<p>Congratulations to eyemom and son, on son’s acceptance to the University of North Texas as a jazz studies major in piano, as reported on another thread.</p>
<p>Congratulations also to beviolin, who reports on another thread an acceptance to CIM, presumably as a Performance major in violin.</p>
<p>PianoMan12, done.</p>
<p>Congratulations once more to eyemom and son for additional acceptances to The New School, NYU, Ithaca College and SUNY Purchase, as reported on another thread.</p>
<p>BassDad - my son has now also been accepted to Oberlin College and Conservatory as a dual degree candidate (BM percussion performance, BA undecided) as well as Northwestern Bienen School of Music (BM percussion performance)</p>
<p>Congratulations to margun and son.</p>
<p>Congratulations also to itsasunnyday for acceptances in Music Education, primary instrument piano, to Ithaca, NYU, Hartt and Eastman, as noted on another thread.</p>
<p>BassDad,
Thanks again for all your attention to this list. D has been offered scholarships of $14,000 at Indiana U, $28,000 at Northwestern, and full tuition for five years of study at Bard Music Conservatory. In addition she was accepted by Oberlin, NEC, and Eastman but scholarship monies have not been offered by those schools. D is a Viola performance BM candidate, and at Bard she will be pursuing a double degree though the second degree has not be decided as of yet. I wonder if anyone reading has advice concerning Northwestern, which D really loves for their academics, but is unsure about their music program and Bard which she loves for their conservatory but is unsure about their academics. I know this is off topic. We can pick up a new thread if nec.
Thanks and congrats all,
BD</p>
<p>broadwaydaddy, (I agree that perhaps this should be moved to a new thread) By coincidence my youngest daughter and I spent a full day at Bard last week, trying to make a college decision. She is in a different discipline but because her sister is a musician, most of the people we know at Bard happen to be in the conservatory. Anyway, we were able to have several detailed conversations with intelligent young conservatory students who are also academically talented. Not only were they satisfied with the academics, they seemed to be very excited by the quality of the faculty. Classes are small, professors and visiting professors are top thinkers in their fields. I also came away with a sense that the conservatory offers excellent opportunities and support to their students. Student projects are given a great deal of support, both from mentors and faculty.</p>
<p>It seems after several days of agonizing and putting the financial reality check in place, S has decided on a school. Still cannot believe S is saying no to NEC (he did have a respectable offer), but he is at peace with his decision and is excited for the next four years. Boston University Terriers-here he comes. Percussion, 30K total package per year (not including any loans).</p>
<p>Broadwaydaddy - feel free to PM me. In the end for my son it came down to Northwestern and Bard, as well. Academics have been phenomenal! Can’t imagine better. And my son is a National Merit Finalist. After he started Bard he couldn’t remember why he’d applied anywhere else. The student bodies at Northwestern and Bard, though, are quite different. Northwestern is more pre-professional and more of a conventional student body. Fraternities, sororities, Div I sports. Bard’s student body, on the whole, will be more intellectually inclined and more interested in reading and studying for the sheer joy of it. Not sure which is more suited to your daughter!</p>
<p>Congratulations to broadwaydaddy and daughter, and to crazumusicmom and son.</p>
<p>Congratulations also to windmere26 and son, for son’s acceptance to Indiana University for violin performance, and to University of Texas Austin for Recording Technology, as noted on another thread.</p>
<p>Congratulations to lasoprano, for admission to Loyola University Chicago as a BA major in music, as noted on another thread.</p>
<p>Congratulations to ManInChair, who reports acceptances in Vocal Performance by University of Michigan, Boston Conservatory, USC, Carnegie Mellon and Berklee, as noted on another thread.</p>
<p>Also congratulations to 2collegewego and offspring. Acceptances to Temple, CCM and the University of Maryland were reported in percussion performance via PM.</p>
<p>Congratulations once more to ierickson and son, on son’s acceptance to NEC for double bass performance, as reported via PM.</p>
<p>Congratulations, too, to beviolins, who reports acceptances in violin performance to CIM, Peabody, UCLA, UCSB, Eastman, Michigan and Boston Univeristy via PM.</p>
