<p>Off track a bit here, but D had a very helpful phone conversation with a prof at the school where she’s waitlisted - got some good advice not just about how the waitlist works at that particular school but also some helpful tips on which of her other options might be a good choice if prof’s school doesn’t work out. As prof pointed out, they could end up working together at a summer festival or something later on even if she enrolls somewhere else.</p>
<p>Peabody will speak to rejected students about how they can improve. I think there was a whole thread here last year about this. The Director Admissions at Peabody wrote a rejection letter and in the letter it stated that a rejected student could contact Peabody to find out why he had been rejected. No one believed that Peabody would really be willing to speak with the student and thought that it was an empty offer. Someone on cc contacted Peabody about the tone of the letter for other reasons. The Director of Admissions actually posted a letter on cc. The bottom line is that Peabody is willing to speak with rejected students and to explain to them what the faculty felt were the shortcomings of the audition, where they need to improve, etc. Apparently, they keep very detailed notes during the audition so that this is possible --not for this purpose, but they are able to do this as a result of their extensive note-taking. S noticed that during his audition, the panelists did have computers and they were typing the entire time.</p>
<p>The Peabody letter and feedback threads tenormama refers to are here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/488020-peabody-still-waiting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/488020-peabody-still-waiting.html</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/490952-response-peabody-re-letter.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/490952-response-peabody-re-letter.html</a></p>