<p>I have 3 jazz vocal pieces that I've submitted for other schools, but the Yale slideroom page has some specific guidelines (like 1 piece has to be in a foreign language) and I'm not sure if they're required for submission. It looks like Yale discourages the submission of supplements as well. However, these recordings are important to me, as I am passionate about jazz and plan to continue pursuing it throughout college. What should I do?</p>
<p>Yes, it seems like Yale is very adamant about discouraging supplements. I did not send one in (although I did do an additional rec).</p>
<p>I look at it this way: Would this Jazz supplement be worth the time of the Adcoms? The Adcom usually spends 30-40 mins on each application, so would this 10-15 minutes take away from the time that they should spend examining the rest of your application?</p>
<p>That’s the advice I was given regarding all supplemental things. It seems to me that if your application would be incomplete without it, then it should be sent. But, if this is not going to add anything substantial, or just deter from the rest of your application, then it should probably remain unsent.</p>
<p>My understanding is that it’s not admissions officers who would be listening to musical submissions, but music professors at Yale. Your application has to make it far enough for them to hear it, though. And if you have exceptional abilities, that will likely be evident from your list of extracurriculars and awards. A line around this forum, to which I subscribe, is that you should be at or very near conservatory quality to submit a music supplement.</p>
<p>@paleselan @AdmissionsAddict Thank you for the advice! I think I’ll wait until I have the rest of my application ready and then decide if it would add anything substantial.</p>
<p>I agree with @Admissionsaddict. I know several students that were rejected by HYP, but were accepted by Juilliard and Curtis, so musical talent and ability were never a question with their application. When you submit a supplement – be it a music, art or research project – your extra materials are then compared to all other students who have submitted a similar supplement. If your music supplement isn’t near conservancy quality, it might detract from the overall impression of your file.</p>
<p>@hnorelle, I think it will be wise to listen to the advice you’ve been given. I would wager that the majority of applicants have something that they’re passionate about and intend to pursue while in college, but submitting an arts supplement would be overloading your app in that direction. </p>
<p>@gibby @IxnayBob Thank you! I think the supplement probably wouldn’t help me as much as it might at other schools; it doesn’t seem worth it to submit.</p>
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<p>I actually think it could help your admission. I’m not sure how vocals are evaluated by music depts, but if an adcom was to listen to it, I would think that they would just want a short taste, like maybe 90 seconds.</p>
<p>We had a girl from my D’s HS who was deferred SCEA Yale last year. Two years prior we had had five Yale admits, so the GC felt comfortable calling the regional admissions officer to ask why this girl was deferred. The sole response was that her vocal supplement did not help her. She is a very talented singer, but I do know that she hastily recorded the supplement and did not explicitly follow Yale’s submission guidelines. That was a poor choice in my opinion.</p>