Class of 28 Undergrad/Class of 26 Grad: a thread to capture the journey of applications, pre screens, tours and auditions

College Majors Music Majors
1102

Can not love this enough! So well said and absolutely true.

1103

For those of you that received decisions from Jacobs, did you apply by their EA date? My daughter (Voice) applied during regular decision and is still waiting. She auditioned mid-January.

1104

My daughter (Voice) submitted her general IU app by Nov. 1 (EA). She submitted her music supplemental app by Dec. 1 as is required for all Jacobs applicantsā€“though she did not have to submit prescreenings because she is in-state. She auditioned on 2/2 and was accepted 2/12. I do know that they have rolling admission within Jacobs, so Iā€™m sure it is no big deal that your daughter hasnā€™t heard yet. Is your daughter applying for undergrad or grad?

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1105

My son applied regular decision to Jacobs, Music ed, piano, auditioned 1/9 and received his acceptance email this week. Seems like it took almost exactly 1 month.

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1106

And has she heard back from her general IU application? That might be what is holding things up. Maybe IU hasnā€™t reviewed that app yet and Jacobs is waiting?

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1108

Thank you for responding. Yes, I think thatā€™s the problem. Because she applied during regular decision, I think 11/29 to IU and 12/1 to Jacobs it may take until the end of March for the decision. She is applying Voice BM/BME undergrad.

We received a note on 1/18 that her Jacobs application is incomplete because they are waiting on the IU decision.

1109

That totally makes sense. Even though my daughter applied EA, she didnā€™t get her general IU acceptance until well into January. Definitely slower than my 2 kids from previous years who applied EA and heard back by early December. The waitingā€“ughā€¦

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1110

Yes, waiting is the worst. Congratulations to your daughter!

1111

Thank you, and Iā€™m crossing my fingers for your daughter!

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1112

Hi all. Do people write thank you notes to the faculty/ admissions deans after their auditions? Donā€™t know what the etiquette is here.

1113

My son only sent thank youā€™s after private lessons with a specific professor but not to admissions after auditions.

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1114

Same with my son. Thank you emails after a private lesson or an individual meeting outside of the standard audition process.

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1115

I told my daughter to send thank you emails when she auditioned and pro private lessons. I hope she did.

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1116

Good question. When my son has auditioned we have not written thank you notes for those on the panel at the audition. However, if he did a trial lesson we did send thank you notes, to let them know we appreciated their time and the constructive feedback, etc.

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1117

Mine is a freshman now but he did last year!

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1118

My son did last year, and so did his musician friends. They treated the auditions like job interviews :slight_smile:

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1119

Iā€™d say canā€™t hurt, and better late than never

1120

My D applied RD and her audition was 1/12. She was academically accepted a day or two after she submitted her app and then she was accepted to Jacobs 2/12, exactly a month after her audition.

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1121

Thank you and congratulations to your D. I was hoping there was an easy explanation. We just need to be patient and wait.

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