<p>i wanted to send in my arts supplement to stanford, becuase the only thing i have really going for me in the admissions process is the fact that i’m a hardcore classical musician. so will the arts supplement really help to give me a push up in the admissions process if it’s really good? like i have been taking lessons from U of M professor, pretty famous soloist and professor, summer festivals every year, experience, awards, etc.</p>
<p>Depends how amazing it is. Which awards did you receive??</p>
<p>If you get the top mark from the relevant music department then yes that will be very helpful to you. very few people get it, but it sounds like you may. Make sure your demo piece is great/perfect.</p>
<p>mega: well this is basically what i have so far on my award list. not too much. but i have more…
Recipient of six blue medals (highest honor) in both chamber and solo music from Solo and Ensemble Music Festival, qualified every year for the States division (2006-2009)
Winner of the Taiwanese Music Festival, Chamber division (2008)
Participant of the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra Music Competition (2008)
Finalist at the Kings Keyboard Competition (2007)
Honorable mention at the Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra Youth Competition (2006)</p>
<p>bigmike3541: what do you mean if i get the top mark from the relevant music department?? oh and i played the barber concerto mov. 1 for my audition piece.</p>
<p>thank you for your replies.</p>
<p>your art supplement is mailed to the office of admissions then given directly to the department that it correlates with. in order for your supplement to have any impact on your admission decision or add something extra to your application it needs to get a high mark from that department. faculty in the music department will be evaluating your work, recommendation, etc. and they will be the ones to determine whether it is or isn’t of “extraordinary talent”. if they are impressed with your work then they will give you a high mark and this will add strength to your application as well as the ability to stand out. think of it almost like a recommendation, as if the music department is telling the admissions officers one other reason to admit you. it doesn’t mean that you’ll get accepted for sure but it’ll still be valuable. as for the awards, if you look at threads for people who were admitted to Stanford and submitted an arts supplement, some who had several international awards were rejected and some who had no awards were accepted. it’s anybody’s guess how much of a role the supplement or awards really play but if you’re very talented you definitely want to go for it. they probably state that you’re expected to have recieved several awards because those are often the ones that have the quality they are looking for. then again, talent is talent and sometimes they’re will be people who don’t have any state or international awards but are much better than someone who has them. this applies more to visual art though, not so much music since what is considered good or bad art tends to be controversial due to different opinions.</p>
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<p>The people who received several international awards would have been rejected because of other factors (GPA, SAT, Essay…) but IMO those attractive awards did play their roles. People with with no awards probably demonstrated their passion well enough through their essay.</p>
<p>true, but even some of those who had international awards had the perfect stats. i guess their downside was that they didn’t show enough passion and that they had weak essays. it really is unpredictable though and it’s hard to base your chances off of someone else’s experiences or admission decision. i totally get what you’re saying though. i just wanted to give an example of how international awards don’t necessarily mean that your supplement will get you in.</p>
<p>the entire thing is unpredictable
send it and see what happens
noone here will be able to tell u anything useful because we rnt the admissions officers</p>