Karajan

Does anyone else feel like they're telling us really early this year? I wonder if other schools will follow suit, or wait even as late as March.

Cheers, all! I'm really excited @ Snes: well done! By the way, I always pronounce your name in my head like "sneeze"! I wonder if that was your intention? Hehe

Great!

Wasn't me. I ended up not applying there... Should take it off my sig.

Nothing here either. Last year it looks like they sent out interview notifications on 4 Feb.

Penn has contacted people for interviews, too.

It depends on the school. Some are very quick, others take much longer. Be sure to check scholarship deadlines, as those are often earlier than deadlines for courses. Good luck

Same here re: Cornell (and Columbia, too, incidentally!)... Wot? Anyway, the wait is on! Shouldn't be much longer now, though, of course, the closer we get to when we think we'll hear decisions, somehow the wait seems to be even more difficult.

Mine has yet to be updated...

Haha, I just got that, too! I initially though, "Wow! That was a quick rejection!" Yikes... My hopes are very low...

Wow, that was fast, they just changed it to "complete"!

Ok, good to know. I've inquired, too, and hopefully they'll change my status soon as well. Thanks for the update!

Haha, there is hope!!

Yikes, for music or generally?

Why are you still incomplete, Penn? Why? What did I do to wrong you?

I have a question for you guys. One of my professors told me that some schools will 'strategically reject' people they think are going to attend a different school, and those students sometimes get stuck because all the schools they applied to think this and then they end up not getting in anywhere. Have you heard this? Makes me a little bit freaked out.

Haha, danke!

Thanks! And yes, I'm 21 I think many of the programs fly out students they've admitted, but don't expect people to pay to fly out for interviews; it would be rubbish if they did though!

I recall we figured out that Columbia, Yale and Penn interview, as well as programs associated with a university that has a conservatory (i.e. Indiana, Eastman, etc). Any ideas about which others interview?

How strange! Well, let's hope that after the new year things are sorted.

Hey, Is your Penn app "incomplete"? Mine still is, apparently...

I'd be happy to go to any of the schools I'm applying to, but Berkeley is particularly attractive!

Haha, there are lots of good applicants--including you! You'll be just fine Hope to see you in the fall!