How did it turn out with SFCM? We couldn’t swing the finances unfortunately and that was my daughter’s top choice.
Updates 4/19/25. Let me know if I missed anything!
Clara30’s daughter - (Undergrad) Vocal Performance, Mezzo-Soprano
2/12: IU Jacobs $22k/year scholarship - waiting for appeal results
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 + $4k additional after appeal
3/21: CIM - $40k/year scholarship + $1k additional after appeal
3/26: Eastman - $45.5k/year scholarship + $2.5k additional after appeal
3/31 Juilliard - $20k/year scholarship - waiting for appeal results
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 $25,000/year
USC Thornton accepted, no merit
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 $8k merit aid (EA, accepted in Feb)
U Maryland - accepted in Feb (EA) $10k music merit, $5k academic merit
U Michigan - auditioned 2/7, sorry but no around March 11
DePaul - auditioned 2/9, accepted March 10 $25k merit
Frost/U-Miami - auditioned 2/14, accepted March 14 (no merit mentioned)
Peabody - audition on 2/19, accepted early March, $10k merit
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. $1,000/year music 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. $19,500 merit
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.) 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, $5,000 CCM merit
RhoChemE’s son - (Undergrad) Double Bass Classical Performance
UMich – Accepted - waiting on merit
University of Denver (Lamont) – Accepted - $48K scholarship
University of Washington – Accepted, $3K scholarship
Oberlin – Accepted for dual degree- $32K scholarship
CCM – accepted 3/3 - $10K 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, 18K
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, $16K scholarship
Oberlin: Recording Arts & Production, accepted, $30K scholarship
NYU: Recorded Music, accepted to Tisch (Clive Davis School of Recording Arts), no $$
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; $31k/year merit; auditioned (2/9)
BU- passed pre-screen; auditioned (2/7), rejected
Peabody- passed pre-screen; auditioned (2/17) $76k/year merit
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 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/year
SUNY Purchase (accepted 2/26) No gift aid
CMU (accepted 3/14) No gift aid forthcoming (I believe)
Curtis (waitlisted 3/14)
UCLA (auditioned live) - Gift aid $25k/year (verbal - no written letter yet)
USC (accepted 3/26) - awaiting merit aid letter
Northwestern (accepted 3/26) - awaiting aid letter
Juilliard (auditioned live and called back) - awaiting results & aid letter
Ithaca (accepted 3/21) gift aid $35.5K/year
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 (59K COA)
Peabody - Audition 02/17 - 50K merit (41K COA)
UNT - Audition 02/21 - Accepted 2K (23K COA)
Eastman - Audition 02/28 - Accepted 41.5K Merit (50K COA)
Manhattan School of Music - Did not pass pre-screen
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
Eastman: Accepted, 40.5K Merit scholarship
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: $50,500/year scholarship
Bard (declined)
Yale: awaiting decision
Juilliard: accepted, Full Tuition scholarship
U of Toronto: (declined)
3/26 Mannes: $30k/year
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
FluffyMilk34
Yale - waitlisted
BU - accepted
Starlight95 - Music Ed, Bassoon
UT - did not pass prescreen
U Michigan SMTD - accepted, no merit
Frost - Accepted, $25k merit
Indiana - Accepted, $34k merit
CU Boulder - Accepted - $22k merit + academic scholarship
SMU - Accepted - $20k academic, no word on music
frazzledJazzDad’s son - Jazz Piano
U of South Carolina - audition 12/7 - accepted EA 11/23 - 18.8k merit
UNC - Chapel Hill - virtual audition 1/11 - rejected 3/21
UCLA - video audition - rejected 3/22
Northwestern - audition 2/14 - waitlisted 3/26
Oberlin - audition 2/21 - accepted 3/22 - 30k merit
Rochester/Eastman - audition 2/28 - accepted 3/28 - 42.5k merit
IU Jacobs - audition 3/8 - accepted 3/13 - 26k merit
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Committed to Cornell University!
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Quick Update for my son, we appealed to Peabody and received an updated award for an additional 10K and my son has decided that is going to be his home for the next 4 years. It is a great relief to have the decision behind us!
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What ever happened with Berklee?? Did your son ever hear back from them?
They did respond and accepted him but their merit award was not close to the Peabody offer so we took them off the table pretty quickly
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After receiving more merit and loving her visit, my daughter has chosen Oberlin! Congrats to all who are making their final decisions. So excited to be done!
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Holy smoke, IU just almost doubled their award after appeal. It’s now the least expensive of the schools by quite a bit. Less even than UNT, which is in state for us.
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I know we have already messaged, but if you need to have any more questions answered about Jacobs as you and your daughter make your final decision, feel free to reach out. Might also be able to get our daughters in touch with each other…
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Thank you! I’ll ask DD if she would be interested in talking to an IU VP student. Your daughter is a freshman this year, correct? I think I remember you saying she was the only freshman in her studio and loved it. DD would probably be in the same situation, as the teacher she would be with only takes 1 freshman a year.
This definitely throws a wrench into things. She was pretty sure it was going to come down to Oberlin and Eastman, and I was expecting it to be Oberlin. But this new offer from IU makes it awfully attractive (at least to those of us who are paying the bills, LOL). She’s just still very worried that the program is so huge.
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Yes. Definitely message me. My daughter is a freshman and loves it there. I actually think I remember you saying you are from Texas. My daughter’s very good mezzo friend is a current freshman in the studio you mentioned in your message a while back. She is from Dallas. Might be able to connect her with your daughter as well. I am camping this weekend and have bad reception. I will reply when I get home.
@Clara30 !!! Im so excited!!! Your kid is the 3rd Ive heard of, mine included, that got huge awards in late April from IU!!! So happy for your daughter and you!!! My son was committed to UNT, he asked IU to match UNTs COA and they did. It’s such a wonderful feeling. I didn’t realize to the extent how our musician kids are like recruited athletes within these music schools!
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We used UNT’s COA, as well. They beat it by about $3k!
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Welcome to Peabody! My daughter will be there in Fall as well.
have you decided?
My kiddo just got of the waitlist at Frost - it’s moving! Not sure if she will accept at this point.
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Congrats! Our son can’t wait to start at Frost in the Fall.
I meant to let you know that if you have any questions about Oberlin or the conservatory (although my son is in a different program), I am happy to chat with you.
Feel free to DM me or ask on this chain!
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S also off the Frost waitlist today… now waiting to hear about merit $$
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Yes! My daughter has decided to go to Oberlin. We were waiting on answers to appeals until yesterday. Eastman didn’t offer any additional after a second appeal, but Oberlin did. Juilliard gave her an additional $10k, but it still didn’t put a big enough dent in tuition.
The one that was tough to turn down was IU, where they almost doubled her original offer and then added a bit more this morning. It would have been the least expensive by far. She loves the teacher there but ultimately decided that the smaller program at Oberlin is a better fit for her, but it was hard to turn that one down 
But, we are all VERY happy to be done with the whole process. This has been a looooooong year, and it’s nice to finally have a plan for the future!
I’ll update the thread on Friday, after everyone hopefully has their decisions made. So, if anyone has a decision to report, please post it here or DM me 
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