Berklee is actually not out yet. My daughter emailed a thank you after her audition and was told she was accepted but wouldn’t hear officially until late March or April 2st.
Thank you that makes me feel better, I was worried that my son had not submitted a document or something even though there were no messages in his portal.
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In looking a past year’s acceptance threads many applicants heard on 4/1. (For Berklee) March is the longest month!!
Ya, this was for Boston Conservitory at Berklee too. It wasn’t a typical heads up on acceptance.
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Last year, my friends son applied to Berklee and admissions came out at midnight on March 30th I think. He stayed up to check right at 12am and then woke his parents up to tell them he was accepted! How stressful to wait around all day and to know it comes out at the midnight but also super exciting. Good luck!!
MM Vocal Performance Countertenor
Final Auditions:
NEC
Bard (declined audition)
Yale
Juilliard + callback
U of Toronto (declined audition)
Mannes
Accepted:
3/26 NEC with $50,500 merit
Still Waiting:
Yale
Juilliard
Mannes
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Momto5kidz
Daughter (viola BM)
3/12 SFCM accepted (35K merit)
3/14 CMU rejection
3/19 IU Jacobs accepted (awaiting merit)
3/21 CIM accepted (awaiting merit)
3/22 BU rejected
3/26 Eastman accepted (40K)
Peabody-- still waiting
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This may be our last update as the decision’s been made
GirlDad2’s daughter–versions of Music Production, Music Industry, Sound Recording Technology, etc. (pianist for auditions):
- Cincinnati (CCM)-BM Commercial Music Production: Applied 12/1; Pre-screen results on 1/6; Auditioned 2/15; Accepted to university and program on 2/24; $5K University Merit (Cincinnatus) on 3/20; $7K CCM Honor Scholarship on 3/26; D accepted offer!
- DePaul–BM Sound Recording Technology: Applied 12/1; Auditioned 2/2; Accepted 3/11; still waiting for scholarship and other financial aid info.
- LIU-Brooklyn–BFA in Music Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Production: Applied 10/24 accepted to program and university 11/11 with
$30K per year$42K(Tuition Exchange) merit scholarship; - Ohio State–BS in Music: Creative Practice, Business and Technology: Applied to University on 10/24; accepted to university 12/14; auditioned for school of music 1/11; accepted into BA with lessons 1/14; accepted into BS on 2/20; $1K per year merit from university so far, awaiting scholarship info from School of Music
- Pitt–BA in Music: Applied 10/24; Accepted 11/13; waiting for scholarship and other financial aid info.
- Syracuse–BM Music Industry: Applied 1/4; Auditioned 1/18; Accepted 3/21 with 1/2 tuition Visual and Performing Arts Leadership Scholarship; waiting for Tuition Exchange decision
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Update 3/27:
Ok, guys. We are getting SO CLOSE! Just a few more days before all the remaining acceptances/offers are finally revealed! We even have two decisions made!
Just FYI: the formatting on this platform is clunky and ridiculous, and it’s really hard to see where I’ve made an update and where I haven’t. So if I missed anything that anyone posted, please let me know and I’ll add it to the next one.
Clara30’s daughter - (Undergrad) Vocal Performance, Mezzo-Soprano
2/12: IU Jacobs (Merit $$ in March/April)
2/28: UNT (we are in-state) - accepted to vocal performance program, $4k/year academic merit, $4k/year Competitive Opera Performance scholarship, $2250/year competitive voice performance scholarship. Total merit: $10,250/year
3/14: CMU - accepted, no merit (need only school)
3/22: Oberlin - $50k/year scholarship
3/21: CIM - $25k/year awarded at CS Music, awaiting final merit
3/26: Eastman - $45.5k/year scholarship
Juilliard - auditioned and received callback, awaiting results and merit
raymond.windmiller’s son - (Undergrad) Percussion Performance
JMU - Merit - Madison Scholarship
Frost/Miami - Merit $$ in March/April
FSU - Merit $$ in April
Ithaca - Merit $31K - And $2K to live in dorms per year
VT - Accepted - No merit $$
Blmom23’s son- (Undergrad) Guitar Contemporary/Popular Music
10/9 CU Denver WUE + $3,000/year + $1,000
11/12 Columbia College Chicago $16,000/year
12/18 Berklee $23,000/year
3/14 Umiami Frost awaiting results
USC Thornton awaiting results
JazzyJourno’s son - (Undergrad) Jazz performance, tenor sax
Berklee - accepted with $15k/yr merit aid in Oct. (applied during '24 Aspire)
JMU - accepted with 2 yrs free housing for merit (EA, accepted in Jan, aid info in Feb)
GMU - accepted with some merit aid (EA, accepted in Feb)
U Maryland - accepted in Feb (EA, merit deets TBD)
U Michigan - auditioned 2/7, sorry but no around March 11
DePaul - auditioned 2/9, accepted March 10 (financial deets TBD)
Frost/U-Miami - auditioned 2/14, accepted March 14 (no merit mentioned, & this school is $$$$$$y)
Peabody - audition on 2/19, still waiting. Leery of that school since Hopkins is making BIG budget cuts
SUNY Purchase - Informed in late Feb. that he didn’t pass prescreen, they asked if he was willing to audition later on if they needed to round things out in the future, S declined)
Eastman - didn’t pass prescreen
Winky1’s son - Undergrad, Percussion Performance
Belmont University - accepted to university in fall with $19,000 merit. Auditioned Nov. 9 for Commercial Music, Percussion focus, accepted to Music School Nov. 12 with $11,000 additional merit.
