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Showing posts with label Enrollment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Enrollment. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Saturday, December 26, 2009
One Semester Ends, And Another Begins
Having just concluded the fall semester, Berklee is closed until January 4, 2010. We expect more than 325 new students to enter the College for the Spring semester and that our total enrollment will continue to be above 4,000. We're very excited to welcome our new students when spring orientation begins January 12. Our academic calendar is here, for those interested.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Enrollment Strength Continues for Berklee
In a world economy staggering from recession, Berklee is still fully enrolled.
In a U.S. economy where many lenders have either left the market altogether or severely ratcheted up the baseline standard to extending a student loan, Berklee is still fully enrolled.
In an ever-changing world with uncertainty seemingly on every front, students and families continue to make the commitment to a music education, ensuring that Berklee is still fully enrolled.
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Despite world events that have caused enrollment struggles at many colleges, Berklee will open the fall term at its enrollment target of 4,000 students. How has this occurred?
Continuing and Returning Students
The main source of enrollment each term is of course, those who are continuing their education. This year, roughly 3,000 students will continue their path towards a Berklee degree or diploma. In this number are several hundred students who have returned from a leave of longer than one term. These students may have “stopped out” for a term or two or, in other cases, may be returning to Berklee after many years.
As many will know, in light of global economic circumstances, Berklee made a decision last fall to significantly augment its financial aid and scholarship program extending roughly $2 million in additional aid to continuing students. Moving to the current budget year, we further increased aid support so that the annual total is now roughly $5 million more than just one year ago. This commitment from the College is specifically aimed at encouraging and supporting students in their quest to graduate. While we are not in a position to meet every need of every student, we do know that this initiative is making a difference in our ability to support, encourage and retain students.
The Entering Class
More than 1060 new students are joining the College this fall,the largest class in College history. How did they get here? Each of our entering students came from one of almost 50 audition sites in 23 countries. They all went through our admission process which includes the A&I (audition and interview) experience, and a thorough evaluation of their academic history and personal history – ultimately to answer the core question, “is this student a good match for Berklee and is Berklee a good match for this student?” Applications for fall admission also set an all-time record at 4755, up more than 10% from the previous year. As such, we were both blessed by a large group of highly talented students, and challenged to choose our entering class from such an abundance of riches. Ultimately, our matriculating class is extraordinary in many ways. To illustrate, what follows is some simple facts about this year’s entering group:
Number of States Represented: 44
Number of Countries Represented: 65
International Students Enrolling: 237
Primary Languages Represented in the Entering Class: English, Spanish, Korean, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, German, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, French, Greek, Romanian, Thai, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Arabic, Filipino, Telugu, Norwegian, Serbian, Icelandic, Persian, Bulgarian, Finnish.
Percentage of students receiving scholarship: 47%
Percentage of students receiving some form of financial aid: 77%
Female Students Enrolled: 320
ALANA representation (African American, Latino, Asian American, Native American): 235 students
Commitment to Accessibility, Internationalism and a Diverse Student Body
As the school year starts, once again the College finds itself in the enviable position of not only being fully enrolled, but indeed, fully enrolled with a class that enriches the diversity, depth and breadth of the Berklee experience for all. Our students are extraordinarily talented, committed and resilient.
More than ever, we remain committed to keeping a Berklee education accessible. Our financial aid initiatives have given particular attention to maintaining Berklee’s commitment to excellence while at the same time, supporting our longstanding traditions of attracting and retaining students from many different backgrounds, cultures, socio-economic backgrounds and countries. That commitment lives on and with the support of alumni and friends of the College, we hope to augment our ability to make a Berklee education affordable to as many students as possible.
The Road Ahead…
Now that the fall term has begun, our admission staff is quickly shifting gears to focus on recruiting the next group of incoming students for January, May and September 2010. With support from faculty, staff, alumni and partners, our team will again deliver the Berklee message around the globe to prospective students and families. At the same time, enrollment professionals in our Offices of Financial Aid, Scholarships and Student Employment and the Registrar work year round to support and retain our current students. Later this year, the College will complete its first Comprehensive Enrollment Strategy which will aim to coordinate and align our efforts to recruit and retain the best student body possible.
In a U.S. economy where many lenders have either left the market altogether or severely ratcheted up the baseline standard to extending a student loan, Berklee is still fully enrolled.
In an ever-changing world with uncertainty seemingly on every front, students and families continue to make the commitment to a music education, ensuring that Berklee is still fully enrolled.
~~~~
Despite world events that have caused enrollment struggles at many colleges, Berklee will open the fall term at its enrollment target of 4,000 students. How has this occurred?
