PLME to Canadian students

Colleges & Universities Brown University
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<p>Thank you Bruno14 and BrownAlumiParent for answering my question, and giving me lots of good information. His application will not be weak, but definitely will not be super strong (lots of super boys and girls we have heard). He will just apply for a few US top schools, then let the admission officers decide.</p>

<p>Here, please further help us to analyse and decide if it is better to submit a CD with his application, not only for Brown PLME, but also for other schools. </p>

<p>My son has participated many EC activities including music (school music band-violin, clarinet), sports (school soccer team and city competitive soccer club), volunteering work (will be around 400 hours), participated many competitions/contests (math, physics, chemistry, computer, business, music), led a few school clubs (three co-presidents-math, computer and business, one year soccer captain, and something like executive). Apparently, his current music skill just made him participate provincial level competition (Canadian music competition), please note Ontario is the biggest province in Canada. This is why I think if he submits supplemental material, may hurt his application, because music department professors in Brown or other Ivies have heard this level of piano playing lots. If there is no negative effect on his application, regardless of the levels (provincial, or national), he will submit a CD. He is good at music for sure (for example one univeristy instructor asked him to apply to her program, local university), but definitely he did not spend enough time on his piano bench, because other things also interest him (like math, business, chemistry, etc). He also want to put a few music things (singing and playing) onto youtube, he just does not have extra time to do so. </p>

<p>Thank you again to Bruno14 and BrownAlumiParent.</p>

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<p>Supplemental material will <em>never</em> hurt an application. At the worst, the admission committee will just ignore it. At best, it can help your application a lot. In my opinion, anyone with relatively significant experience on an instrument (or in another art) should submit a supplement as proof of their interest and passion.</p>

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<p>Thank you bruno14 for your replying. My son always wants to submit a CD with his application, but it is just me with different opinion. I will support his idea after reading your replying. Many people always say that if a student wins national level prize in a big wellknown popular contest (I guess it is number one, two, or three), an Ivy school would take it into consideration. Maybe this kind of saying is not precise. </p>

<p>Thank you Bruno14.</p>