When applicants miss the deadline, we are sometimes able to consider them for admissions, but after the deadline it is no longer possible to consider financial aid until the following year. The University informs you by mail of its decision about your application as soon as we know it. If, however, you are wondering whether a campus visit is worth your while, we shall be very happy to discuss that matter with you to the extent that we can help you make that decision. Academic questions are best addressed to the Music Department, usually to the Director of Graduate Admissions, but occasionally to a professor in the program to which you are applying. The Office of the Dean of Students is best equipped to handle questions about housing, part-time jobs, and living at the University of Chicago.
Many prospective students like to include a campus visit in their decision-making process.
The Department of Music not only encourages such visits, but works with each prospective student to help as much as possible in the planning of a visit. Contact should be made to the Director of Graduate Admissions regarding a visit at least one month in advance, if possible. Please specify the date and time of your arrival. Our Admissions Secretary, Sandra Hagen, will work with the Director of Admissions to schedule an itinerary for your visit. If there are specific professors with whom you would like to meet, let us know and we shall try to arrange appointments with them.