<p>Congratulations to ImThinking, OliviaMezzo and daughter, and yonyon and son.</p>
<p>Yonyon: did you get any financial aid info? Iâve been waiting for mine, and Iâm just curious whether they have sent it out to the most recent auditionees.</p>
<p>D got her letter from Ithaca College today. She was Wait listed for the dual bass performance/education program. Fortunately, she only auditioned because her school teachers all went there. She wonât be taking the spot on the waitlist though.</p>
<p>Luke, no financial aid info yet, the letter stated by April 1 we should have that info.</p>
<p>S just received letter of acceptance to SUNY Potsdam, Crane School of Music, for Music Education/saxophone</p>
<p>Congratulations once more to NYsaxmom and son.</p>
<p>NYsaxmom my daughter is at Potsdam and she loves it. They have a great music program. Congrats!!</p>
<p>Simplystated1961âŠthank you!!! Heâs heard from 8 of the 10 schools now and the other 2 are lowest on his list so he doesnât care as much about them, so now we have to wait and see what scholarships arrive and then do the math. The sax prof at Crane has been emailing my son already but the choice is so hard!!!</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone on all the acceptances!</p>
<p>D is accepted to ASU(Barrett Honors) for oboe performance. Will receive full tuition/fees academic scholarship because NMF, and also $5328/yr music scholarship. Also applied for another special academic scholarship, but notification is end of March. OOS, so current value of scholarships total $30,000/yr. Thatâs her first choice, only completed 4 of her auditions because ASU prof told her she was in. </p>
<p>Also, for UIUC, also OOS, she has a $12,000/yr academic scholarship. They release music scholarship info 4/1.</p>
<p>My daughter heard last week by email from the Vocal Performance Chair at Boston Conservatory that she has been recommended to be admitted. Her file needs to be approved academically, which should not be a problem. So, the carrot has been dangled, but there has been no official offer! She doesnât want to share it until it is official, and it is killing us!</p>
<p>Also Waiting to hear from Peabody and Ithaca.</p>
<p>She has been accepted to Westminster with a very nice scholarship. She will attend an accepted student day there next month. She sat in on classes last year in Boston, but has not done that at Peabody (who says it will be mid April before they announce). That gives us very little time to schedule lessons.</p>
<p>Getting a little stressed that we started this in Novemeber and we are still waitingâŠ
I am sure you all can relate</p>
<p>BelCantoMom, Hang in there, we are still waiting, too. It has been a long haul. What worries me, hearing that some students have heard from a couple of my daughterâs top schools, is that the delay is going to mean she will have no choice when it comes to studio assignments. Our original plan when we started back in September was to make time to revisit schools who made offers and meet or take lessons with some teachers. We have yet to hear from five schools, and may still end up with no offers from them (thankfully, D has two offers from smaller schools with nice scholarships but still wants to wait until she hears from the conservatories and âprestigeâ schools). With one audition yet to go, plus notifications that we will not hear from the other four until April 1 at the earliest and Peabody in mid-April, it looks as though we will not have time to thoroughly research teachers. Weâre doing what we can online, but nothing beats taking a lesson. Weâre also concerned that all the good housing options will be snapped up while we are still waiting on decisions. So stressful. . .</p>
<p>I know. If everyone is going to hear at exactly the same time, what hope will there be to actually try to schedule several lessons to decide which studio will suit them best? We just did not have the time or money to do this during audition time. Now that auditions are over, we have timeâŠ</p>
<p>We know the least about Peabody, and it sounds like they will be the last to notify. I am really hoping to see something in the mail this weekend!</p>
<p>Congratulations to celesteroberts and daughter.</p>
<p>BelCantoMom, the stress of waiting for a response will soon be replaced by the stress of making decisions, which in turn will be replaced by the stress of preparing to move to school. Hang in there. Please let us know when any of the others become official.</p>
<p>Realize that different schools have different methods of matching teachers with students. Many do not even start that process until after the current school year ends in May. Many students procrastinate on this as well, so it is not a given that all the spaces in the studio of the teacher of interest will be gobbled up by the earliest acceptees. </p>
<p>Housing is another matter. That does tend to go fast at a lot of places. Check with the schools - some will accept refundable housing deposits even before the acceptance comes through.</p>
<p>My son has been accepted to Boston University, MM Voice Performance. :)</p>
<p>BelCantoMom and annie43, I feel your pain. I find it very stressful every time I have a kid going through this admissions waiting period. </p>
<p>As far as feeling like you missed out on sample lessons during the prime audition season because you didnât have the money or time, BelCantoMom â donât worry about that. In our experience, for the most part, the teachers themselves donât have the time or inclination to give sample lessons during audition season anyway. Theyâre way too busy. So, even if you found the money or time in the past several months, itâs unlikely they could have or would have squeezed you in. For undergrad, my kids were able to take sample lessons during the summer between junior and senior years in high school, and during the fall of senior year in high school. Plus, in April after admissions were announced. (And after the big May 1 date, too, if they were so inclined.) But mid-December through March is generally off-limits in our experience.</p>
<p>For grad school applications, my son found that several of his prospective teachers responded to fall and last-summer lesson requests with a very friendly email saying something like, âIn fairness to all, I donât grant sample lessons until after audition season. But I hope you will contact me for a sample lesson if you are admitted.â (not an exact quote â but much like that) Maybe students who are very âwell-connectedâ through their undergrad teachers have better luck with these things? My son, while well-respected (from all outside appearances), is not really âwell-connectedâ yet. Who knows how it works for most. Afterall, heâs requesting sample lessons from some of the best teachers in the business now. Maybe thatâs the sum of the difference.</p>
<p>Got my official acceptance to University of Colorado-Boulder earlier this week. And just got accepted to Northwestern University this afternoon! Master of Music - Violin Performance!</p>
<p>University of Miami Frost School of Music, Vocal Performance (Soprano) Undergrad</p>
<p>My daughter has been accepted to Indiana Jacobs School of Music for Vocal Performance (Soprano) Undergrad. Very happy day!</p>
<p>Daughter decided to stay in state for undergrad after visiting several schools, and after being accepted to OU SOM decided on only three auditions. She has a good relationship with all three flute professors. Weâre waiting on acceptances from the other two schools and scholarships for all three. She was told sheâd receive scholarship info by today for OU SOM, but she hasnât received anything yet. Iâm not sure what to think. We were told April for the others. Waiting is so hard.</p>