How well does musical experience play on admissions?

jmarsh2006
Wed, 11 May 2005 15:31:00 +0000

Does not qualifying for all state mean that music isn’t a sufficient hook to use? I got a 98/100 and the solo festival that would qualify me (i’m a trumpet player), but I needed a perfect score to qualify. obviously, there isn’t THAT much of a difference between a 100 and a 98 (I just messed up the sight reading). So because I didn’t crescendo in one spot in an excerpt I had never seen before, I’m suddenly not worth it? this sucks because I’m trying to use music as my hook, but apparently it’s not quite good enough. Or maybe the standards are different for violin players, who are a dime a dozen.

Forgive me for ranting, but seriously, this is what I hate about this website: Every time I come on here the fact is constantly reinforced that I’m not quite good enough, I think I need to take a break from this whole college admissions thing for a while, it has the potential to drive me insane, haha, okay, proceed…