<p>Advice please? Son applied to eastman summer jazz program. Rolling admissions started March 1, and they've had his app. materials (including audition tape) for a week. Is it too early to email admissions (they emailed us about a credit card number) and ask what a timeline might be?</p>
<p>not a very good wait-er.....doesn't bode well for next March, does it? ;)</p>
<p>SJTH- a week seems a bit short to expect an answer, even for a rolling admit program. I would think two weeks at minimum for most programs for a decision to be reached and notifications made/sent.</p>
<p>You might want to call just to confirm receipt of materials and as an aside ask about status/timetable. Some will give you a heads-up if you let them know you've got other program offers, and need info by "x" date.</p>
<p>Some programs may not care, or have no issues losing an applicant to another program.</p>
<p>It can be tenuous ground. Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Sometimes it's more effective to replace the wheel when the bearings start to whine. :D</p>
<p>Consider this also come next March. Good luck to you and son.</p>
<p>Bowdoin decision came in - my son wants to go to the International Music Academy in Pilsen where he's been accepted so it's not so rough that he was not accepted at Bowdoin.</p>
<p>I agree with Violadad. A week is a bit short. With both college and camp applications I have usually waited about three weeks, sent an e mail just to be sure they have recieved everything. Most replies are: "We will let you know if we don't recieve everything." but some do come back and say they have everything and we should look for a letter/email in -x- weeks. One summer I did have to know by a certain date for a scholarship. I did call the one program my d was waiting on and tell them the situation. They gladly put me through to the person making the selection and was given an answer. But, I think a squeaky wheel can sometimes be annoying to the people who are probably listening to them all day. ;) The waiting is nerve racking, to say the least. I wish you the best and am anxious to hear your results!</p>
<p>correction: "waitlisted" at bowdoin - i think maybe they waitlist everyone though.</p>
<p>Actually, waitlisted at Bowdoin is an improvement over the other Bowdoin results I am aware of: 3 high school cellists (one is my son)--rejected. I'm figuring that with Encore out of service...and I think my son's CD could have been better quality. Live and learn!</p>
<p>Ours could have been MUCH better, but what with auditions, etc., it was impossible to perfect it in the time we had. Oh well. Luckily it's not his first choice!</p>
<p>Thanks, all, for the advice. I know they received everything, so I'm just going to be patient! Good luck to everyone else.</p>
<p>Our D was waitlisted at Bowdoin and Heifetz, two of her top choices. She still is awaiting some decisions and I'm sure something will come through. Stringfollies, she almost applied to Pilsen but then decided against it.</p>
<p>For whatever it's worth, anecdotally: a couple of years ago, my kid was waitlisted at Bowdoin and told he was at the top of the list and was likely to be admitted...in the end, we never heard back from them.</p>
<p>Hey all, I have a problem: </p>
<p>I just was accepted to the Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival and I'm pretty psyched, especially because they only take one bassist per year. </p>
<p>Here's the trouble -- tell me what you think I should do -- as of right now, I can't pay for the program. I can apply for money from my university and potentially get enough to pay for it, but I won't know if I've been awarded the money until around June 4. I have to tell Yellow Barn if I can go by this Monday. </p>
<p>Do you think I should tell them I can go, keeping in mind that I might have to tell them later that I can't if I don't get all the fellowship money? Or should I just say that I can't go? </p>
<p>Let me know what you think!</p>
<p>Cosmos- The festival costs are in the $600 range, and is for room and board for five weeks, tuition is a fellowship. Don't know your transportation needs, whether you're flying, driving or train, and you have the bass to tote. Figure those expenses as well.</p>
<p>You coming out of Chicago or metro NY? Makes a big difference in transportation costs.</p>
<p>I'd say apply for the grant, if UChicago will support it. Big name program, a feather in both yours and the school's caps. A great program to have on the resume, and the potential for contact building is a huge plus. I don't know your financial specifics, but driving out of metro NY (somehow I remember that is your home base) and saving the added expense of air costs for the bass seems the most cost efficient way. </p>
<p>I'd say do it, unless you have a cheaper, similar level summer opportunity.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Was too late to edit, but could parents, relatives, or a mentor be a potential source of funding if the fellowship does not go through?</p>
<p>If not outright funding from those sources, might they at least be a source of a loan to be repaid through gig or other income over the rest of the summer?</p>
<p>yellowbarn isn't the hardest most prestigious festival... Verbier, Ozawa's program, Marlboro, Ravina, Keshet Eilon.... all are more competitive and higher level than Yellowbarn...</p>
<p>If you're the only person accepted for your instrument, you have a lot of leverage for a scholarship. Just tell them you need the money or you can't attend. If they want you there they'll pay, don't worry.</p>
<p>Unless, of course, Yellow Barn maintains a waiting list that includes another bassist with $600 in hand just raring to go. I would not lightly assume that you have lots of leverage unless you have another festival acceptance that you would prefer to use.</p>
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<p>While that may be true, there are reasons why any one individual will chose applying to specific programs as opposed to others. These may include timing, distance, funding, prior committments, faculty mix, a reasoned analytical assessment of acceptance based on current skill level and competition, among others.</p>
<p>While it may not have been so intended, your comment as written appears to lessen the importance of an internationally recognized program whose alumni include many top level performers.</p>
<p>Just my $.02</p>
<p>Hi guys,
Thanks for your input. I'm doing the Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, which costs $2,150. The fellowships are really meant for professional-level players (i.e. not me yet!). It's still a great program though, and I know a lot of students who really want to go there from some great schools. </p>
<p>I'm going to go ahead and apply for the grant from school and see what happens... </p>
<p>P.S. Regarding Vieuxtemps5's comment, none of the programs you mentioned take basses! Marlboro does, but they don't have an opening this year because their bassist is the principal of the Toronto Symphony. I did get invited to audition though, but didn't accept the invite... Know your sources, mate.</p>
<p>Cosmos, your post #211 used "festival" as opposed to the Young Artists Program, and I based my numbers on that.</p>
<p>The YAP costs are a tougher nut to crack, and thus harder to commit to without "guaranteed" funding. Consider the suggestions offered, and good luck on Uchicago funding if you decide to pursue it.</p>
<p>Congratulations and good luck, Cosmos. I hope the grant comes through for you.</p>