Acceptance Thread for Class of '28 Undergrad/'26 Grad Music Majors

Mid-week update!

albobweey’s Daughter (undergrad) - Double Bass
2/26: UMich SMTD (25k scholarship)
2/27: Declined Curtis
3/15: CU Boulder (33k)
3/20 Eastman (50k scholarship)
3/20: Colburn (waitlist)
3/22 Indiana University (31k scholarship)
3/27: Northwestern (45k scholarship)
3/29: Peabody (62k scholarship) :confetti_ball:

Beammeup’s Son - Percussion/Music Ed
2/5: Duquesne University (27k academic merit/ 1k music audition)
2/08: University of Delaware :confetti_ball:
2/12: Penn State ($5K merit, $3K SoM)
3/1: Westchester University ($2K academic merit, $2K music merit)

contemporaryvoicemom’s Daughter - Contemporary Voice
3/1: Loyola (120K merit scholarship)

crabbydaddy’s Daughter - Trombone
Temple (Honors Provost Scholarship $20K/year)
NYU :confetti_ball:
Note: Awarded $25K New School scholarship from Mingus Festival, should she have elected to attend

Disneyfan1 (Undergrad) - Trumpet Performance
Duquesne ($27,870 academic merit, $3000 music scholarship)
Purchase ($1000 music scholarship)
Jacobs SOM ($20,000 in music scholarships)
University Michigan SMTD ($23,672 UM grant, $20,000 in music scholarships)
University of Georgia (OOS tuition waiver, $2000 music scholarship)
Carnegie Mellon ($5500 music scholarship, $61,917 grant)
Boston University ($6500 music scholarship, $71,500 grant) :confetti_ball:

eddythenerd - Viola
12/15: Rejected, Rice Shepherd
2/8: Accepted, UW-M Mead Witter
3/5: Accepted, SSU ($4K/year music merit)
3/6: Accepted, CU Boulder ($27K/year music merit)
3/7: Accepted, SDSU
3/8: Accepted, UC Irvine ($3K/year music merit)
3/8: Accepted, SJSU
3/15: Accepted, UCLA ($5K/year music merit)
3/20: Accepted, IU Jacobs ($24K/year music merit, negotiated up to $28.5K/year) :confetti_ball:
3/27: Accepted, Northwestern Bienen ($20K/year music merit, negotiated up to $32.5K/year)

Emily99’s Daughter (undergrad) - Audio Engineering
3/19: IU Jacobs ($9000 Premier Young Artist Award) :confetti_ball:

George2020’s Daughter - Violin
2/28: Ithaca College (30K merit)
3/16: Skidmore College (Filene’s Finalist $30K)
3/20: Bard ($30K)
3/25: Hartt School of Music + Honors College ($29K/year merit)
3/26: McGill :confetti_ball:
3/29: BoCo ($26K)
3/29: Peabody - no offer
5/1: University of Miami Frost (off waitlist!)

gingertrombonemom’s Son (graduate) - Bass Trombone
UMich - unwaitlisted!! ($45K/year) :confetti_ball:
Duquesne University ($16K/year merit)
Rutgers Mason Gross ($16K/year merit)
University of North Texas (merit tbd)

gorillasuit’s Daughter (undergrad) - Voice
1/31: Boston Conservatory ($23K/year music merit)
3/15: SUNY Purchase ($5K/year music merit)
3/15: Waitlisted UMiami
3/20: Bard dual degree ($18K/year academic merit, $10K/year music merit)
3/20: Oberlin
3/23: Boston University - no offer
3/28: NYU Steinhardt ($53K/year merit) :confetti_ball:
4/1: MSM ($10K Presidential Scholarship)

HelloMommy’s Son (undergrad) - Music/Music Tech/Music Industry
12/20: George Mason Univ. - BA Music Technology (Full tuition merit scholarship!)
1/23: James Madison Univ. - BA Music/Music Industry
2/2: Virginia Tech - BA Creative Technologies in Music
3/8: UMich SMTD - BFA Performing Arts Technology (Visual Arts)
3/12: IU Jacbos - no offer (BS Audio Engineering/Sound Production)
3/14: American University - BA Audio Production ($25K/year academic merit)
3/22: CMU - no offer (BFA Electronic Music)
3/23: Oberlin College ($35K/year academic merit) & waitlisted Oberlin Conservatory - TIMARA

helpingthekid73’s Son - Flute Performance
Williams College :confetti_ball:

