music Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Stanford Skype interview on Friday. Terrified the South African Skype connection will fail on me (I'm on a conference/lecture recital tour right now, such stressful timing). Also HOLY CR@P I GOT AN INTERVIEW!! Kand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kand Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Congrats to whoever scored the Northwestern interview! Hopefully a few more will trickle out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panjo Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Got an audition invite from Juilliard the other day (MM in composition) ... I see someone got an invite to Yale School of Music, but they are taking forever to get back to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kand Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Someone had a phone interview with Northwestern on January 9th!?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbox Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hi all, I am awaiting admission decisions for programs in music composition. I am glad to be a part of this discussion; hopefully I can contribute some good news in the near future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panjo Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Update: Well, Yale finally rejected me (MM in composition), but at least I won't be spending any more money on them! Hi musicbox, what schools are you waiting on? Best of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbox Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I might add a couple that have later deadlines, but so far: Longy, Ithaca, Temple, Dartmouth, Juilliard and Yale. Thank you for the good wishes, and same to you. Also, congrats on your Juilliard invite! What other schools are on your list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panjo Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Thanks! My list is pretty short... got an invite to Peabody a while back. Now just waiting on UChicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTom Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hey all, I, too, am waiting to hear back from music composition programs. I was one of the folks who got a rejection from Yale yesterday, just wanted to say hi, join the conversation, and especially wish everyone luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kand Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Congrats to the SUNY Buffalo admit in musicology! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutupack4 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Someone had a phone interview with Northwestern on January 9th!?!?!?!?! Hi Harmonielehre! That was me, actually. They called me on the ninth to ask if I was going to be in the country for the interview weekend (a big part of my CV revolved around an abroad program I'm currently on) because, in their words, they afford could fly me to Chicago from New York, but not from Siberia. Alas, I am still in Siberia, so they asked to do a Skype interview on the tenth. So my interview situation was a bit unorthodox! I know I'm a newcomer to this forum, but good luck to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisler001 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Congratulations to whomever was accepted to SUNY Buffalo. Fantastic news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kccur Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Where you at, theorists? Best of luck to all my fellow music theory applicants in this annual season of waiting. Edited January 25, 2014 by kccur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTom Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Anyone else waiting to hear from Berkeley and/or Davis for composition? Going by the Gradcafe Results search, it looks like over the last few years, UC Berkeley / UC Davis have sent acceptances/requests for interviews in the last week of January, and rejections in mid-Feb or later. Complete speculation, but it'll be interesting to see if that happens this year. This is the sort of thing I do when I have to wait. Good luck all, ST UC Berkeley Music Composition, PhD (F13) Rejected via E-mail on 8 Feb 2013 A 13 Feb 2013 University Of California Berkeley Music History And Literature (Musicology), PhD (F13) Rejected via E-mail on 9 Sep 2013 I 9 Feb 2013 University Of California, Berkeley Music Composition, PhD (F13) Rejected via E-mail on 8 Feb 2013 U 9 Feb 2013 UC Berkeley Music History And Literature (Musicology), PhD (F13) Rejected via E-mail on 8 Feb 2013 A 9 Feb 2013 UC Berkeley Music Composition, PhD (F13) Rejected via E-mail on 8 Feb 2013 8 Feb 2013 UC Berkeley Music Composition, PhD (F12) Rejected via E-mail on 13 Feb 2012 A 13 Feb 2012 UC Berkeley Music Composition, PhD (F12) Rejected via E-mail on 13 Feb 2012 13 Feb 2012 University Of California, Berkeley (UCB) Music Composition, PhD (F12) Accepted via Phone on 25 Jan 2012 A 11 Feb 2012 University Of California At Berkeley Music Composition, PhD (F11) Rejected via E-mail on 25 Feb 2011 A 28 Feb 2011 University Of California, Berkeley (UCB) Music Composition, Masters (F10) Rejected via Website on 1 Mar 2010 A 11 Mar 2010 University Of California, Berkeley (UCB) Music Composition, PhD (F10) Rejected via E-mail on 20 Feb 2010 I 24 Feb 2010 my 3rd rejection... damn. and i can't belive cornell and nyu are sending results by postal mail. i don't live in america, this is gonna take forever University Of