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Official Music Conservatoire Applicants Thread 2025

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Reply 1

Anyone got an offer from Birmingham con yet ?

Reply 2

Anyone got any offers

Reply 3

Ive seen someone get an offer from Leeds, has anyone got offers from there or anywhere else?

Reply 4

Just got rejected by RAM. LET’S GOOOO

Reply 5

anyone heard from rcs or rncm?

Reply 6

Has anyone else had offers from Guildhall, RNCM or Trinity Laban? I’m now really not too sure where to accept if anyone has any insights on these places?

Reply 7

Has anyone heard from rcs for vocal studies ?

Reply 8

Anyone at all heard from RCS yet? I've had all my other decisions and they haven't got back to me yet. I'm applying for composition.

The strange thing is they were lighting quick with sending out interview dates - less than two weeks after the 2nd October, the first place to offer me an interview.

Reply 9

Original post by paragon98
Anyone at all heard from RCS yet? I've had all my other decisions and they haven't got back to me yet. I'm applying for composition.
The strange thing is they were lighting quick with sending out interview dates - less than two weeks after the 2nd October, the first place to offer me an interview.
That's annoying. I heard back from them at the end of November, for composition as well.

Reply 10

Original post by Rbdhk26382
Has anyone heard from rcs for vocal studies ?

Still haven't heard 😭 I've had all my other decisions through apart from Scotland even though it was the first audition I did at the very beginning of November. I've been rejected by Guildhall, RCM and RAM but I've got a firm offer from Trinity and a reserve offer from RNCM (which I'm also lowkey stressing about as I don't know how long it takes to get an actual offer, or the likelihood of that happening). I looked at a couple of RCS 'what happens after your audition' website pages and one of them said you'd get your result by the end of December but if I don't hear by then, I think I'm gonna contact the admissions team as I've literally been tweaking about getting my result all Christmas 😭 Good luck on getting your offer tho 🙂 have u heard back from anywhere else?

Reply 11

Original post by Zoetropedia
That's annoying. I heard back from them at the end of November, for composition as well.

Oh, when was your interview?

Reply 12

Got into Leeds, trinity and Birmingham con for vocal I don’t know where to go.
Got rejected from Royal welsh and Royal northern

Reply 13

Original post by minniew.06
Still haven't heard 😭 I've had all my other decisions through apart from Scotland even though it was the first audition I did at the very beginning of November. I've been rejected by Guildhall, RCM and RAM but I've got a firm offer from Trinity and a reserve offer from RNCM (which I'm also lowkey stressing about as I don't know how long it takes to get an actual offer, or the likelihood of that happening). I looked at a couple of RCS 'what happens after your audition' website pages and one of them said you'd get your result by the end of December but if I don't hear by then, I think I'm gonna contact the admissions team as I've literally been tweaking about getting my result all Christmas 😭 Good luck on getting your offer tho 🙂 have u heard back from anywhere else?

I had to defer my RAM due to illness so waiting for that date to come through hopefully. Heard from Nothern college and guildhall, but I really enjoyed my Scotland interview so I was hoping to hear from them. Did you email them in the end ?

Reply 14

Original post by Rbdhk26382
I had to defer my RAM due to illness so waiting for that date to come through hopefully. Heard from Nothern college and guildhall, but I really enjoyed my Scotland interview so I was hoping to hear from them. Did you email them in the end ?

Yh I emailed them and they said they were just trying to get the results out on UCAS, but idk when they're gonna come out but hopefully shouldn't bee too long now 🤞

Reply 15

Original post by paragon98
Anyone at all heard from RCS yet? I've had all my other decisions and they haven't got back to me yet. I'm applying for composition.
The strange thing is they were lighting quick with sending out interview dates - less than two weeks after the 2nd October, the first place to offer me an interview.

Same for composition also. They're my last conservatoire and I can't accept my RAM offer until they get back to me. I called them and they said either this week or next week or else they will have to contact the composition department themselves.

Reply 16

Original post by Milo-Teddy
Got into Leeds, trinity and Birmingham con for vocal I don’t know where to go.
Got rejected from Royal welsh and Royal northern

As someone who has lived in Birmingham (and went to the junior Birmingham conservatoire) it's a nice place but look into the city! you're going to be living there for 4 years and it's very important!

Reply 17

Original post by minniew.06
Still haven't heard 😭 I've had all my other decisions through apart from Scotland even though it was the first audition I did at the very beginning of November. I've been rejected by Guildhall, RCM and RAM but I've got a firm offer from Trinity and a reserve offer from RNCM (which I'm also lowkey stressing about as I don't know how long it takes to get an actual offer, or the likelihood of that happening). I looked at a couple of RCS 'what happens after your audition' website pages and one of them said you'd get your result by the end of December but if I don't hear by then, I think I'm gonna contact the admissions team as I've literally been tweaking about getting my result all Christmas 😭 Good luck on getting your offer tho 🙂 have u heard back from anywhere else?

Not vocal studies but I called their admissions team and they said for all departments they hope to get it in by this week or next week. if not, they said to call them so that they can ask the department themselves for a date.

Reply 18

Original post by FunkyChalk37159
Has anyone else had offers from Guildhall, RNCM or Trinity Laban? I’m now really not too sure where to accept if anyone has any insights on these places?

Have you been offered all 3

Reply 19

What's your instrument?

RNCM is possibly the most prestigious but I know people who have chosen Guildhall because they felt it was the right place for them and they have thrived.

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