<p>Yes, that is overall acceptance. Some years, however, they take maybe one clarinet or something, when there may have been 20 or more auditioning. Obviously, the acceptance rate is greatly affected by the instrumental needs and number of kids auditioning. It isn't a straight 35-40%.</p>
<p>The official acceptance rate for NEC was 30%. Note the poor yield of under 30%. That is much worse than I would have thought.</p>
<p>That yield can be attributed to a few factors: in many areas (notably strings) it is as strong and selective as any other conservatory, but has less prestige than, say, Juilliard. Second, it has more limited scholarship funds than peer schools (Juilliard, CIM, Eastman, MSM, Rice, Curtis). Third, the dorm and dining hall are horrible and the cost of living in Boston is very high.</p>
<p>Also note the 5 and 6 year graduation rates of 62%.</p>
<p>The transportation between peabody and JHU is not that bad. Somewhat similiar to Eastman/UR, the classes time are seperated by half an hour in the two divisions, and the shuttle time for the most part fit very good with that. In rush hours, the shuttle runs very frequently (~5 minute) while normally is about every 1/2 hour. Depending on your luck and your majors in both campuses, the shuttle time may even fit perfectly. And one really good thing is that the shuttles are very reliable in general, which does help a lots. </p>
<p>At least comparing with what I know about NEC/Harvard and Juilliard/Columbia, the Peabody/JHU program is much more flexible in terms of how you make your 5-year schedule, and you are likely to find DD students with completely different scheduling (say, two freshmen, one spending most of his/her time in Peabody, the other doing the exact opposite). I personally really appreciate the program at JHU/Peabody because you can get both environment/life of a music undergrad in addition to the education part - for me and many others, simply being in a conservatory undergrads is an incredible experience, and you don't get that in say, the NEC/Harvard or Juilliard/Columbia programs.</p>
<p>Some stat I once saw says that although the Peabody/JHU program is officially 5 years, in a certain year, some big percentage of the graduating DD students (don't remember that exact #, but much greater than 50%) actually graduated in 4 years.</p>