<p>Violadad:</p>
<p>Well, it’s good that academics won’t play a huge factor, since my GPA and SAT score aren’t exactly solid gold, but how bout my extracurrics? I have some extracurrics that are really good that I’m INCREDIBLY passionate about, and I’d be sad if they didn’t make much of a difference. Right now, Berklee is by absolute DREAM school because of its appreciation for contemporary music, its offering of a Film Scoring major, and proximity to the game industry, and I think I’d be absolutely crushed if I didn’t get in. I’m not saying I’d have a terrible audition, just that it’d be my first time auditioning for something using voice, and I’d have relatively very little formal training compared to many others that would be there.</p>
<p>Below is my transcript/resume if it’d help you critique me any more:</p>
<p>School: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (#1 public high school in the US, US News and World Report)
GPA: 3.2 unweighted
SAT score: Predict ~2000
Honors: All Honors Classes
APs: APUSH, AP AB Calc, AP Music Theory, AP Government, AP English Language</p>
<p>Principal Instrument: Voice
Formal Instruction: 6 months
Music Education:
AP Music Theory - A (predict 3 or 4)
Choir, Principals of Composition next year
Current enrollment in Choir (A)
Past enrollemtnt in Band (Symphonic B+, Jazz WP)</p>
<p>Music/Technical Extracurricular:
- Founder/director/arranger, Manchoir - men’s a Cappella
- Arranger, TJ Class of 2012 String Quartet
- Authored Music Technology course proposal/curriculum
- Commissioned arranger, Langley High School Orchestras
- Coordinator/Producer, TJ G@ME video game music concert (cancelled one month prior due to scheduling issues).
- Student Government Association Tech Coordinator
- Member, TJ Madrigals (sophomore year)
- Proficiency with Finale and Sibelius
- Proficiency with MIDI composition (Logic Pro, sample libraries)
- Proficiency with non linear audio-video production software (Premiere Pro, Soundbooth, etc.)</p>
<p>Other Extracurricular:
- TJ Class of 2010 Council (Freshman year)
- Coreana (Korean Culture), founder/president (Sophomore year)
- TJ Drama (sophomore, junior year)
- English instruction to elementary students (summer)</p>
<p>Others instruments played:
Trombone: 5 years, school band
Violin: 2 years school, 1 year self instruction
Piano: 3 years private instructor, 1 year self-instruction
Guitar: 1 year self instruction</p>
<p>Portfolio:
Preparing a full orchestra + choir piece, a small ensemble Eastern piece, and a piano piece; all MIDI sample orchestrated.</p>
<p>Recommendations: All positive (predicted) from AP Music Theory/Choir instructor, Leadership instructor/Principal, and Communications Systems instructor. Along with a supplementary recommendation from a professional composer that I am acquaintances with.</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>