| A personal experience relating to admission and grades, involving GPA, class rank, and the same (double) major/school going back to auditions 2001/2002/2003.
School is Hartt. All three kids applied performance/music ed double major, although the other two were a year behind S.
My son (viola), NHS, 3.79 GPA, 1350 SAT top 10% of class, 5 AP's all 5's. Extremely solid performer, local/youth symphony/state music awards and accolades.
Freind A (cello), NHS, slightly better overall academics than my kid. Some local/state music recognitions.
Freind B (violin), 2.75 gpa if he was lucky. No AP's. If he got 1100 on SAT he was lucky. Fantastic performer. A few local competition wins, scholarships. Needed technical guidance and some directed instruction, but it was like this kid was born with a violin in his hands.
I would go out of my way to see him play. Pure raw talent that needed refinement.
Son nailed audition, was admitted. Freind A blew his... completely... rejected, couldn't even get in the straight music ed program with his grades because of his audition. He was/is a good player. He had a bad audition.
Freind B nailed his as well. They gave him full scholarship.
For performance, it's the audition. |