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beethomeister

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    2013 Spring
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    Music Composition

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  1. Jojojohnhnhn: I haven't heard from UCSD either. The comp program is a pretty tough admit; the coordinator said ~75 apply per year, and they take as many as they can fund, which is not more than 4 or 5. But looking at their past years' results, it seems that all their rejections tend to come out together in mid Feb. or so (2/23 last year, and 2/18 the year before), though there hasn't been much data on the acceptances. In any case, I think that means, the longer it takes, the more chance of still be in the runnin!
  2. Chin up, CP3! Things have a tendency to work out in the end. And especially with composition, it's so subjective, that one should never let these arbitrary results be one's judgment of self-worth. To other composers...it seems that Harvard and Stanford admits have been contacted, and if you haven't heard, it's probably grim. Santa Barbara seems to have begun notifications, and San Diego, from past years' results, looks like they send out rejections first, so if you haven't heard, you might still be in the running.
  3. My prediction is that for composition, the committee never lets it get to that point, where they send a pool to the university and "let them decide" so to speak. They recommend exactly who they want up to their cap of spaces, checking that the scores satisfy minimums. If they have 2 funded spots on 3 attractive applicants, they'll offer 2 spots and waitlist the 3rd. I can't imagine they'd leave it into the hands of the university. From my conversions with composition professors at various schools, my impression is the same as txonet's - they don't give a rat's tail about quantitative measures like testing, and find that GREs have zero to little influence on the abilities of a composer to produce music or to maintain a level of discourse on creating music. I can't speak for musicology. Perhaps it is more similar to typical humanities fields, in which case musicmage's scenario may happen.
  4. Yes, but do you think there are ever any realistic "equal candidates"? Chances are, GREs need to be above a certain threshold to pass university-wide requirements, but are almost never the direct cause of any admission or rejection. I've talked to some faculty who say they don't even look at the scores after everything's been screened.
  5. I'm joining in the good company of NWU rejects too
  6. Hey guys! Long term lurker, first time poster here. I am a composer applying for doctorates at Stanford, UCSD, Harvard, Northwestern, Brandeis, and considering a few others. I'm luckily not tied down by any location preferences, but obviously as a composer there are aesthetic tendencies that weed some good schools out and make others attractive. Good luck to others here!
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