How many weaker students attend America's most highly ranked nat'l unis?

College Search & Lists
77

<p>Are you certain of that? Do Peabody students have the same test score profile as other Hopkins students?</p>

<p>Hoedown, Peabody students apply separately to Peabody, have to audition, see the details here:
<a href=“http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/2047[/url]”>http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/2047&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>From the Peabody website:</p>

<p>What GPA do you require for acceptance?
We don’t exactly have a yes/no standard for grades or SAT scores. There are too many variables, like finding a low Verbal SAT from an international student who has only been in the U.S. for a year, and for whom English is a new language. In the admissions office, we don’t make judgments about academics. Instead, we route the application folders to appropriate administrators, depending on what we see. Here is how it works:
For undergraduates we look for a 3.0 GPA, and for SAT scores of 530 verbal, 480 math. Anything below that goes to the Dean of Academic Affairs for evaluation. In practice, we rarely reject anyone for purely academic reasons. However, we need to take care to reject students unlikely to do well in the academic side of their programs. Problems with math and/or science are not much of an issue for Peabody since it is not necessary to take those kinds of subjects to get a performance degree here. On the other hand, those who have had really bad problems with humanities courses (English, History, etc.) will likely be rejected since courses needing similar study skills are part of the curriculum. Attendance is considered part of the picture, as is the faculty assessment of your performance level. If the Dean of Academic Affairs feels the applicant should be rejected, the application is brought before the Admissions Committee for discussion before a final decision is made. This is a very serious business. Fortunately, we reject fewer than a dozen applicants a year for strictly academic reasons.
Admission to a Master of Music program requires an undergrad GPA of 3.0 exclusive of performance credits. Sometimes we let things slide a tenth of a point or two if we have an otherwise strong student and performer. If we hear a strong performer with a dismal undergraduate record, we might suggest the Graduate Performance Diploma program as an alternative.</p>