I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this article. Our daughter who has been playing the piano for 12 years, now a Senior in High School, was told she is not quite there yet with being admitted to the music BM program. This came as a shock to us, music academics, music teacher and other faculty members to hear that they want her to re-audition in September. It really is hard to know what they meant by just a general statement, but we did reach out for specifics on what she needs to improve according to their standards. Our daughter is an amazing sight reader as well. They didn’t have time for sight reading at all. Makes me wonder if you are accepted, they just assume you know how to read music. She can play anything you put in front of her. She has a wide range of music genre. It really is baffling…. Fortunately, we re not broken up about it as we are learning as we go… and it really can be a game of who knows what their reason was… we are talking about a school that pulls in almost 2.5 billion dollars in annual tuition. Thank you for sharing your insight.