Continuing and Returning Students
The main source of enrollment each term is of course, those who are continuing their education. This year, roughly 3,000 students will continue their path towards a Berklee degree or diploma. In this number are several hundred students who have returned from a leave of longer than one term. These students may have “stopped out” for a term or two or, in other cases, may be returning to Berklee after many years.
As many will know, in light of global economic circumstances, Berklee made a decision last fall to significantly augment its financial aid and scholarship program extending roughly $2 million in additional aid to continuing students. Moving to the current budget year, we further increased aid support so that the annual total is now roughly $5 million more than just one year ago. This commitment from the College is specifically aimed at encouraging and supporting students in their quest to graduate. While we are not in a position to meet every need of every student, we do know that this initiative is making a difference in our ability to support, encourage and retain students.
The Entering Class
More than 1060 new students are joining the College this fall,the largest class in College history. How did they get here? Each of our entering students came from one of almost 50 audition sites in 23 countries. They all went through our admission process which includes the A&I (audition and interview) experience, and a thorough evaluation of their academic history and personal history – ultimately to answer the core question, “is this student a good match for Berklee and is Berklee a good match for this student?” Applications for fall admission also set an all-time record at 4755, up more than 10% from the previous year. As such, we were both blessed by a large group of highly talented students, and challenged to choose our entering class from such an abundance of riches. Ultimately, our matriculating class is extraordinary in many ways. To illustrate, what follows is some simple facts about this year’s entering group:
Number of States Represented: 44
Number of Countries Represented: 65
International Students Enrolling: 237
Primary Languages Represented in the Entering Class: English, Spanish, Korean, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, German, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, French, Greek, Romanian, Thai, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Arabic, Filipino, Telugu, Norwegian, Serbian, Icelandic, Persian, Bulgarian, Finnish.
Percentage of students receiving scholarship: 47%
Percentage of students receiving some form of financial aid: 77%
Female Students Enrolled: 320
ALANA representation (African American, Latino, Asian American, Native American): 235 students
Commitment to Accessibility, Internationalism and a Diverse Student Body
As the school year starts, once again the College finds itself in the enviable position of not only being fully enrolled, but indeed, fully enrolled with a class that enriches the diversity, depth and breadth of the Berklee experience for all. Our students are extraordinarily talented, committed and resilient.
More than ever, we remain committed to keeping a Berklee education accessible. Our financial aid initiatives have given particular attention to maintaining Berklee’s commitment to excellence while at the same time, supporting our longstanding traditions of attracting and retaining students from many different backgrounds, cultures, socio-economic backgrounds and countries. That commitment lives on and with the support of alumni and friends of the College, we hope to augment our ability to make a Berklee education affordable to as many students as possible.
The Road Ahead…
Now that the fall term has begun, our admission staff is quickly shifting gears to focus on recruiting the next group of incoming students for January, May and September 2010. With support from faculty, staff, alumni and partners, our team will again deliver the Berklee message around the globe to prospective students and families. At the same time, enrollment professionals in our Offices of Financial Aid, Scholarships and Student Employment and the Registrar work year round to support and retain our current students. Later this year, the College will complete its first Comprehensive Enrollment Strategy which will aim to coordinate and align our efforts to recruit and retain the best student body possible.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Orientation just 10 days away for New Students at Berklee College of Music
The countdown is on...
Just 10 days until Orientation 2009 begins for the entering class. We're expecting just over 1000 students from around the world to join the Berklee community starting August 31. Our orientation staff and countless others have been planned a truly outstanding welcoming program for students and families.
Our students are filled with such enthusiasm for music and life - we can't wait to welcome them to Boston!
Just 10 days until Orientation 2009 begins for the entering class. We're expecting just over 1000 students from around the world to join the Berklee community starting August 31. Our orientation staff and countless others have been planned a truly outstanding welcoming program for students and families.
Our students are filled with such enthusiasm for music and life - we can't wait to welcome them to Boston!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Berklee Enrollment - This Blog and Its Purpose
Greetings and welcome to all visitors!
The purpose of this blog is to share information and provide balanced and real perspective about enrollment about Berklee College of Music. It is not intended to replace official information about the College which can always be found at our main website, here. What we're trying to do here instead of providing official information is share experience and insight about two main areas:
1) the admissions process (including applications, auditions, interviews, scholarships and financial aid, residence/housing, international student needs (like visas), etc. etc. and...
2) student life - what actually happens when you get to Boston (orientation, registration, academic counseling and advising, more financial aid and scholarships(!), living in Boston, finding work on and off campus, and lots of other fun things).
We'll have a variety of authors here including professionals from admissions, financial aid and scholarships, Registrar's Office, student employment, counseling, advising, student activities, housing, faculty and more.
So visit us often. We'll be posting new and varied information on a regular basis!
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