<p>I’m a future double major for music composition and neuroscience, here are my results</p>
<ol>
<li>Brown University - Accepted for both music and neuroscience (will be attending), Full financial aid/merit scholarship - 53K</li>
<li>Southern Methodist University - Accepted for both music and neuroscience, accepted to honors college, 45K scholarship</li>
<li>University of Southern California - Accepted for academics only, accepted to honors college, 40K scholarship</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University - Accepted for academics only, 35K scholarship</li>
<li>University of Texas at Austin - Accepted for academics only, Deans Scholars Honors College, Early acceptance into medical school, Full Ride - tuition, books, everything</li>
<li>Stanford - Waitlist (accepted the waitlist)</li>
<li>Yale - Reject</li>
<li>Princeton - Reject</li>
<li>Rice - Reject</li>
<li>Vanderbily - Reject</li>
</ol>
<p>From what I have been told, I am very far ahead in my composition/theory studies, which may have driven some music schools away from me. Already been commission for a film score, marching show, and tv theme score. Written over 200 pieces of music.</p>
<p>Congratulations, ryantexas32. I will add the first two to the list. Do you have a primary instrument (voice counts for this purpose) that I can add?</p>
<p>I am having problems finding the neuroscience major on the SMU website. I presume you would be in the BM Composition program there while working on a separate degree in neuroscience. Can you point me to the program you would be in so that I know which degree to list in addition to the BM?</p>
<p>The neuroscience and composition programs at Brown appear to be concentrations rather than majors at the undergrad level. I will list this one as a BA in Music with Neuroscience listed as a co-major, even though that is not quite right. Please let me know if I got any of that wrong.</p>
<p>ryantexas, one other point I would like to clarify: as an Ivy League school, it was my impression that Brown does not offer any form of merit-based aid, although they can be very generous with need-based aid. For the purposes of our spreadsheet, I prefer to track financial aid that is based on artistic or academic merit but not on need. Can you tell me how much of the awards at SMU and Brown fall under the former category?</p>
<p>Happy to report that D has made her decision and she’ll be off to Oberlin. She agonized writing to the professors at the other schools informing them that she wouldn’t be attending. A few telephoned or emailed her from time to time to check in with her. They were so gracious after she notified them of her decision that they all wrote back and wished her luck. I hope that she’ll cross paths with these fine people again on her musical journey.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone. Other than figuring out how to pay for these great schools, we’ll at least be able to relax (by Monday) knowing that these talented musicians have made their final music school decisions!</p>
<p>Congratulations to violinmimi and daughter on the decision. If you have any questions about Oberlin, feel free to PM. My daughter graduated from there in 2009 (wow, it sure doesn’t seem like three years already.)</p>
<p>Congratulations to papachilds for admission to Chapman Conservatory and Eastman for a BM in Vocal Performance, as noted on another thread.</p>
<p>I’ve been reading many of the posts here on CC about college pros and cons and rationales behind decisions – because it’s really hard for decisions, maybe not for my D but for parent like me who have concerns. My D decides to do some kind of dual major in music (piano performance) and science. She auditioned in conservatories/colleges that would fit in her goals. So D was accepted in the Peabody DD (double degree) in recording arts & sciences/piano performance, CMU dual-degree in science & fine arts (piano), Tufts/NEC DD program, and USC (Thornton). She’s most inclined to Peabody, but Tufts offered most financial aid, second by CMU. Peabody offers some scholarship, but no comparison to the aid from Tufts or CMU, so loans are called for. They all seem great college opportunities either in academic or music. Now only a few days left, D is most likely to take Peabody. Anyone has advice or experience in any of the above programs before the SIR by May 1?</p>
<p>Congratulations to pianomom99 and daughter. What major and degree would she be working towards for the non-musical component were she to attend Carnegie Mellon or Tufts?</p>
<p>Congratulations, Ryan, and welcome to Providence. We attend a lot of the music events at Brown.</p>