<p>I don’t know. In general I would think that general financial aid is not something that would go to dept. Hoever, I would guess that the dept does have access to most of the student’s app and thus would be aware of their academics. Others have noted that some audition schools weight academics heavy while others use it as a tie-breaker. For some, academic achievement coupled with heavy ecs/performance time is an indicator for work ethic and time management skills.</p>
<p>When S completed his audition at OCU and was in the interview with faculty he said they did have a question about his high scores vs performances, so they obviously had access to his admit package at that point. To my knowledge it did not come up at Elon or Belmont.</p>