Berklee Scholarship Stuff

[Larry13]

Hello

My name is Conor and i am sixteen years old. i am extremely interested in going to Berklee but the only thing really stopping that is the lack of funds... I would basically need to get some kind of scholarship or full scholarship to go there. I looked into the presidential scholarship thing there and have looked into some of the players that have received it. I feel confident that it is not out of the question for me to think i could get the full scholarship from seeing the other musicians who have gotten it. So my question is, seeing that you went to berklee and all, do you have any suggestions that might help my audition stand out a little more? I have already started looking for a few selections of music for the audition even though i will most likely be trying for it in about two years. Any suggestions or thoughts would be a great help.

[Amastacatious]

Don't wait to audition. Start auditioning early, you can reaudition every 6 months. Also, go to the 5 week or one of the other summer programs if you can to get a feel for it, while it is nothing like "real schoool" it will give you an idea, plus if you're good you can start getting your name around among teachers. Berklee's main thing is maintaining a diverse community right now, whenever you audition they will ask you what makes you different from everyone else to contribute to the Berklee community. Don't put on a front, just be really into whatever it is you do. Show them what you're all about, not what you think they want to see.

[janekbass]

I think having something unique to offer the school is going to be the main determining factor in how much money they give you to go there.

You have the time right now to put in an incredible amount of practice time with the instrument, time on writing your own music, and perhaps time on recording some of your songs. The more experience you have under your belt when you reach school the better. You're going to want to test out of a lot of classes and cut through a lot of crap in order to get the most out of the school.

This probably isn't what your parents would suggest but it's what I did. I went there with a scholarship, not a full ride, but a good amount of bread, and I lasted three semesters. I met a ton of incredible players, and then I got out of there as fast as I could and moved to NYC. This might not be the right approach for everyone, but if you have some stuff together before you get there it's just about meeting people that you're going to spend the rest of your life working with.

ask yourself some questions about where you want to end up living, and what kind of career you would like to have in music. Then be practicing all day every day for the next couple of years before you go to Boston. There will come a point with school or with work that you just don't have the time to shed as much, so it's much better to get those years of intense practice in right now while you have the time.

Easy,

Janek

[youngs]

Originally Posted by Amastacatious

Don't wait to audition. Start auditioning early, you can reaudition every 6 months. Also, go to the 5 week or one of the other summer programs if you can to get a feel for it, while it is nothing like "real schoool" it will give you an idea, plus if you're good you can start getting your name around among teachers. Berklee's main thing is maintaining a diverse community right now, whenever you audition they will ask you what makes you different from everyone else to contribute to the Berklee community. Don't put on a front, just be really into whatever it is you do. Show them what you're all about, not what you think they want to see.

You can re-audition every year, not every 6months. My students just tried for this fall , so I am very sure.