<p>S accepted today to MSM for a BM voice.</p>
<p>Congrats to BassDad and your D. You must be thrilled!</p>
<p>@ Cellocompmom2-Our son is graduating from BU this year with his BM majoring in both piano performance and composition and has had a great experience with the two departments. There have been many performance opportunities for piano and the opportunity to have his music performed monthly at composer forums. He has worked really hard between the two majors and is graduating Summa cum Laude. He just got his first āyesā today for graduate school in both programs. Hopefully he wonāt have to choose one or the other as he loves both! I hope this is a little helpful. Good luck with your decisions and with the acceptances!</p>
<p>@Cellocompmom2- Your son will have a chance to take a comp course at CIM within the Music Theory sequence. Do have him email the comp dept and express interest and ask how that might work, or call the Admissions Office and inquire. CIM is a school that requires their comp majors to audition on an instrument as well- did he apply for admission as a composition major initially? Iād suggest asking if there is a way to combine the programs, which might not be able to be done until after the freshman year (depending upon his gen ed requirement)- nothing ventured, nothing gained!</p>
<p>Iām not able to PM you tntweav, because this is my first post. I didnāt realize that you could go to graduate school in composition and piano performance. Where did your son apply to do this? Congratulations to you and your son!</p>
<p>Cellocompmom2- many schools offer graduate students the chance to major in an instrument as well as comp. I know of several students who were instrumental majors as undergrads who will be continuing their performance instrument and getting a degree in comp too (and all were performance majors who took some comp courses while in school). Good luck to your son!</p>
<p>Accepted today to NEC, BM Vocal Performance with $9,900. </p>
<p>I was also admitted to The Ohio State University SOM for VP last week.</p>
<p>Accepted to CIM for BM piano performance, w/Case Western dual degree (economics).</p>
<p>D accepted to MSM BM Vocal Performance!!! Congrats to BassDad and D, and to everyone else on their good news!!</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone on the flurry of news! I have been lurking for awhile gaining valuable info and finally can post some acceptances for my son:
Boston Conservatory for BM Composition
CalArts for BFA Composition
McNally Smith for Composition, primary instrument bass.
Waiting on Berklee plus financial info on all. So still nerve-wracking!!</p>
<p>My son just got accepted to Chicago College of the Performing Arts for BM trombone performance. $5000 scholarship per year, donāt think this is any way near enough to make this happen 
My son is kind of bummed because this was his first choice school to study with CSO musiciansā¦but donāt see how we can swing the cost. I am a little bummed out too It is bittersweet to get accepted but just not be able to manage the cost, anyone else feeling this way?</p>
<p>I was accepted into Vanderbilt university for the BM vocal performance major!!</p>
<p>D accepted to CCPA (soprano voice) with $5000 annual music scholarship (weāre hoping there is academic merit scholarship to follow). Earlier acceptances are Illinois Weslayan ($21000 annual, combined academic merit/music scholarship) and Simpson College ($25000 annual combined academic/music scholarship plus one-time $3000 travel stipend). Waitlisted at CMU and still to hear from two others. Congrats to all who got good news today!</p>
<p>CalMTMom, itās not over yet. if he has any awards from comparable schools, let CCPA know that they are the first choice but the financial picture is not enough compared to the others. Schools will often increase the amount to come closer to other schools.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice Singersmom07 I will see what we can do. This is such a challenging process.</p>
<p>Congratulations to BelCantoMom and daughter, mezzo13, Cellocompmom2 and son, dobiemama and son, ImThinking, Cerabellum, lisanic and daughter, CompBassMom and son, CalMTMom and son (despite the finances being a problem), scorey2013, and annie43 and daughter. Phew, the acceptances are coming fast and furious now.</p>
<p>Cellocompmom2, would he be studying both Composition and cello at BU, or would he have to choose one program or the other? If the latter, I would have to create separate line entries for him at BU in my spreadsheet.</p>
<p>All: Thanks for all the congratulations. I canāt say I deserve any of them since my daughter handled the entire process herself this time around, but I am very proud of her.</p>
<p>CalMTMom, congrats to your son! I was also recently accepted, and, strangely enough, given $5000. I do remember hearing that Roosevelt gives a separate scholarship to accommodate cost of living, given that they are in downtown Chicago, and dorms are crazy expensive. This can be in the $4000-$5000 range, I believe, and probably comes in the final financial aid information from the school (donāt quote me as I never sat in on the meetings, and just got the info from my parents ;)). I would also agree that if you email CCPA and tell them what other schools offer, and that CCPA is your first choice, they may up the ante, especially if they really want him. Hope this helps! 
Good luck to you and your son!</p>
<p>CalMTMom-my S was given additional scholarships 2 years ago about the middle of April after other students had declined offers of admission and my S had not decided where he was going to attend yet. It was not Roosevelt, but NIU which is down the road. I understand the lure of the CSO-S takes private lessons from them ($$). Hold tight and maybe something more will come along!</p>
<p>@CalMTMom: you can be assured that you are not the only one feeling this way, and we are in this club as well. Kinda losing sleep over the costs, but I know it will all work out. My cellist D got a flippinā full ride to a school thatās not her first choice. Itās hard to separate the money emotion out of this. My husband and I want her to thrive musically etc in the right environment. Prefer to not have her transfer after year one cuz she is unhappy. So sheās making the rounds again and sitting in on studio classes of her potential teachers Her current teacher definitely an opinion, too, and itās not to go to the safety school, but then again, sheās not paying for it! The 20-30K we would spend would certainly allow us to upgrade her to a very fine instrument. These next few weeks will be interesting as she tries to sort it all out. I think I got a dozen more gray hairs overnight!</p>
<p>CalMTmomā¦you are NOT alone. This process is brutal. You get over the process of applying, then auditioning, then the acceptances, but then the realization that it has to be paid for. S also has some really sweet deals but waiting to hear from dream school which of course is the most expensive. Everything else is on hold until that letter comes in. Then the decision will have to be madeā¦how much more is dream school worth? It would be easier if they were becoming doctors or lawyers as you know they could pay off the debt. As musicians??? Not so much!!</p>