potential music majors

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Rochester
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<p>Hey I was wondering if this looks like what UR tends to like for music majors: </p>

<p><em>GPA: 4.07 weighted (going to rise)
3.77 unweighted (same)
Rank: 35/317
*SAT: (they're not fair)..writing 610, crit reading 520, math 550.
*</em><em>retaking if ACT scores are bad</em>*
*ACT: Took it June 10th--get results in 5 days</p>

<p>9th grade:</p>

<p>English...B+
Honors Civic/Amer. Hist...B
Honors Earth Sci...A-
Algebra I (no honors offered)...A
P.E....B (yeah...i don't do athletics)
Honors Spanish 2...A
Intro Art 2d...B+
Intro Art 3d...B+
Men's Chorus...A
gpa: 3.640 (uw)/3.876(w)</p>

<p>10th grade:</p>

<p>English..A
International Studies..A
Honors Biology..A
Geometry..A-
Contract PE...A
Wellness (health)...A-
Honors Spanish 3...A
Advanced Chorus...A
gpa: 3.793 (uw)/3.998 (w)</p>

<p>11th grade:</p>

<p>Honors English...A-
American Studies..A-
Honors Chemistry...A-
A.P. Environmental Science..A-
Honors Algebra 2...B+ (hardest class i've ever taken)
Honors SPanish 4..A
Advanced Chorus..A
gpa: 3.77 (uw)/4.07 (w)</p>

<p>12th grade schedule:</p>

<p>Honors Speech and Composition (no AP english .. cancelled)
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A.P. Government and Politics
Honors Physics
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Honors trigonometry/college algebra
Honors Spanish 5
Advanced Chorus
Jazz Chorus
Microsoft OFfice (manditory)
gym (manditory)
A.P. Human Geography (online)
A.P. Music Theory (online)
A.P. Art History (online)...if i can afford it!!</college></college></p>

<p>Extracurriculars/interesting facts:
<em>People to people student ambassador program (summer of 2002)
<Group to help promote global peace
GLSEN
<</em><em>only high school male board member in pittsburgh</em>
<People involved teach educators about diversity and how to institute diversity-accepting programs in elementary/middle/high schools!
<em>junior mendelssohn choir
<EXTREMELY select pittsburgh choir (like ivy league choir i suppose lol)
*voice lessons
<Mostly in chorus, but for the past 2.5 years, outside of school privately.
*piano lessons
<I have taken for the past 11.5 years, since age 6, with numerous teachers (including a prof. @ CMU)
*cantoring for my rabbi
<Volunteer time; Sung for high holidays in place of rabbi for many songs (in hebrew)
*jazz choir
<Most select choir--Only 10-12 kids out of 100 make it (who auditioned)
<</em>*Performed at PNC Park in Pgh, Pittsburgh's baseball stadium.
*chamber choir
<Audition only choir--3 years.
*I am part of the Social Action Committee at my temple
<plans/puts together blood drives by red cross, meels on wheels, etc.
*Played piano for high school orchestra in 9th grade
*Classical Singer competition
<Philadelphia, prestigious competition in front of many colleges.
*National Honors Society
<1st year in Senior Year...only offered.
*Played piano/sung in numerous nursing homes for the past several years.
*Played piano @ pilgrimages @ many churches for the holidays.
*Multicultural talent show (high school)
*High School Talent Show (high school)
*Temple youth group!
*Internship with the Pittsburgh Opera/apprenticeship (12th grade)</p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>alright um this is awkward. If you're applying to the music school, good luck. Its very competitive, especially since its tied for 1 in the county with Julliard as the best music school in the country. So you have to be a real good musician. If you are applying to the college, you grades are a strong start, definately bring up your sats, and I'd say an achievable reach.</p>

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<p>For the university, I think you should be fine. </p>

<p>By the looks of it, I'm assuming somewhere posisbly vocal performance. I'm not so sure UR (college) has that strong of a vocal program. I personally would not advise you to apply to the college for that matter.</p>

<p>As for Eastman School of Music which Insane_membrane has mentioned is ranked 1st right now. By the accolades and groups you're currently in, I do not think you have the chops for it. I believe the vocal performance class is about...10 - 20 people per year. </p>

<p>As for Music Ed, you stand a good chance at the college and a (idk these college "reaching" terms) challenging but plausible stretch to achieve at Eastman. Singing in a select group only gets you so far. You'd have to list your most recent repetoire and compare it against the Eastman requirements. </p>

<p>I guess that's what I have to offer on that. Though in general the people at both eastman and the college are willing to meet with you and share their own opinions before the audition period. I know at the college you can contact Joe Hanson. But at eastman I don't know where you would start. I think you probobly need some contacts to visit one of the professors for a lesson or something to that extent. </p>

<p>Good luck</p>