<p>Anybody with experience or knowledge of the Peabody/JHU Double Degree option?
I may have further questions, but my most urgent one deals with financial aid and scholarships. Peabody handles the aid/scholarships for their own students except for those applying to do the double degree. Those Peabody students are then handled by JHU's fin aid department.
My questions are will a double degree student risk getting less aid than a straight Peabody student?
And would a double degree student be able to compare a Peabody/JHU Double Degree fin aid package to a straight Peabody package in case the cost makes the double degree option unworkable?</p>
<p>I'll ask Peabody and JHU as well, but would welcome any first or second-hand information.</p>
<p>As far as your question, if you are applying to the Double Degree program than there is no way that you can just apply to Peabody and only consider their financial aid offer. (Well unless you are admitted just to Peabody and not JHU or double degree.) This should not be a concern for you because if you are admitted to Peabody/JHU as a double degree the financial aid package you will be awarded will be the best offer you can get. With JHU (Homewood) being part of the financial aid process for double degree admits, the best offer of aid will be guaranteed. There is much large aid budget for Homewood than Peabody.</p>
<p>AdmissionsDaniel - thanks for the info.
I tend to group non-need scholarships with need-based fin aid when talking about a financial aid package, but that’s a habit I should try to break.
I would expect the need-based part of a package would be similar between the two schools. However, the merit-based scholarships could be different amounts since Peadbody would base merit scholarship amounts on the audition (i.e. musical talent) whereas JHU(Homewood) would mostly base it on academic talent. So the differences would come down to how strong the student’s relevant talents are vs. other applicants to the same school and a double-degree applicant will not find out what they could have received from Peabody. Which could mean that a strong musician who applies for the double-degree could end up with a cost they don’t think they can afford, but with no way to compare it to the option of dropping the double-degree path. Did I make any false assumptions?</p>
<p>Thanks.
PS. I’m the parent, not the student</p>
<p>You are correct that my previous response was directed at need-based financial aid. I am not familiar with the merit based scholarships policies for Peabody so I suggest you contact them directly to make this inquiry. Homewood applicants are eligible for the very limited merit-based scholarships we offer each year and there is no need to apply separately for consideration. I do know in the past few years a couple of double degree admits who did receive the Hodson Trust scholarship which is a 2/3 tuition merit scholarship from Homewood. Any double degree student will be eligible for such a scholarship just by applying to Homewood. </p>
<p>It is my assumption that if Peabody decided to award a merit scholarship to a student who is also being admitted to the double degree program, the complete financial award being offered to the student would be the highest package possible. I can not see a situation in which a student is going to be admitted to Peabody and Homewood and the double degree program where the other of aid is not the best offer possible. Once again, you should speak to the Peabody financial aid office to just have them explain their policies to you more specifically.</p>
<p>For admittance to the Peabody/JHU dual degree program, do the programs look at you completely independently or do they work together as far as determining if you are a good fit. From my visits I have learned that some of the dual degree programs work together and others work mostly independently in the admissions process. I understand you need to be accepted academically at JHU and through an auditon at Peabody but I was wondering if the admissions departments compare notes when making the decision.</p>
<p>For students interested in the Homewood / Peabody double degree program there is three applications and therefore the potential for three application review processes. One must apply to Peabody. One must apply to the Homewood schools (Krieger/Whiting) of Johns Hopkins. And one must complete a simple application for Double Degree. All of this is explained here: [Peabody</a> Institute - Conservatory Admissions: The Double Degree Dilemma](<a href=“http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/doubledegree]Peabody”>http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/doubledegree)</p>
<p>The application review process for Peabody and the application review process for Homewood are independent of each other and based on the qualifications and applicant pools for each school separately. If a student is select to be admitted to both Peabody and the Homewood schools, then the third admissions review is whether a student will be offered the Double Degree program. Those reviews are collaborative with select members of each Admissions Committee meeting to discuss candidates and make a final decision.</p>