Jkb2’s Daughter - Clarinet/Musicology/Dual Degrees
UMich - SMTD and dual degree with CAS
Oberlin ($35K/year merit)
JHU/Peabody ($50K/year merit)
Rochester ($8K/year, plus lessons at Eastman)
Vanderbilt/Blair ($40K/year merit)
Boston U
NYU
Royal College of Music

jmdb - Double Bass Performance/Music Education
12/22: CIM- no offer
2/8: CCM ($2.5K from UC & $13K from CCM Honors) :confetti_ball:
3/27: Vanderbilt- waitlisted
4/4: University of Kentucky ($10K SOM, $5K UKY)

jok1’s Son (undergrad) - Music Ed, Piano/Percussion
IU Jacobs (financials pending)
Butler University (22K merit, music TBD)
Wheaton College (12K merit)
JMU ($2K piano)
Eastman (42K merit - Dean’s Performance Award)
UMich (none)
NU/Bienen (none) :confetti_ball:
Syracuse (25K)
Vanderbilt- waitlisted but not interested

KingOfTone’s Daughter (undergrad) - Soprano Voice
3/5: University of Northern Colorado (in-state) ($3K/yr merit, $4,500/yr academic)
3/6: University of Colorado, Boulder (in-state) ($7,650/yr merit, $4k/yr academic)
3/7: University of Denver , Lamont SOM ($52k/yr merit)
3/21: Eastman ($52,500/yr merit)
3/22: Syracuse, Setnor SOM (Leadership Scholarship 1/2 tuition merit)
3/28: NYU/Steinhardt waitlisted
3/29: Peabody ($16,500/yr merit, remaining FULL need met)
4/1: Manhattan School of Music ($22K/yr merit)

kokotg’s Son - French Horn
St. Olaf
Lawrence University
UGA
Amherst College :confetti_ball:

Lefishes’ Daughter (undergrad) - Double Bass
2/26: UMich SMTD
2/27: Declined Curtis
3/11: DePaul
3/22: USC
3/23: Oberlin ($28K/year)
3/27: Northwestern/Bienen
4/1: Juilliard ($30K scholarship) :confetti_ball:

Linda_Anne’s Son (undergrad) - Viola
2/6: Accepted Mead Witter at U of Wisconsin
2/12: Declined Jacobs at IU
2/13: Accepted Ball State ($4500/year academic merit, $4K/year music merit)
2/13: Accepted SMTD at U of Michigan ($10,858 need-based grant, $26.5K music merit, $5K/year LEAD Scholar) :confetti_ball:
2/19: Accepted: Butler University ($22K/year academic merit, $11K music merit )
2/26: Accepted: CCM ($4850 CCM Honors Scholarship)
3/1: U of Illinois Champaign-Urbana ($20K/year merit)

lmb13’s Son (undergrad) - Cello
Oberlin : Didn’t make it through pre-screen
2/19: University of Denver , Lamont School of Music ($40k merit)
2/29: Lawrence University and Conservatory, dual degree ($36k merit)
3/20: Bard College and Conservatory :confetti_ball: ($55k merit)

Meggles411’s Daughter - Voice
2/15: Boyer School of Music
2/16: Temple - still waiting to hear acceptance from Boyer ($17,000 annual academic scholarship)
3/5: Baldwin Wallace

mK7402’s Son -
12/14: Drexel - Recording and Music Production ($25,000 Merit/Portfolio)
1/26: Frost/ U Miami - Media Scoring and Production ($0 merit offered)
1/31: Northeastern - No offer
2/12: IU Jacobs Audio Engineering ($11K Premier Young Artist, $2500 Jacobs Supplemental Award) :confetti_ball:
3/8- UMich SMTD BFA Performing Arts Technology ($10K merit- appealing for more)

Momofviolinboy’s Son (graduate) - MM Violin Performance
3/25: NEC ($21K/year merit scholarship)
3/26: Shepherd SOM (full tuition!)
4/1: Juilliard :confetti_ball:(Full tuition scholarship!!)

MommaBerd’s Son - Composition
12/? Wheaton College (Illinois) - $20K Presidential Scholarship, $8000 - Music Scholarship
2/14: IU Jacobs ($15K)
2/15: Florida State University ($7222- partial OOS Tuition Waiver given to all students accepted into the CoM)
3/29: Cleveland Institute of Music ($33.7K) :confetti_ball:

Msumt’s Son - Trombone Performance/Music Ed
1/19: Univ. of Maryland ($21K/year merit)
2/5: UC College Conservatory of Music (CCM) ($8500 academic, music merit TBD)
2/12: IU Jacobs SOM ($11K Premier Young Artist Award, $10K Jacobs SOM Academic Excellence Award)
3/1: University of Delaware (Merit offered, but declined acceptance)
3/14: Michigan State (verbal offer for OOS tuition waiver, $16,250 academic)
3/20: Eastman ($43K/year merit) :confetti_ball:
3/29: Boston Conservatory ($32K merit)

murray93’s Daughter (Graduate) - Music Ed
Bard College Longy School of Music ($30K scholarship) :confetti_ball:

musicmom2024’s Son (Undergrad) - Viola
3/2: Baylor (23K merit)
3/11: UNT Waitlisted (8K merit)
4/12: University of British Columbia (IMES $20K/yr, OIS $25K, $5K music) :confetti_ball:

musicmomtimes3’s Daughter - Voice
11/17: Indiana State University ($2.5k annual academic, music TBD)
12/13: DePauw University ($30k annual academic, $10k annual music, lesson fees waived)
1/26: University of Illinois - Lyric Theatre - opera and MT cross-training program (scholarships TBD)
2/12: IU Jacobs School of Music ($2K Premier Young Artist Award, $2K Jacobs SOM Academic Excellence Award- in-state) :confetti_ball:
2/19: Butler University ($20k annual academic, $8k annual music)

