Will not be accepted into New England Conservatory

lake4
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:57:18 +0000

He might have done you a favor. Your list is very diverse and you will visit a variety of price range schools and meet students and faculty of varying levels of experience and interests. You might look at UNCSA and Ithaca also for a more classical approach. You can still apply to NEC. I am sure he would love to be wrong if you get in and it is affordable for you to attend. Also, if for some reason you start out at Berklee, you can still take classes and possibly ultimately matriculate to NEC once in the Boston consortium. A lot of teachers encourage Berklee because it is what they know. It doesn’t really make him a bad teacher, maybe a bit jaded or maybe just inexperienced with unique students such as yourself. Good luck!