<p>beci,</p>
<p>I have a daughter at Oberlin and their Conservatory admissions (which is separate from the College admissions) people have told me that their acceptances are about 80% based on the audition, but that they sometimes do have to turn down musically qualified applicants for academic reasons. All conservatory students are required to take 24 semester hours of Oberlin College classes. These are chosen from the regular classes that Oberlin College students take, not special ones geared toward the conservatory students only. Given the students who are accepted to the college, the teachers of those classes have high expectations. While there are some classes that are easier than others, the Conservatory admissions department does not want students who are going to have serious problems passing their 24 hours of classes in the college.</p>