<p>Rutgers - $8,000
Temple - $2,000
VCU - $4,000
CCM - $0
JMU - $0</p>
<p>Congratulations, jazzkat and son.</p>
<p>S got into wait list Oberlin Conservatory.</p>
<p>Any of you know the possibility of getting merit scholarship
for a wait list of Oberlin ? I think there’s a little chance
or no change at all, right ?</p>
<p>The tuition is really expensive $44,000. Without any
scholarship, it’s very difficult to afford the 4 years cost.</p>
<p>Vocal Performance. Baritone.</p>
<p>Accepted:</p>
<p>Chapman University in Orange, CA. $5000x4 talent scholarship offered.
USC Thornton in Los Angeles, CA. No scholarship offered.
Northwestern Bienen in Evanston, IL. No scholarship offered. Admitted to Dual-Degree program with Weinberg.</p>
<p>Probably choosing USC? I just started a thread about USC vs Northwestern to help me decide. My family isn’t loaded so the scholarships aren’t needed (good FA packages so far; WHOOO).</p>
<p>I’ve been taking lessons for less than a year, so I guess I did well? 
Extremely happy right now.</p>
<p>Congratulations to fiyero49 and, yes, you have done well. Please post again when that choice is definite. If you do go to Northwestern, what would be the non-music major?</p>
<p>jacktriple,</p>
<p>Like the waiting list result, the prospects for financial aid are a good news / bad news situation. The bad news is that Oberlin awards talent-based aid to about a third of its acceptances and in general not much of that makes its way down to those who are lucky enough to get admitted from the waiting list. The Conservatory does not award any academic merit-based aid, so unless he is a double degree student also accepted by Oberlin College, there is no chance of that.</p>
<p>The potentially good news is that Oberlin meets 100% of demonstrated need (i.e. they do not gap) and they are pretty good about keeping the loans to the Stafford maximums. (If you do not understand Financial Aid jargon, let me know and I will explain in more detail.) The catch, of course, is that they get to decide how much they think you need. Also, you have to have applied for it. Some people make the mistake of not applying for need-based aid because they conclude that they will not be eligible based on hearsay. Some admittedly dated statistics on the Oberlin Financial Aid website, however, show that substantial need-based aid can be available even to families with incomes in the six digit range.</p>
<p>fiyero49, never mind about the non-music major, I just read that it is undecided on your other post.</p>
<p>S will attend Loyola University New Orleans.</p>
<p>BassDad,</p>
<p>Really appreciate your info for Oberlin, now I know the difference of
talented-base & merit-base scholarship that Oberlin offers. Merit one
is for the double-degree.</p>
<p>I did apply for need-based scholarship but has an income about $80,000
a year. Don’t know if they’d help with a bit of need-based since we cannot
pay 60% to S & left 40% for my wife & myself & grandparents !</p>
<p>Or they’ll ask us to sell our asset such as investment stocks holding ?</p>
<p>Congratulations to TrumpetDad and son on the decision.</p>
<p>jacktriple, the formula they use is complicated and depends on both income and assets. I could not begin to predict what they might offer in any specific case. There are some numbers of interest at [Oberlin</a> College | Office of Financial Aid | Can I Afford Oberlin?](<a href=“http://new.oberlin.edu/office/financial-aid/overview/]Oberlin”>http://new.oberlin.edu/office/financial-aid/overview/) but as I said before they are pretty dated.</p>
<p>Got waitlisted to Eastman… super surprised since I had laryngitis at my audition and they had to use my pre-screening instead. All things considered, I don’t think I’m meant to go there. Decision: Northwestern University - BM in Voice Performance and Music Ed!!</p>
<p>Thank you to BassDad and everyone else for participating in this thread. It’s been very encouraging and exciting to hear everyone’s experiences. Congratulations and good luck to all!!!</p>