Music Applicants 2012

Canterbury Christ Church seems like a good one to go for I've also heard some really good things about Chichester. There's Anglia Ruskin, Salford and Oxford Brookes too - I took a quick look at Anglia Ruskin and seems like they've got a good course!

Alls I can say is good luck, both LIPA and LCM are fierce for competition.
You should really think about your other options you should pick options you still want to go too.
(I'm not saying that you can't play because you probs can but don't put all your eggs in one basked and also just remember that although they have minimum grade entry requirements the majority will not have minimum entry requirements hence why it's the minimum.

I recommend ACM,BIMM,Tech Music School. ( As back ups, easy to get into but also if you want to 'study hard' then they'll work in your favour)

I've looked around Canterbury Christ Church (CCC) and Chichester (CCD) and they are both fantastic

applied last year but due to a lot of complications I decided not to go and I'm reapplying hopefully to:

Manchester
Leeds BMus
Huddersfield
Leeds College of Music (maybe)

My fourth is undecided, and I've also applied to the RNCM

How are things going for everyone?

Good luck All very northern, any reason for this?

Maybe look at Glasgow, Newcasltle or Liverpool? (I'm continuing the northern pattern :P)

Haha, I just need to be close to home (which is in the North, in case you hadn't guessed ) for a variety of reasons! Not to mention that the North is amazing

Okay personally.. don't go on the league tables, where your degree comes from means very little. You're better of going to somewhere where it has the best teaching.

Yes of course it's practical however the average entry requirements for example on LIPA and LCM are ( LIPA BBB or DDM) and LCM which although it says CCC the average entry is infact 320 ucas points.

So they're still looking at your grades, it's unfortunate but very true because of course they want as many of their students to get a good degree for example 2:1 etc etc.

Also bare in mind that because LIPA and LCM are so competitive, they often do look at grades.

But good luck with your choices.

Ah right fair enough Yes the north is indeed great Good luck with your application!



I see what you mean but it is hard to ignore the reputation of a uni. Often enough, the better the teaching, the higher it is in the league tables.

LIPA is somewhere I may have to reconsider, I think it may be unrealistic. Wow, 320 is the average for LCM? I'm finding that difficult to believe.

Thanks for your reply, definitely food for thought.

I've been researching more uni's over the past day or so and I've found some more places I'm interested in:
Huddersfield
Goldsmiths
Edinburgh
East Anglia
York St. John

I've got a friend at Huddersfield, she loves it, almost convinced I should apply there.
Goldsmiths looks awesome, may have to settle for the Popular Music course though, thoughts?
Edinburgh, again is a great place, although they want a foreign language at GCSE, grade V piano and grade VII primary instrument, WTF?
East Anglia, not particularly enticed by this one but it's worth keeping in mind.
York St. John, bit of an easy option (like Kingston), will probably steer clear.

I figured it's probably best to leave it another year rather than go to somewhere like Kingston or York St. John. Forgive me for saying this but they aren't the most reputable institutes and I think I can do better.

So, dismissing York St. John and Kingston, I'm down to:
LIPA
LCM
Aberdeen
Huddersfield
Goldsmiths
Edinburgh
East Anglia
Middlesex

I may make 2/3 choices on UCAS, see what responses I get, then if I'm short on offers, apply to Middlesex and maybe Huddersfield, if I get offers, play for Goldsmiths, Edinburgh etc.

Another thing to mention is that you don't have to apply to LIPA through UCAS, so I may use that to my advantage.

Anyway, responses welcome, fire away.

I've also looked at GoldSmiths but can't find any students or videos etc to back up how good Goldsmiths actually is.

So hmm.. it's also one of my options.

Also yes it was an average of 320 according to the Times league tables.

But honestly don't go on the league tables alone, remember that this will also go down to people opinion on University for example LIPA is in the top 30 however there are other courses other than music which you need to take into account.

Also I read that on average theres 5000 applicants and 208 places last year.
Therefore it just shows you what kind of place it is.

I do recommend the TMS & ACM.

Some great musicians DO come from there even if you get a lot of wasters there.

I've also looked at GoldSmiths but can't find any students or videos etc to back up how good Goldsmiths actually is.

So hmm.. it's also one of my options.

Also yes it was an average of 320 according to the Times league tables.

But honestly don't go on the league tables alone, remember that this will also go down to people opinion on University for example LIPA is in the top 30 however there are other courses other than music which you need to take into account.

Also I read that on average theres 5000 applicants and 208 places last year.
Therefore it just shows you what kind of place it is.

I do recommend the TMS & ACM.

Some great musicians DO come from there even if you get a lot of wasters there.

Hi I've applied to the following:

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (acknowledged)
Edinburgh
Durham (acknowledged)
Bristol (acknowledged)
Manchester (acknowledged)

Does anyone have any idea as to when I should hear word back regarding an interview or an offer. Also I still haven't received any word from Edinburgh yet and my application was sent on 14/10/11 so I'm starting to worry. Please help!

Hi, thought I'd reply seeing as we have four choices in common! If you're going for Caius, are you doing a choral scholarship?
Also I'm afraid I did get an acknowledgment from Edinburgh and my form went a couple of days before yours...maybe you've heard by now though? Otherwise perhaps worth an email?