A few questions about college auditions/schools! (Flute)

Plumeria
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:41:09 +0000

I’m going to be a HS senior in the fall, and I had a few questions about auditions and schools. I’ve been browsing the forums for a lonnng time, but there’s still some questions I’m unclear about :)

I’ll number them to make it more organized:


How many flutes does each conservatory/music school take? And how many audition usually? I’m very aware I play a highly competitive instrument (and very, very terrified!)
I know for some schools, the audition is the most important factor of being accepted or not. But for some, do your grades and scores weigh in heavily? For example Peabody, since it’s connected to JH will I have to have JH level grades to be even considered? I also heard that it’s somewhat weighted, but not nearly as heavily unlike like other majors applying.
(I’m an okay student. B+/B with almost all honors throughout, taking an ap and ib course this year. 1770 combined SAT. GPA is 3.2/3.88 unweight/weight)
I’m also asking this because I’m wondering if it would be worth it to retake the SAT. I scored 1770 on the first one, and I guess if I took it again I’d be in the 1800s-1900s range and I’m not sure if it would be even worth it, considering I have youth orchestra rehearsal and a woodwind chamber music school I’d have to miss.
This is my most fearful question- So, what happens if you don’t get into any of the schools you’ve auditioned to? (I’m so extremely scared of this happening :() With the high competitiveness, I can see this easily happening… Do you just take a year off to practice more? Or…
This is more of a once you’re in college thing, but if I did want to transfer to a different conservatory, is this possible? Or is it very difficult?
Prescreening DVDs. What kind of camcorder or recording devices would be the best? Would a $100-300 video camera suffice or should we get something more (or rent something)?
The audition dates. Are they usually during the week (when there’s school) or on weekends? Or does it just depend when you schedule it? (Any extra info on audition dates and stuff are appreciated :D)


Also, I was wondering if most conservatories are connected to liberal arts schools, because I plan on taking science courses to possibly go into optometry later.

Specifically, here’s the list I’m looking at:
UMaryland
Temple
UMichigan
Rowan
Shenadoah
Hartt
Eastman
Peabody
Oberlin
BU
NEC
(I’m not audition to all of these, I’m just considering them at the moment)
And any other schools you’d like to suggest, please feel free! (I’m a flute, if you forgot :))

Thank you soooo much in advance.