NJcollege2021’s Daughter -
Drexel - Music Industry/MBA (25K merit)
Indiana Jacob’s - Audio Engineering (waiting on results)
Stevens- Music Tech (33k merit) :confetti_ball:
UMASS Lowell Honors - Business/Music Tech (14k merit)
Northeastern - differed to Regular Music Tech

nysings - Voice
12/11: Baldwin Wallace University
12/11: Susquehanna University ($43k annual academic $3k annual music)
12/15: Hofstra University ($35k annual academic)
12/23: Crane School of Music @ SUNY Potsdam ($3500 annual academic)
2/23: Penn State (merit TBD)
American MT ($20K merit)
Binghamton MT
Geneso MT
NYU Tisch (drama)- BFA in Acting :confetti_ball:
UCSB- waitlisted (VP)
Berklee
Peabody- no offer
Frost- waitlisted

Roubaix’s Son (undergrad) - Jazz Double Bass Performance
2/6: Mead Witter University of Wisconsin
3/5: Oregon SOMD
3/6: Colorado ($15K/year Presidential Scholarship, $5K/year music merit)
3/14: Washington SOM
3/21: Wisconsin ($4K music merit)
McGill :confetti_ball:

sbirdhr2’s Son (undergrad) - Euphonium Performance
3/12: LSU ($23K Flagship scholarship, $3500 music, $1500 from music camp)
2/1: Penn State- withdrew
2/5: UGA Hugh Hodgson SOM (in-state tuition waiver + $3K)
2/13: UMich SMTD ($18K merit) :confetti_ball:
3/5: IU Jacob’s ($9K Young Artist, $9K merit)

Shula24’s D (UG) - Violin
2/12: IU Jacobs
3/22: USC - no offer

Shula24’s D (G) - Violin
2/27: IU Jacobs
3/16: CMU

spog’s Daughter - Music Ed and Voice
2/3: Butler SOM at UT Austin
2/6: Mead-Witter SOM at U of WI Madison - admitted to SOM, still waiting on university admission
2/26: CCM at U of Cincinnati
2/26: Cal State Fullerton SOM
3/6: CU Boulder ($25K academic scholarship)
3/21: U of Wisconsin Mead-Witter
3/22: IU Jacobs SOM
3/22: USC Thornton :confetti_ball:

svenska572’s Son (undergrad) - Trumpet Performance
2/16: WMU, Accepted (low, single-digit merit)
3/6: SMTD/Michigan, Accepted (solid merit offer) :confetti_ball:
3/20: MSU, Declined (heart = broken)
3/23: Oberlin , Accepted (solid merit offer, though initial sticker price of college is super high)

TigerLily52’s Daughter (undergrad) - Percussion
2/7: Our State U - app withdrawn
2/12: IU Jacobs ($31,985 Jacobs Scholar Award, $10K Jacobs School of Music Academic Excellence Award)
2/21: UMich SMTD ($21,651 U of M Grant, $32K music merit) :confetti_ball:
3/5: Michigan State (OOS tuition waiver, $8K music merit, $8 National Leadership Endowed Scholarship)
3/20: Eastman - no offer

tkb’s Son
12/15: Drexel Westphal - music industry ($22k scholarship)
12/15: LMU School of Film & Television - recording arts
3/7: SDSU School of Music & Dance - music recording technology & audio design
3/8: U Mich SMTD - performing arts technology
3/11: Cal Poly SLO - music
3/22: USC Thornton - music production :confetti_ball:

Trixiedogmom’s Son (undergrad) - Jazz Piano/Arts & Sciences
State U (multiple scholarships for BA program)
Eastman/Rochester dual degree ($39K merit)
3/23: Oberlin College/Conservatory ($30K merit)

xmaschild’s Daughter (undergrad) - Music Ed/Instrumental
2/11: SUNY Fredonia ($6k Academic Merit, $3K Music Merit Instate)
2/26: Shenandoah Conservatory ($27K merit- Conservatory and Dean’s Award)
2/29: Ithaca - $32K Merit
3/1: University of Delaware (Distinguished Music Scholar $36K) :confetti_ball:
3/22: Syracuse Setnor SOM (Leadership Scholar 1/2 tuition merit)
3/22: Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts ($25K)
Hartt School of Music - $34K merit
Montclair - $13K merit

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