What's with the 12/1 deadline for music supplements?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Does the Stanford music department also read your common app and Stanford supplement when they review your music supplement?
Since they don't require anything else (recs, transcripts) until Jan. 1, I don't see what other point there could be to this...</p>

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<p>The Art/Music Departments actually do review your applications during December. They have to analyze all the supplements and write a report to the adcoms judging your talent by January 1st. All the other stuff needs to be sent by January 1st, but the adcoms need a report on your ability already written and ready to go by the time they read your application.</p>

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<p>But why does the music department need to read my essays in order to write a report on my musical talent? Should I write my commonapp essay on music or something then?</p>

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<p>no man no need to overcomplicate things just know to send in everything by the december 1st deadline</p>

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<p>Ok so the music department doesn’t read my application and stuff then?</p>

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<p>OMG. i just noticed your username is “feuxfollets”
that’s so cool.
because i’m absolutely in love with that piece.</p>

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<p>I thought the letter of recs were due by the first as well</p>

<p>i rushed all my teachers lol</p>

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<p>Mhmm… I still need to get another recommendation for Stanford since they don’t accept sophomore teachers. Meh.</p>

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<p>they’ll take sophomore teachers, they would just prefer Junior/Senior ones because they want to know how you’ve grown throughout high school</p>

<p>if you have no other choice take a sophomore teacher over a junior/senior one who would write you a bad rec imo.</p>

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<p>Well I have another Junior year teacher who would definitely write me a good rec. However, he told us last year that if we asked him for a rec last year, he wouldn’t write one for us this year. And he kinda gave this speech after he had already written one for me for a summer program, so I don’t know if I want to ask him again.</p>

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<p>Um one last question: we can submit the common app electronically on Dec. 1st right? Or does it have to be in by 11:59 on Nov. 30th?</p>