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hurried college news
Topic Started: Jan 12 2009, 03:51 PM (363 Views)
Ben
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My life is just a blur, that's really all I can say about it.

I wanted to keep those of you who were interested in my music auditions for colleges apprised of how things were going, so...

The pre-screening recordings I made (and posted in the recordings thread) worked out pretty well in the end. They got me live auditions at Carnegie-Mellon and the New England Conservatory, and a rejection e-mail from Juilliard :P

I have auditions scheduled at Baylor, Rice, and Vanderbilt (actually, I need to call Rice and schedule an audition ASAP - I had forgotten about that :hair:) that didn't require pre-screening recordings; those dates are approaching all too quickly.

And besides needing to learn all this music, I'm supposed to be keeping up with school (I did make straight A's first semester! ... somehow), and I met a cute girl the other day... :silly: so life is just absolutely a blur. Hope everyone here is doing well!

- Ben
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George K
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Every time I see you post something, I wonder how the music stuff is going. Thanks for the update, Ben. Keep plugging (no, that was not a girlfriend reference).
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sue
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Exciting times, Ben! I wish you well. :wave:
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Ben
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Jan 12 2009, 03:58 PM
Keep plugging (no, that was not a girlfriend reference).
:spit: :lol2: :lol2:
- Ben

"Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing." - Duke Ellington

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TomK
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Good luck Ben--do you want to become a professional musician?
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Ben
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Thanks, Tom - that's my dream! :P
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"Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing." - Duke Ellington

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Good luck, Ben. Have you considered Oberlin?
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DivaDeb
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keep us posted, Ben. Exciting times ahead for you!
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Awesome! Do keep us informed.
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brenda
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Thanks for the update, Ben. It's good to hear from you. It sounds like you are doing a great job still at the academic work. I'm very pleased for you.

Your college life will be hectic and crazy, too, so this is good practice.

A girl, huh? Oh oh ............

Just kidding. I'll bet she is cute.

Keep having fun, too.
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Jan 12 2009, 04:32 PM
Good luck, Ben. Have you considered Oberlin?
Good luck Ben. that is what I was about to say.

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Good luck Ben!
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Ben
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Jan 12 2009, 04:32 PM
Good luck, Ben. Have you considered Oberlin?
Thanks! I did, but (no offense to Ohioans of course) it's not really in the type of location I'm hoping for, and I already had 10 other schools to apply to, so while it's a wonderful place, I just didn't want to add one more application to my to-do list, especially if it's not somewhere I really want to be. There's dozens of great places that I wish I'd had the time (and money - those application fees add up! :( ) to apply to but I'm pretty happy with my list and now I'm just hoping for the best :)

Hope you and jf are doing well. I'm avoiding even opening the giant fight threads but I'm assuming they're not much worse than the usual ones :P
- Ben

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[chanting] CMU ..... CMU ..... CMU..... [/chanting]
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CMU is a great school, no doubt.

Best of luck, Ben. But you won't need it. You've earned your place through your hard work. Congratulations.
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