Your best bet would be to contact the Dean of admissions to the music
program at U of Toronto, and to set up a meeting with her/him. During this
music, you should have a frank, open discussion in which the Dean tells
you honestly about the expectations of the university when it comes to
applicants, and during which you (1) acquaint the Dean with something of
your background, to see if it "satisfies" their criteria for admissions;
(2) get all your own questions answered.
What you should not do is rely on the experience of other students. Every
student is different, and the process of getting into school -
particularly after a long hiatus away - can be somewhat mystifying. Best
to get the answers from the person most qualified to give them,
particularly as that person has absolutely no agenda other than to
encourage qualified students to apply for U. of Toronto's program rather
than that of some other university. Believe it or not, even the most
competitive music schools are in the business of RECRUITING not
DISCOURAGING - it's just a matter of determining exactly the type of
student they are looking to recruit.
Karen Mercedes
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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What lies behind us, and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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