<p>I haven't seen this thread anywhere, so here's a question my hubby and I are wondering about:</p>
<p>If you audition at a certain school for your undergrad, but you pick another school, but then later want to audition for your grad degree at the school you turned down for your undergrad, will the school be less likely to accept you, knowing that you turned them down once before?</p>
<p>Hopefully not… Son turned down one school he loved due to financial reasons. He emailed the studio teacher about his decision and included in his regrets that he would try again for grad school. The studio teacher responded that he would welcome son reapplying for grad school and would look forward to working with him in the future.</p>
<p>Son is applying to grad school now. When he was applying undergrad and told the other school, they said “Hope to see you for grad school”.</p>
<p>In many ways, it is better NOT to go to undergrad and grad school at the same place. Schools know that. If you are really good, they would rather have you for Grad School where you can really make their school look good.</p>
<p>It should be of no concern whatsoever. But it is a good idea to write and thank the folks who have been involved in your acceptances. D was accepted to all of her grad school choices, kept in touch with all five teachers and now, post MM, she currently studies with a teacher whose acceptance she turned down. It’s a small world that continues to get smaller and smaller as you move up the ladder. Be nice, be considerate and be gracious.</p>
<p>It won’t matter in the least! Hundreds of students will have auditioned in the years since the undergrad audition so the chances of panels remembering a particular student are slim and none!</p>
<p>It won’t matter at all in either way. In fact, in four years, chances are the makeup of the admissions committee (which are consisted of various combinations of faculty and administrators, not just the student’s potential principal instructor) will have significantly changed.</p>
<p>Many students might harbor some sort of ill will or vengence with schools that reject them. The universities themselves–we hope–are more mature than that, and will always try to make good faith decisions for the current situation.</p>
<p>Thank you so much everyone for your responses! I feel much better about this now, as I know there is one school in particular that my daughter is going to audition at that just might be a tad too far away from home at this point in her life, but would be a great school to attend as a grad student…and she probably won’t have as much of an issue being so far from home by then.</p>
<p>Nope! I’m currently getting my masters at a school I turned down for undergrad.</p>
<p>Son attended grad school at one of his accepted undergrad choices that he did not ultimately choose to attend for undergrad.</p>
<p>I think it happens all the time. He was looking at schools within a small geographic area so not surprising in his case.</p>
<p>Another thought on this, from someone whose undergrad and grad auditions didn’t involve panels, due to my instrument: if you’re just playing for the single teacher, they’ll probably understand, but be careful not to burn bridges if you’re still thinking about the school for grad school. That should probably be obvious, but when it’s not a big string or keyboard or vocal panel, the teacher may well remember the student, so it’s important not to leave a bad taste in their mouth.</p>
<p>To second what tuba269 said, it may depend on what you play. It also could depend on who you are. Do the teachers know your daughter or have they heard of her? Teachers talk to each other. If they do expect that they will remember. So students need to be polite and write to the schools/teachers where they decide not to go.</p>
<p>tuba269 and woodwinds advice should be taken to heart by everyone. Music faculty and administration can be very fluid, and someone you speak to at school A one year, can turn up working at the school you ultimately attend. Hearing that “the music world is small” is one thing, but knowing that you are quite likely to run into the people you auditioned with, or for, down the road, should make you remember to always be on your best behavior!</p>