Urgent question concerning college auditions

[andJustice4all]

My first college audition is on February 15th and to be perfectly frank, my pieces aren't up to par. My main problem is probably tone but intonation is also an issue, and there's just something stylistically that's incredibly... bland. I know I can play better than this, but I dropped the ball and I have two weeks to whip this into shape as well as I can.

How should I be practicing at this point? I don't have a private teacher to ask. I know it's a broad question, but I hope it at least makes a bit of sense.

 

[wathaet]

Don't be in a hurry even if time is short.
Solve one problem at the time, make a clear schedule of what to practise when.

 

[bassmastan]

Where are you auditioning, what a judge wants to see, is basically that you can be taught and you can improve. There are some schools who want polished players, there are others who are ready to mold and polish you. I know when I auditioned I wasn't really ready to get in anywhere, I got into Purchase, NYU, Temple, Crane, JMU and Rutgers. AKA everywhere I applied, I had been only playing bass classically for a year and change, and I auditioned on Eccles Sonata Mov I, 2 Simandl Etudes and all major scales 3 octaves. They were musical, they were in tune, the tone was okay but not anywhere near what I can do now. But some professors really liked my playing and offered me a scholarship and thats where I went (I also had a half tuition scholarship from Temple but I couldn't afford 20k a year after the scholarship). He saw someone who was passionate and who would fight tooth and nail to get better, and thats what I have been doing. You can't practice things any more, you should be preparing yourself to perform and just to let yourself be heard. You can win over a jury if you have something to say and you make it clear in your playing!