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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Beautiful campus. Excellent institution. Some top programs. Proximity to Chicago.

Mine was accepted last year, and it was one of her final choices. She chose elsewhere in part because of the inflexibility of the music dept.

You probably know this, but ED does not increase chances greatly. Mine was admitted RD. Friend, excellent student w/ excellent ECs, was rejected in ED.[/quote]

How was the music department inflexible?  My DD is applying.[/quote]

Mine did not want to major in music, even though she would be a contender for performance, but they wouldn't let her take the departmental music theory classes or instrument lessons as a nonmajor, even though she is a serious musician and composer. There was some intro to music theory for non-majors available, but she is already beyond that. They wouldn't even let her take it if she got a composition minor (& they don't have any performance minors). Not sure how composition minors are supposed to get any decent theory to base orchestration on. They told her to do a music major -- ask to audition for dual degree or take a gen music major (which would not get her the lessons, only the music theory) -- and then drop it. If yours is planning on majoring, it shouldn't be a problem, but if they are a serious musician who does not want to major, it likely will.[/quote]

Thank you.  She plans to be a music major, so this will work out (if she gets in).[/quote]

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