I’ve heard that Vandy will be Wednesday, the day before Ivy Day. But then I heard a rumor that they could release tonight. I don’t know about the rumor, but traditionally they seem to release one day before the Ivies.
oh that is indeed good to hear! I will remain hopeful… thanks.
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D20 (MM Voice) has not heard from Rice yet either. It was her first audition - January 19th - so it’s the longest wait of all of her auditions. I expect it this week sometime.
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Can you elaborate on ‘negotiation phase’? Like negotiation of scholarships, etc.?
Buckle up, everyone! This week will provide many long-awaited answers for some of you, and perhaps finally begin shedding light on financials for others. Nothing we can do now but put our arms in the air and enjoy the rest of the ride!
Beammeup’s Son - Percussion/Music Ed
2/5: Duquesne University (27k academic merit/ 1k music audition)
2/08: University of Delaware
2/12: Penn State (no merit yet)
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
Note: Awarded $25K New School scholarship from Mingus Festival, should she have elected to attend
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
Emily99’s Daughter (undergrad) - Audio Engineering
3/19: IU Jacobs
George2020’s Daughter - Violin
2/28: Ithaca College (30K merit)
3/16: Skidmore College
3/20: Bard
3/25: Hartt School of Music + Honors College ($29K/year merit)
3/26: McGill
gingertrombonemom’s Son (graduate) - Bass Trombone
UMich - waitlisted
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)
HelloMommy’s Son (undergrad) - Music/Music Tech/Music Industry
12/20: George Mason Univ. - BA Music Technology ($2k/yr academic merit)
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
Jkb2’s Daughter - Clarinet
12/10: Royal College of Music, London
3/6: UMich SMTD
jok1’s Son (undergrad) - Music Ed, Piano/Percussion
IU Jacobs (financials pending)
Butler University (22K merit, music TBD)
Wheaton College (12K merit)
JMU (accepted to SOM, waiting on university admission)
Lefishes’ Daughter (undergrad) - Double Bass
2/26: UMich SMTD
2/27: Declined Curtis
3/11: DePaul
3/22: USC
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)
2/13: Accepted SMTD at U of Michigan
2/19: Accepted: Butler University (22,000 academic merit)
2/26: Accepted: CCM
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 ($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 (Waiting on Scholarships (I think March!))
1/31: Northeastern - Deferred - Music Technology
2/12: IU Jacobs Audio Engineering (Scholarship info to come by 4/1)
3/8- UMich SMTD BFA Performing Arts Technology (waiting on financials)
Momofviolinboy’s Son (graduate) - MM Violin Performance
3/25: NEC ($21K/year merit scholarship)
MommaBerd’s Son - Composition
12/? Wheaton College (Illinois) - $20K Presidential Scholarship, $8000 - Music Scholarship
2/14: IU Jacobs (further aid info to come)
Msumt’s Son - Trombone Performance/Music Ed
1/19: Univ. of Maryland ($21K/year merit)
2/5: UC College Conservatory of Music (CCM)
2/12: IU Jacobs SOM
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)
murray93’s Daughter (Graduate) - Music Ed
Bard College Longy School of Music ($30K scholarship)
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 crosstraining program (scholarships TBD)
2/12: IU Jacobs School of Music (scholarships TBD)
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)
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)
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)
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
TigerLily52’s Daughter (undergrad) - Percussion
2/7: Our State U ($5,500/year music merit (academic merit tbd)
2/12: IU Jacobs (financials to come April 1st)
2/21: UMich SMTD (financials yet to come)
3/5: Michigan State (financials TBD)
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
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
3/22: Syracuse Setnor SOM (Leadership Scholar 1/2 tuition merit)
3/22: Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts
Yes. I don’t know much about financial aid packages, but merit scholarship offers can be appealed. A candidate with similar offers from multiple relatively comparable schools can ask the schools for better offer.
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Wow! That’s good to know. I had no idea. I thought whatever they offered was ‘take it or leave it.’ Thanks for the information.
Here is our evening update! A HUGE ‘good luck’ to our friends out there getting ready to hear some big decisions this week!
