The following polices for deferment, and part-time enrollment offered for Academic Year 2020-2021 as part of the Conservatory’s response to the pandemic.
Deferment for New Students
For AY 2020-21, the Conservatory allowed admitted students to defer enrollment as follows:
- Graduate students may defer for either a semester or a year. Undergraduate students must defer for the entire year because the first-semester coursework is not offered in the spring.
- The maximum duration for a deferment is one year.
- A scholarship is guaranteed to remain in place for the expected timeframe: 4 years for undergraduates, 2 years for graduate students. However, students who have been awarded a graduate assistantship will forfeit that award and must reapply for the position before they return to their studies.
- Students who defer are not guaranteed a place in the studio to which they had been admitted.
- Coursework taken elsewhere may be transferred in accordance with the Conservatory’s policies.
- However, coursework taken elsewhere does not accelerate the time required to complete the degree. Students will be required to complete enrollment in the expected timeframe: four years for undergraduate students and two years for graduate students, and the published timeframes for five-year programs.
Process for Deferment
- A new student must request a deferral before 17 August 2020
- A student requests a deferral by completing an online form:
Link to Deferment Webform (Deferment is Closed for AY 2020-2021)
- Students who have deferred enrollment must complete an online form to confirm when they will enroll:
Link to Webform to Begin After Deferment
- Students must complete this form by the middle of the semester immediately preceding the semester in which they intend to matriculate 16 November for a spring 2021 start; 15 April for a fall 2021 start.
- Graduate students who have deferred enrollment for the fall semester may request an extension for the spring semester by completing the same form before 16 November.
- Once students confirm a start date, they will be scheduled for an interview/demonstration with faculty to assess the student’s preparedness for study. The interview/demonstration could result in one of the following outcomes:
- The student may begin studies as originally planned.
- The student may begin studies, but in a different studio.
- The student needs to complete remedial work before matriculating.
Part-time Enrollment
Given the uncertainties about travel, both new and returning students may elect to take some classes in part-time enrollment for the per-credit rate listed in the regular tuition schedule.
- Students must request part time status by completing an academic petition before 17 August:
http://bit.ly/AcademicPetition
- Students may not take major enrollments as part-time enrollment, including major lessons, ensembles, dance technique classes, and Music for New Media classes.
- Students may only take classes offered by Peabody; they may not take courses at other divisions of the University.
- Students may only take classes totaling 6 credits.
- Continuing students can drop to part-time status with the understanding that it will not eliminate a semester of their major requirements. International students who remain in the US must remain full-time for the purposes of their visa.
- New students may matriculate and begin study as part-time students. A part-time semester will not eliminate a semester of their major requirements in the expected timeframe of four years for undergraduate students, two years for graduate students, and the published timeframes for five-year programs
- A scholarship is guaranteed to remain in place for the expected timeframe: 4 years for undergraduates, 2 years for graduate students. However, students who have been awarded a graduate assistantship will forfeit that award and must reapply for the position before they return to their studies.
- Diploma students (PC, GPD, and AD) must remain full-time.
- Institutional aid is not available for part-time enrollment. However, on resumption of full-time study, a previously awarded scholarship will continue for the published duration of the program.