| The relationship between the academic acceptances and music vary from school to school.
Some schools only require that you gain acceptance into the music program. You are then automatically accepted into the university or college.
Some schools require acceptance academically FIRST, then they schedule your audition and if you meet the audition requirements you gain acceptance to the music program. When DS was applying to undergrad programs, UMich was that way. Don't know if that's still the case or not.
Some schools have their music audition and if they want you based on the audition, they can "lean" on the academic admissions folks to accept you IF you are in the ballpark for admissions to the university.
Some schools require that you meet the academic AND music requirements separately for admission to a university based music program. The music department has no say in whether the academic acceptance is awarded.
When we visited Carnegie Mellon, my recollection was that they were one of the schools that could and would "lean" on admissions if you were a top person on your instrument.
Hartt actually accepted my son academically prior to his audition, but he did the early quick application to the university. He also did their priority audition.
Re: Peabody...if your daughter applied only to the conservatory, she does not need to be accepted to Hopkins as well. However, if she is applying for a dual program, she needs acceptance to both Hopkins and Peabody and needs to meet the standards set forth separately by each. In other words...she could get accepted to one but not the other.
When DS inquired, he was told by some schools that the music students needed to meet the academic requirements of the university as well because some students might actually transfer OUT of the music program into other colleges within the university. These schools had a standard for all students that they felt they needed to hold. |