| I have to heartily agree with the "in is in!" attitude ... the Berklee adcom folks made it very clear that though there is certainly a "numbers game" in terms of room in each semester's entering class, they will only admit the applicants they think are good enough and can hack it ... if they had a bigger-than-expected pool/yield among EA kids that was going to severely cut down the number of admits from RD. BUT the kids they felt were Berklee material would be waitlisted but also accepted for the January/spring term.
I also agree with the advice to make the most of these extra months to use them as a mini "gap year" ... financially if necessary, experientially, educationally. There are a slew of placement tests to take the first week of orientation that will determine your son's first and second semester courses and there is a lot of info about those (and sample tests) on the website. So this is a great opportunity for your son to focus on any areas where he may feel he needs extra work and get up to speed .. or just have fun with his music!
(And once he's there, let me know and my D can bring him a box of chocolate truffles as a welcome gift!) |