Beammeup’s Son - Percussion/Music Ed
2/5: Duquesne University (27k academic merit/ 1k music audition)
2/08: University of Delaware
2/12: Penn State (no merit yet)
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
Note: Awarded $25K New School scholarship from Mingus Festival, should she have elected to attend
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
Emily99’s Daughter (undergrad) - Audio Engineering
3/19: IU Jacobs
George2020’s Daughter - Violin
2/28: Ithaca College (30K merit)
3/16: Skidmore College
3/20: Bard
3/25: Hartt School of Music + Honors College ($29K/year merit)
3/26: McGill
gingertrombonemom’s Son (graduate) - Bass Trombone
UMich - waitlisted
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)
HelloMommy’s Son (undergrad) - Music/Music Tech/Music Industry
12/20: George Mason Univ. - BA Music Technology ($2k/yr academic merit)
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
Jkb2’s Daughter - Clarinet
12/10: Royal College of Music, London
3/6: UMich SMTD
jok1’s Son (undergrad) - Music Ed, Piano/Percussion
IU Jacobs (financials pending)
Butler University (22K merit, music TBD)
Wheaton College (12K merit)
JMU (accepted to SOM, waiting on university admission)
Lefishes’ Daughter (undergrad) - Double Bass
2/26: UMich SMTD
2/27: Declined Curtis
3/11: DePaul
3/22: USC
3/23: Oberlin
3/27: Northwestern/Bienen
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)
2/13: Accepted SMTD at U of Michigan
2/19: Accepted: Butler University (22,000 academic merit)
2/26: Accepted: CCM
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 ($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 (Waiting on Scholarships (I think March!))
1/31: Northeastern - Deferred - Music Technology
2/12: IU Jacobs Audio Engineering (Scholarship info to come by 4/1)
3/8- UMich SMTD BFA Performing Arts Technology (waiting on financials)
Momofviolinboy’s Son (graduate) - MM Violin Performance
3/25: NEC ($21K/year merit scholarship)
3/26: Shepherd SOM (full tuition!)
MommaBerd’s Son - Composition
12/? Wheaton College (Illinois) - $20K Presidential Scholarship, $8000 - Music Scholarship
2/14: IU Jacobs (further aid info to come)
Msumt’s Son - Trombone Performance/Music Ed
1/19: Univ. of Maryland ($21K/year merit)
2/5: UC College Conservatory of Music (CCM)
2/12: IU Jacobs SOM
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)
murray93’s Daughter (Graduate) - Music Ed
Bard College Longy School of Music ($30K scholarship)
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 crosstraining program (scholarships TBD)
2/12: IU Jacobs School of Music (scholarships TBD)
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)
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)
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)
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
TigerLily52’s Daughter (undergrad) - Percussion
2/7: Our State U ($5,500/year music merit (academic merit tbd)
2/12: IU Jacobs (financials to come April 1st)
2/21: UMich SMTD (financials yet to come)
3/5: Michigan State (financials TBD)
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
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
3/22: Syracuse Setnor SOM (Leadership Scholar 1/2 tuition merit)
3/22: Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts
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FYI- My son just received scholarship offer from Jacobs SoM at Indiana a few minutes ago. It shows how much is music and how much is academic.
We are anxiously awaiting Michigan SMTD which comes out tomorrow.
He has not heard from Penn State (no longer interested).
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Do you know if different departments do it differently or if it’s from the same office? I haven’t seen anything yet.
It is from music admissions. I assume they come out one studio at a time but I don’t know. I think I saw that someone else had received already. My son is Euphonium Performance major undergrad.
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No merit from Jacobs yet but they did email to offer a free t-shirt! 
Hope there is more coming than that!!
We withdrew from PSU prior to the audition, not because of merit specifically but they did tell us that there probably wasn’t money for the studio. They are not known for giving merit unfortunately.
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My daughter just got the same email. Maybe that’s how some music departments decide who gets the merit money–hahahaha!–if you ask for the t-shirt they know you are serious about coming and it will be a good allocation of funds–haha! Or reverse psychology, if you don’t ask for the t-shirt and they really want you, they know they need to throw the high merit at you. To take the shirt or not–that is the question!
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Yes! He ordered it right away just in case it means anything! Too funny.
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My son was excited about the free T-shirt too! He ordered it even though he doesn’t plan to go there.
A free t-shirt is a free t-shirt. 
Who could say no!?
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Any Bienen news?
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That’s funny. We just had the same debate here. Ultimately opted for the free shirt.
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We just got a yes from Northwestern/Bienen
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Amazing news!!
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