<p>hi. I have recently had a meeting with my counselor who told me that visiting a conservatory could have a positive impact on my admission results. I would be visiting the conservatory about a week or two before the results are sent out so I was wondering if visiting would actually impact my results or if this has any effect in the music world. Thank you!</p>
<p>Well they certainly like the fact that you visit, all of my auditions were regionals but I mentioned that I visited the campus over the summer etc. and they were happy to hear that. but i can’t see it making a huge difference in the admissions process. i think the biggest benefit is for you, the student, auditioning for a school you’ve never actually seen is not something I would advise at all.</p>
<p>My question is have you had sample lessons (or prior experience) with any of the faculty for your instrument?</p>
<p>The visit is far more important for seeing the facilities, having trial lessons with faculty (if you haven’t done so already; if you have not yet done so, I’d try and schedule one immediately for your visit.), talking with current students, discussing the program, possibly sitting in on an ensemble rehearsal or studio class, maybe attending a performance.</p>
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<p>I agree with others that visiting the conservatory a couple of weeks prior to results being sent out is unlikely to have much if any impact on the decision concerning accepting you. In at least some cases, the decisions have been made by March 16 and the last couple of weeks are for delivery time, clerical preparation, sober second thought, and last-minute bean-counter calculations, with only the occasional small change to the list of accepted students (or waiting for the ever delinquent and tardy didgeridoo department to make its decisions so that all the school’s decisions can be sent at once). </p>
<p>At this point if you are a planning a visit, I would tend to wait until you have either gotten an acceptance or rejection. If you get a rejection, then you don’t do the trip. If you are accepted, then you may be informed whose studio you have been accepted into and your trip can be much more focused and intentional.</p>
<p>Your counselor probably has relatively little experience with music schools. I think many counselors assume that the selective music schools operate like the Ivies, which is not the case. For starters the selective music schools are considerably more selective than the Ivies and secondly, music is an entirely different beast.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the advice. I think I will wait until I hear about my result. </p>
<p>@ 18karat - I did all regional auditions as well and have not visited any of my schools sadly. My counselor had recommended that I do not visit, which I am really regretting now. </p>
<p>@ Violadad. I have not had a lesson with the teacher I have signed up to study with, however I have contacted him and he has informed me that he will do his best to save a spot for me in his studio. Also, many of my friends and one of my teachers students has studied with him and has recommended him to me. </p>
<p>@ Violindad - Thank you for the advice. I will wait until after the results are sent out and hope for the best. My counselor has not had much experience with music schools, but she is doing her best for me which I appreciate.</p>
<p>Violindad, this is off topic, but I find it really funny when people make references to didgeridoo in conservatories, because I had a longtime primary studio teacher who made quite a bit of extra money playing didge.</p>
<p>tuba269, if you’re referencing the didgeridoo comment here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1093219-talent-scholarships-instrumentalists.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1093219-talent-scholarships-instrumentalists.html</a>, you’re mixing up your string dads.</p>
<p>The comment was mine, not violindad’s.</p>
<p>Long story (even longer background thread), but I have every respect for didgeridoo players.</p>
<p>tuba269: I assume your primary studio teacher’s primary instrument was tuba: further evidence of the special brass personality (along with another post of yours today about the tendency for brass professors to ask for stuff at auditions that is not on the list or in the requirements). [disclosure/confession: Tuba is my secondary instrument.]</p>
<p>violadad: I think tuba269 actually intended me (see post #4 above); however, you are certainly the original source of didgeridoo references; imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so I won’t apologize for borrowing from you:)</p>
<p>^^Right. Violindad, the same teacher did music outreach presentations that involved playing on a rubber hose with a funnel in the end.</p>