<p>Flute is one of the hardest departments to get into (as at many schools) because there are a lot of applicants for just a few places and the teachers there are very well known - two former Paris Conservatoire faculty/principal flutists in L’Orchestre de Paris in this case.</p>
<p>Piano should be somewhat easier, but how much easier depends on how many spaces there are next year and who you are auditioning against. If these are prestigious major international competitions you are winning, I would imagine that you have an excellent chance of getting accepted. If you are winning small, relatively unknown competitions, then it would be harder to predict. Either way, I think you have a decent shot at auditioning into faculty lessons (perhaps even full hour) your first year and you should have no worries at all about the theory placement tests. If you take 4 credits worth of lessons plus a theory and an aural class your first two semesters, then you will not be far behind at all in music classes if you get into the double degree program in your second year.</p>
<p>With 200 Steinways on campus plus other pianos in many of the dorm lounges, you should not have too much trouble finding a place to practice.</p>