<p>sorry don't know where to post this but does playing the viola increase your chances of getting into a school?</p>
<p>^ If you are an accomplished Viola player then of course. But if you are not submitting a supplemental then it won’t have any/much impact. That being said if you submit a supplemental for Viola it will stand out amongst other supplementals because Viola is not a supercommon instrument.</p>
<p>Yeah, submit some supplemental materials! Hey, let’s start a viola discussion group! What’s your repertoire?</p>
<p>I play the viola! I’m not really good though, there’s no way I’d have anything worthwhile to submit as a supplement. I can say I’ve done it since fourth grade though, right?</p>
<p>I wish someone had told me that it was helpful for violas to submit supplements a long time ago. If I had kept playing like I was in 10th grade, I could have really had something. Oh well.</p>
<p>Oh no…I should have stayed as a trombonist in band…</p>
<p>Anything helps as long as its not like getting your teacher drunk and sleep with her etc. </p>
<p>AND COLLEGES DONT WANT YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL UNLESS YOUR MAJOR IS IN MUSIC. THEY ARE BUSY AND MIGHT NOT EVEN LISTEN TO IT. </p>
<p>I PLAY THE VIOLIN AND I WAS GOING TO SUBMIT A SUPPLEMENTAL ALSO BUT I DECIDED NOT TO BECAUSE IT IS EVEN STATED ON SOME WEBSITES THAT THEY DONT WANT THOSE.</p>
<p>The violin is one of my favorite instruments ( along with the flute), I use to play it for a while in elementary, if I would have known it would increase my chances of getting into a school I’m sure I would be playing it now. To answer your question I highly doubt it would increase your chances of getting into a university, but it depends on the school, what college within the university your applying, and how well your at playing the violin yourself. In many cases it can increase your chances.</p>
<p>Yay, violas!! I’ve played since 5th grade.</p>
<p>Unless you are principal violist for your state youth orchestra, don’t bother.</p>
<p>^Nah, I think as long as you’ve broken into the major semi-difficult repertoire, supplemental materials are useful in backing up your claims, especially if the college doesn’t have a music performance major.</p>
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<p>Plenty of colleges accept supplemental materials, even colleges without music majors. Hell, if you do want to be a music performance major, you better go for an audition, not just supplemental materials. There are some colleges that specifically state they don’t want them, and some don’t provide guidelines for their submission, but otherwise, go ahead and send them in.</p>
<p>advanced Lawlz, what makes you say that? that sounds sort of harsh.</p>
<p>I know violas are awesome! except I hate when people ask if our instrument’s a violin. :P. If I had a dollar for everytime someone asked that I’d be as rich as Bill Gates</p>