NATIONAL FINANCIAL AID PROTOCOLS

Music Students Beginning A Degree or Diploma Program

You are always free to seek information about the programs of any institution at any time. You are free to attend the institution of your choice. However, good citizenship in the music community means using these freedoms responsibly and ethically.

IF YOU ACCEPT ADMISSION WITH TALENT-BASED FINANCIAL AID,PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR DECISION CAREFULLY.YOU HAVE IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES TO YOURSELF, TO OTHER MUSICIANS,AND TO ALL INSTITUTIONS THAT TEACH MUSIC.

· Take time to consider all admission offers carefully, and be sure about your final choice.

· Accept at only one institution. Agreeing to attend more than one institution is not ethical. For example, it harms other music students who are denied the place reserved for you.

· Make your final choice no later than May 1 of the year that you plan to enrol in the fall.

· When you make a commitment to attend an institution that grants you talent-based financial aid, you are agreeing to

Contribute your talent and effort to the education and development of other musicians by participating in ensembles, classes, productions, and so forth.
Occupy a place and receive financial support that could have been given to another musician.

· If you make an official commitment to attend and do not keep it,

The education of other music students can be adversely affected because you are not participating in various aspects of the program and there is no one to replace you.
The scholarship funding you were promised is not available to other students who sought it.
The scholarship award reserved for you can be transferred to a student in a field other than music, thus harming the music school or department this year, and possibly in the future.