Putting different teachers for first choice at different schools...

College Majors Music Major
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So I’m a junior in high school now, class of 2016, and I’m starting to finalize my list for next year. As I’m doing so, however, I’m starting to realize that there are a few schools on my list where I’ll put a teacher as my first choice for School A, but for School B where he also teaches, I’ll put someone else. Could this possibly hurt my chances of getting into either school? The politics behind admission processes for music are notoriously iffy so I’m interested in what people have to say here. I’m looking at top-tier schools, Juilliard, Eastman, Northwestern, etc schools like that.

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I’m interested in knowing this, too. Posting to bump up the list.

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thanks for bumping, I know everyone is very busy but I’d appreciate a response sometime soon haha

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At Juilliard the faculty does not see your teacher preference list. I don’t know about Northwestern and Eastman.

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For me, it would only apply for Juilliard, NEC, and UMich. Cello teacher who teaches at Michigan also teaches at Juilliard, and a cello teacher who teaches at NEC also teaches at Juilliard.

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also, I know juilliard sees it because I had a friend who apparently was going to get a huge scholarship to NEC under one person’s studio, but they didnt’ put that person as first or even second or third choice at juilliard and the person was very pissed off. Apparently. All sounds very sketchy as I’ve heard many contradictory reports from different people.

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That’s interesting what you say about Juilliard because it contradicts the admissions procedure as described specifically by the admissions office. The description of the Juilliard process that I have heard several times is that auditors are asked 1) if the applicant should be admitted and 2) if they would be willing to take the applicant in to their studio. But they do not, at least officially, see the teacher choices. Of course what happens behind the scenes may be different from the official story, but it’s also possible that the story has more components to it (i.e., the teacher found out another way.)

At NEC they do see your teacher preference, and yes, you can get yourself in trouble there.