Admissions Deadlines

September 1
Online Application and supplemental forms available

November 1
Special deadline for fall 2010 orchestral conducting applications

December 1
Deadline for fall 2010 application for admission.  It is possible to start some graduate programs as early as summer 2010*.

March 15 - April 15
Admission decision notifications mailed

April 15; May 1
Response deadline: Admitted graduate students must notify the school of their decision to accept or decline the offer of admission by April 15.  Admitted undergraduate students must notify the school of their decision to accept or decline the offer of admission by May 1.

*Summer enrollment is open to graduate students only.  Master's level music education majors, or students who have the express permission of the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, may enroll for summers-only degree study.  Newly enrolled graduate students who are scheduled to begin study in September may take placement tests and begin degree study in June.  International students and those needing remedial coursework are particularly encouraged to consider summer study and may be required to do so as a condition of their matriculation.

September enrollment is open to all applicants in all degree programs.  In the event that there are no openings in a given degree program, major, or instrumental area of study, due notification is given in the application.

Late applications will only be accepted at the discretion of the Director of Admissions.