Artistic Profile Requirements
•Applicants are required to upload:
•Two (2) academic writing samples, one of which should focus on music.
•Resumé that includes activities and awards related to academics, athletics, or leadership within your school or community, music or arts training, community service in which you have participated, and any work experience you have had while in school.
•Short answer (one paragraph) explaining your interest in the BA in Music. This will serve as your Statement of Purpose.
•“Why Michigan?” essay: Upload an essay that tells us why you want to attend the University of Michigan. You may reuse the essay from your Common Application that answers this same question.
•Artistic Recommendation from an arts teacher in any discipline, for example a private music teacher, a theatre director, Music Theory teacher/professor, ensemble director, etc. If you do not have access to an Artistic recommendation, you may submit a recommendation from an academic teacher.
•Artistic Wild Card: add one additional item–video, photograph(s), creative work, lyrics, paper, or other things that illustrates your engagement with music–that will help us get to know you
•The application review is a three-step process:
•The SMTD Admissions Office will read your application for academic eligibility. The review will include an examination of your transcript(s), letters of recommendation, and ACT or SAT scores if provided.
•If your application passes the initial academic review, faculty will read your writing samples and other materials, and make an assessment of the quality of your work.
•The SMTD Admissions Office will make the final determination regarding admission. A letter will be emailed to you as soon as that decision has been made.
•Is an audition required for the BA program?
