Will not be accepted into New England Conservatory

northcomposer
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:40:41 +0000

Hi, So i am a composer who started studying with a private teacher last december. He informed me that i was extremely talented and that if i worked hard enough that i could get into any music school in the country. After several months of working very hard and researching schools i informed him that i wanted to apply to (Among other schools) New england conservatory, berklee and mannes college of music. He informed me that he has no doubt that i would get into berklee with a full scholarship and mannes with a substantial scholrship but that i had about a two percent chance of getting into new england because of politics. Sooo i’m a little confused, i understand that competion is fierce and that it will not be easy to get into any of these schools but all three schools accept around thirty percent of their aplicants and berklee is just as well known as new england conservatory. So i guess i have two questions:

First one, is it impossible for me to get into new england conservatory because of politics
And secondly, is berklee a good school for composition.

I am more of a classical Musician and not a jazz musician, I don’t know how well i would fit into berklee.
thanks
P.s. My audition portfolio will include a large scale symphonic lasting at least five minutes, I thought this would enhance my chances of getting into schools but now i’m not sure about that either.