| My son was waitlisted at Oberlin for cello, as were at least two of his other cello friends that we know of. (While several CCers actually got into Oberlin Conservatory, the only one we know who wasn't rejected or put on the wait list is an oboist). His "alternative" school said that if he accepted their music scholarship, he would not be allowed to accept another school's offer after May 1. We had sent lots of supporting material to Oberlin and they knew it was his first choice. I called Oberlin and told them the situation; they got back to us with the news that no cellos were being taken off the waiting list this year. Frankly, for us, this has been a very painful period of waitlists and rejections, despite lots of positive feedback from the teachers he auditioned for and even during the auditions, and his winning several high level competitions in our area. His teacher, who is a young and very, very accomplished symphony musician, and many others who know my son are shocked. I'm sure that my son would have had better results in a different year--it's really beginning to look like just plain bad luck.
I am lucky that he's handled this all so well; he's very happily planning to attend his "safety," because he can stay with his wonderful teacher. |