University of North Texas - accepted to University in fall with $4,000 merit per year which triggers in-state tuition waiver which equals $12,100 more per year. Auditioned Jan. 27 for Percussion Performance. Waiting for Music School admissions decision and possible music school merit.
IU Jacobs School of Music accepted to University on January 15. Financial Aid offered is just the $5,500 Stafford Loan. Auditioned Percussion Performance on Feb. 7. Accepted to Jacobs Feb. 10. Waiting for merit from Jacobs.
WVU - Accepted to University in fall with $14,000 merit. Additional $2,500 for Connection System Scholarship (something like that). Auditioned 2/11 (by apt.) Told in follow-up email was accepted. No formal announcement yet, Music School Merit $11,000.
CCM at UC - Auditioned Feb 15. Accepted 3/3. Received $5,000 Cincinnatus Scholarship and $10,000 National Outreach Award
RhoChemE’s son - (Undergrad) Double Bass Classical Performance
UMich – Accepted - waiting on merit
University of Denver (Lamont) – Accepted - $48,000 scholarship
University of Washington – Accepted, waiting on merit
Oberlin – Accepted for dual degree- $32,000 scholarship
CCM – accepted 3/3 - $10,000 scholarship
CU Boulder – Accepted w/ significant scholarship
Case Western – Accepted - no merit unless it comes later
Western Washington – academic acceptance, $2500 for 1st year, submitted recorded audition, waiting to hear back
UNT – rejected for music (academic acceptance with $12,150 in-state waiver and $4000 scholarship)
IU – academic acceptance, $2750/semester, didn’t pass prescreen
Boston University – Rejected - didn’t pass prescreen
GirlDad2’s daughter–versions of Music Production, Music Industry, Sound Recording Technology, etc. (pianist for auditions):
Cincinnati (CCM)-BM Commercial Music Production: Applied 12/1; Pre-screen results on 1/6; Auditioned 2/15; Accepted to university and program on 2/24; $5K University Merit (Cincinnatus) on 3/20; $7K CCM Honor Scholarship on 3/26; D accepted offer!
DePaul–BM Sound Recording Technology: Applied 12/1; Auditioned 2/2; Accepted 3/11; still waiting for scholarship and other financial aid info.
LIU-Brooklyn–BFA in Music Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Production: Applied 10/24 accepted to program and university 11/11 with $42K(Tuition Exchange) merit scholarship
Ohio State–BS in Music: Creative Practice, Business and Technology: Applied to University on 10/24; accepted to university 12/14; auditioned for school of music 1/11; accepted into BA with lessons 1/14; accepted into BS on 2/20; $1K per year merit from university so far, awaiting scholarship info from School of Music
Pitt–BA in Music: Applied 10/24; Accepted 11/13; waiting for scholarship and other financial aid info.
Syracuse–BM Music Industry: Applied 1/4; Auditioned 1/18; Accepted 3/21 with 1/2 tuition Leadership Scholarship; waiting for Tuition Exchange decision
Duff62:
CCM: Accepted, Commercial Music Program, awaiting scholarship info
Belmont: Accepted, Commercial Music, 7K scholarship
Ithaca: Accepted, Sound Recording Technology 35K scholarship
Drexel: Accepted, Music Industry, Recording Arts & Music Production, 28K scholarship
Elon: Accepted, Music Production & Recording Arts, 5K
Northeastern: Accepted, Music Industry, no $$$
SUNY Oneonta: Accepted, Music Industry, 2k
Berklee: Accepted, Contemporary Writing & Production, 11K
IU Jacobs: Accepted, Creation & Production, waiting for financial info
Oberlin: Recording Arts & Production, accepted, $30K scholarship
NYU: Recorded Music, waiting for decision
U Miami Frost: MADE program, waitlisted
Syracuse: Music Industry, Accepted, $25k
M4Change Music composition programs:
Ithaca - $32.5k merit plus $2k for dorms
U Hartford - $25k merit
SUNY Purchase - Accepted. No $s. Full price
JMU -Passed audition. Awaiting entry into composition program and academics.