California, Berkeley (UCB) Music Composition, PhD (F10) Rejected via E-mail on 23 Feb 2010 A 23 Feb 2010 University Of California, Berkeley (UCB) Music Composition, PhD (?) Rejected via E-mail on 18 Feb 2008 A 18 Feb 2008 Institution Program (Season) Decision & Date St1 Date Added Notes University Of California - Davis Music Composition, PhD (F12) Accepted via E-mail on 25 Jan 2012 A 11 Feb 2012 University Of California, Davis (UCD) Music Composition, PhD (F10) Accepted via Phone on 1 Feb 2010 A 3 Feb 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Here were my dates from the 2012 cycle: Stanford - offer (1/25) Berkeley - offer (1/27) Penn - interview (1/18), offer (2/17) Michigan - offer (2/10) Princeton - rejection (2/10) Cornell - wait-list (2/21), offer soon thereafter but declined Columbia - interview (2/26), offer (2/29) Harvard - rejection (3/10 or thereabouts; it was a letter and I don't have it anymore) Yale - rejection (3/14 after inquiring) I suppose things are moving more slowly this year... Edited January 28, 2014 by Karajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kand Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Haven't heard a peep... maybe not a good sign from Northwestern. Did you do a phone/Skype interview with Columbia Karajan? If so, when were you first informed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTom Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Thanks Karajan and damn, nice list of acceptances! Harmonielehre, looking at the results from past years for Columbia (http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=music+columbia&t=a&o=&pp=25), they would seem to be in the mid-Feb to mid-March time frame.... It's not really a representative sample since such a small % of applicants post results there, but it's something to obsess about. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kand Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Yeah, I've been looking over the dates from previous years as well... certainly not representative, as you said, but it is still fun to try and guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTom Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Indeed. Here's hoping for good news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Haven't heard a peep... maybe not a good sign from Northwestern. Did you do a phone/Skype interview with Columbia Karajan? If so, when were you first informed? Yes, I did a Skype interview and then heard from them about the offer very soon thereafter. It came up quite late in the process though, so I thought I'd gotten rejected. That's a lesson though -- If you don't hear from a school for a long time, don't assume you didn't get in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kand Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Just a bit curious Karajan, since you seem to have had a pretty stellar round with your applications... how well-off were you in terms of conference presentations/publications? I imagine you had some pretty strong writing samples/recs as well? Edited January 28, 2014 by Harmonielehre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Just a bit curious Karajan, since you seem to have had a pretty stellar round with your applications... how well-off were you in terms of conference presentations/publications? I imagine you had some pretty strong writing samples/recs as well? I worked on my writing samples the summer before I applied, and tried to choose my two best examples of undergraduate writing, regardless of the topics -- I went with my undergraduate thesis and a theory paper. I had a few profs read them over the summer and give pointers, which really helped. The writing samples were a big focus for me because they are just so important for these applications. I think I worked on them up until the last possible second! As for recs, I just asked the 3-4 profs I knew best and had done the most work for. I think I asked my undergrad thesis advisor, my master's thesis advisor, and two others from undergrad. When I applied, I think I'd only had one conference presentation (at an AMS chapter meeting) and that's it. I did a few more the year I applied, but I hadn't done them/gotten accepted to those conferences when I sent the applications. I didn't list any publications on the CV, though I did have one in an undergrad publication. Edited January 28, 2014 by Karajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torgo Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Anyone else waiting to hear from Berkeley and/or Davis for composition? Going by the Gradcafe Results search, it looks like over the last few years, UC Berkeley / UC Davis have sent acceptances/requests for interviews in the last week of January, and rejections in mid-Feb or later. Complete speculation, but it'll be interesting to see if that happens this year. This is the sort of thing I do when I have to wait. Good luck all, ST Last year I didn't hear back from Davis until mid April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTom Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Hey Decaf, Wow, was that for composition? I hope you got good news, from Davis or elsewhere. In any case, thanks! ST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
music Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Another interview invite today: Penn! So far 3 interviews and 1 acceptance And yet to hear from 3 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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