DD is midway through her auditions. She is an instrumentalist, not a vocalist or MT. She is a very strong candidate for any of the schools she is auditioning for and all of her auditions went very well (relief!!!).
At each of them, she also had a lesson with the professors while she was there (on a different day, usually). She previously knows each of these teachers and had already had at least one lesson (whether live or Skype) with them before audition time. They all emailed her same/next day to follow up on their lesson/audition.
They have told her essentially the same thing:
* They gave her their very highest ranking.
* They will be working with admissions to get her the highest scholarship they have to offer.
* They want her to notify them immediately of other scholarship offers she receives, as this will give them even more bargaining power with admissions.
* They believe that they will be able to get her cost of attendance down to a very tiny $#, or possibly zero with the scholarships they will be able to offer.
* They each said they would "fight for her" with admissions/dean/whoever for $$.
* They all like the other professors and know one another and feel that she will do well in any of the programs she is applying to, but they all want her in their program.
At two of the programs, DD is already in place to interview/eligible for competitive, full-ride academic scholarships. Possibly a third, as well (it's a conservatory, but apparently they have a small # of generous academic scholarships for priority music students who qualify). So, if she receives one of those enormous academic scholarships, obviously, we don't have to worry about how much power a music professor has over their scholarship dollars...
But...
In your experience - if/when a professor has said such strong words to a student, do they tend to follow through? Or are they blowing smoke? We just aren't sure how seriously we should take what they are saying (or are they just flattering her, kwim?)?
(Money is *the* priority for her consideration and they each know this. She, personally, isn't willing to go into debt for a music degree. If the music schools don't have enough $ to offer, she will switch gears for a different degree and continue private studies for music.)
Thank you for any input!
At each of them, she also had a lesson with the professors while she was there (on a different day, usually). She previously knows each of these teachers and had already had at least one lesson (whether live or Skype) with them before audition time. They all emailed her same/next day to follow up on their lesson/audition.
They have told her essentially the same thing:
* They gave her their very highest ranking.
* They will be working with admissions to get her the highest scholarship they have to offer.
* They want her to notify them immediately of other scholarship offers she receives, as this will give them even more bargaining power with admissions.
* They believe that they will be able to get her cost of attendance down to a very tiny $#, or possibly zero with the scholarships they will be able to offer.
* They each said they would "fight for her" with admissions/dean/whoever for $$.
* They all like the other professors and know one another and feel that she will do well in any of the programs she is applying to, but they all want her in their program.
At two of the programs, DD is already in place to interview/eligible for competitive, full-ride academic scholarships. Possibly a third, as well (it's a conservatory, but apparently they have a small # of generous academic scholarships for priority music students who qualify). So, if she receives one of those enormous academic scholarships, obviously, we don't have to worry about how much power a music professor has over their scholarship dollars...
But...
In your experience - if/when a professor has said such strong words to a student, do they tend to follow through? Or are they blowing smoke? We just aren't sure how seriously we should take what they are saying (or are they just flattering her, kwim?)?
(Money is *the* priority for her consideration and they each know this. She, personally, isn't willing to go into debt for a music degree. If the music schools don't have enough $ to offer, she will switch gears for a different degree and continue private studies for music.)
Thank you for any input!