CNU - Accepted. No $s. Full price (in-state)
RPI - $34k merit
MistySteel27 - Music Education - Clarinet
University of Puget Sound ($83,802 billable COA)
Music scholarship $10,000
Alumni scholarship $18,000
West Chester University ($34,874)
West Chester Grant $2,000
University of Delaware ($56,786)
declined admission before receiving merit info
Susquehanna University ($79,000)
Presidential Award $44,000
Music Scholarship $3,000
Filing FAFSA $1,000
Wallflowermolly - dual major (music performance for clarinet and music education) :
• Ohio State Uni : Accepted on both
• Saint Mary’s College : Accepted (Music Ed. only - no performance degree)
• Central Michigan Uni : Accepted on both
• Western Michigan Uni : Accepted on both
• Michigan State Uni : Accepted into general uni, still no word back from the college of music
Momto5kidz - Daughter (viola BM)
SFCM–3/12/25 accepted , 35K merit, no financial aid; auditioned (2/10)
CMU– 3/14/25 rejected; auditioned (2/8)
IU Jacobs– 3/19/25, accepted; waiting on merit/FA; auditioned (3/7)
CIM–3/21/25, accepted; waiting on merit/FA; auditioned (2/9)
BU- passed pre-screen; auditioned (2/7), rejected
Peabody- passed pre-screen; auditioned (2/17) waiting for results
3/26 Eastman: $40k/year scholarship
Ardub’s Daughter (Undergrad) Vocal Performance, Soprano
Lawrence University (accepted 12/7) Total gift aid: $40k/year
Saint Mary’s College of California (accepted 12/7) Total gift aid: $34k/yr
CUNY Brooklyn College (accepted to music dept. 12/16) awaiting honors college results & aid letter
Univ of Maryland - College Park (accepted 2/3) Total gift aid: $12k/yr Presidential Scholarship + honors college
CCM (accepted 2/26) awaiting aid letter
SUNY Purchase (accepted 2/26) awaiting aid letter
CMU (accepted 3/14) awaiting aid letter
Curtis (waitlisted 3/14)
UCLA (auditioned live) - awaiting results & aid letter
USC (auditioned live) - awaiting results & aid letter
Northwestern (auditioned live) - awaiting results & aid letter
Juilliard (auditioned live and called back) - awaiting results & aid letter
Ithaca (canceled live audition; submitted video audition instead) - awaiting results & aid letter
togotofak
Northwestern MM (50$ merit)
Indiana Bloomington accepted
drummerdad2614’s son - Jazz Drummer
Mich St - Audition 02/01 - Accepted 12K academic, waiting on music merit
Frost - Audition 02/07 - Declined - Waitlisted
DePaul - Audition 02/08 - Accepted Awaiting Merit
Berklee - Audition 02/08 - No Decision Yet
Oberlin - Audition 02/14 - Accepted 34K merit
Peabody - Audition 02/17 - No Decision Yet
UNT - Audition 02/21 - Accepted 2K (trigger in-state)
Eastman - Audition 02/28 - No Decision Yet
Manhattan School of Music - Did not pass pre-screen
Learningalot Classical Percussion Performance
Butler: audition: 2/7, adm 2/17, merit 3/12 (academic admission and merit in Nov)
U Mich: audition: 1/31, adm 2/28, merit TBD
CCM: audition: 2/15, adm 3/3, merit TBD
DePaul: audition: 2/2, adm 3/10, merit TBD
Roosevelt: audition: 2/1, adm 3/14, merit 3/14
SFCM: audition 2/10, adm 3/12, merit 3/12
Miami OH: audition virtual, adm 2/5, merit 3/6 (academic admission and merit in fall)
Central WA: audition virtual, adm 3/10, no merit (super reasonable state tuition, probably impacts merit offer)
Western WA: audition early Jan, adm early Feb, academic merit only (again, pretty reasonable state tuition).
Oberlin: audition: 2/16, adm 3/22, merit 3/22
BU: audition 1/24, adm 3/22, merit 3/24,sadly very low amount
Univ of OR: audition: 2/22, music adm 3/10, awaiting academic news.
Eastman: audition 2/28,…results TBD
NYU: audition 3/2,…results TBD
MSM: audition 3/6…results TBD
IU: audition 2/8, rejected 2/11
Jarinko’s Daughter - Tenor Trombone & academic double degree (Undergraduate)
Bard: Accepted, 75K scholarships & Grant
Boston U: Accepted, 63K need & merit scholarships
Oberlin: Accepted, 56K scholarships and grant
Still waiting to hear from Eastman
Vpdad25’s daughter - Vocal Performance, soprano
Berklee/BOCO - accepted
Bard - accepted
BU - accepted - will probably commit
Ithaca - accepted
Umass - accepted
CT College - accepted
URI - accepted
Eastman - TBD
NEC - denied
If anyone is interested in merit details to get a sense of what my daughter received as a vocal performance soprano, let me know. May be good info to have if appealing financial aid.
