Graduate School Admission Results

Recommended for admission

Interviewed with 1 Epi Prof on 02/18 said the admissions committee would be meeting that week, and notices will start going out in the coming weeks.

Got an email rejection and portal has been updated to reflect rejection. Really disappointed but at least I won't have to live in the midwest I guess!

TTPB: Functions are the morphisms in the category of sets, while values are only instances of an abstract concept, first introduced by David Hume's Enquiry in 1748 . Satisfied?

Sorry to everyone else who got rejected today, and congrats to those who weren't! Onward! :) 0a/1w/2r/6p

CMT

Form rejection 0a/0w/2r/9p

pretty bummed as this was one of my top schools so hoping a spot opens up!

Email informing me the status of my application changed

Regarding not accepting composers this application cycle. To lift the veil and explain how/why: the music dept was given 4 spots by GSAS to accept new grad students across all the grad programs at the music department (5 departments). They also aren't told how many spots/how much funding is available until they start to review applications. It sucks but the faculty don't get any say in how many spots they can have for the entire dept. But with this shortage (only 4 spots), this means that there was a chance one, or more, of these accepted would have been composers into the composition department or, as happened, none accepted at all. Usually they are given more open spots for all the music dept but unfortunately that didn't happen this year. Partly because they are trying to support current students and students who have no funding opportunities elsewhere due to COVID (so even those who have recently graduated). It's not decided until all applicants have been reviewed for all the departments exactly how many of these spots will go to each department. All departments have to negotiate and it was particularly tough this year. This is why it's pretty fluid how many candidates get accepted each year, though usually the composition department, in previous years, usually ends up only accepting 1 or 2 grad students. It ended up that there were really strong candidates and these spots when to the CPCI (interdisciplinary music makers), music theory, and the rest but not composition. It sucks but hopefully this helps illuminate any questions.

this was my top choice, so it hurts a lil bit

Form email. 0a/1w/3r/7p

Accepted with full RA funding, POI copied on email. High GPA from top-5 undergrad program, several years of research with 4 publications, and multiple prestigious industry internships.