Mhdmom -MM Vocal Performance Countertenor
3/26 NEC: $50k/year scholarship
Bard (declined)
Yale: awaiting decision
Juilliard: audition + callback, awaiting decision
U of Toronto: (declined)
Mannes: awaiting decision
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Update
CCM - merit - 18K
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NYU, accepted to Tisch (Clive Davis school of recording arts), no $$
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Update:
University of Washington: $3K
University of Michigan: $5k
Update for Eastman and Depaul
Mich St - Audition 02/01 - Accepted 12K academic, waiting on music merit
Frost - Audition 02/07 - Declined - Waitlisted
DePaul - Audition 02/08 - Accepted 35K merit
Berklee - Audition 02/08 - No Decision Yet
Oberlin - Audition 02/14 - Accepted 34K merit
Peabody - Audition 02/17 - No Decision Yet
UNT - Audition 02/21 - Accepted 2K (trigger in-state)
Eastman - Audition 02/28 - Accepted 41.5K Merit
Manhattan School of Music - Did not pass pre-screen
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Thanks for keeping the updates together. Here is the latest for my girl:
Ardub’s Daughter (Undergrad) Vocal Performance, Soprano
Lawrence University (accepted 12/7) Total gift aid: $40k/year
Saint Mary’s College of California (accepted 12/7) Total gift aid: $34k/yr
CUNY Brooklyn College (accepted to music dept. 12/16) accepted into Macaulay Honors College; full tuition scholarship
Univ of Maryland - College Park (accepted 2/3) Total gift aid: $12k/yr Presidential Scholarship + honors college
CCM (accepted 2/26) Total gift aid: $18K/yr
SUNY Purchase (accepted 2/26) No gift aid
CMU (accepted 3/14) No gift aid forthcoming (I believe)
Curtis (waitlisted 3/14)
UCLA (accepted 3/21) gift aid: $25K/yr (verbal - no written letter yet)
USC (accepted 3/26) awaiting merit aid letter
Northwestern (accepted 3/26) - awaiting aid letter
Juilliard (live audition + called back) - awaiting results & aid letter
Ithaca (accepted 3/21) gift aid: $35.5K/yr
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Update for Peabody, right now Peabody and UNT are probably the leading places for him, Peabody was his #1 choice so I might try to apply for an additional ~10K to bring it into our affordability window.
Mich St - Audition 02/01 - Accepted 12K academic, waiting on music merit
Frost - Audition 02/07 - Declined - Waitlisted
DePaul - Audition 02/08 - Accepted 35K merit (~25K COA)
Berklee - Audition 02/08 - No Decision Yet
Oberlin - Audition 02/14 - Accepted 34K merit (59K COA)
Peabody - Audition 02/17 - Accepted 50K merit (41K COA)
UNT - Audition 02/21 - Accepted 2K (trigger in-state) (23K COA)
Eastman - Audition 02/28 - Accepted 41.5K Merit (50K COA)
Manhattan School of Music - Did not pass pre-screen
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Update
MM Vocal Performance Countertenor
Accepted:
3/26 NEC with $50,500 merit
3/28 Mannes (New School) with 30k Merit
UPDATE:
Momto5kidz - Daughter (viola BM)
SFCM- (2/10) auditioned; (3/12) accepted: $35K/yr merit
CMU – (2/8) auditioned; (3/14) rejected
IU Jacobs – (3/7) auditioned; (3/19) accepted; waiting on merit
CIM –(2/9) auditioned; (3/21) accepted: $31K/yr merit
BU - (2/7) auditioned; rejected
Peabody -(2/17) auditioned; (3/28) accepted: $76K/yr merit
Eastman - (2/28) auditioned; (3/26) accepted: $40k/year merit
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Resh_Chitown’s Son (Jazz performance, guitar)
Vanderbilt, Juilliard-- did not pass prescreen
Berklee-- Accepted 12/19
U Michigan SMTD-- Accepted 3/6 w merit
Miami Frost-- Accepted 3/14 w merit
USC- Rejected 3/26
Bienen- Rejected 3/26
NYU- Accepted 3/26
Eastman- Accepted 3/27 w merit
Cornell University- Accepted 3/27
Peabody- Rejected 3/28
DS just got accepted to Juilliard for MM in Vocal Performance!
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Congrats! My DD just got accepted for undergrad vocal performance! She is SO excited!!!
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It’s a small department so I’m sure their paths will cross. He went for undergrad and is thrilled to be able to stay!