<p>Just to clarify for the sake of any future readers since I know this is not of specific importance to you: There is no such thing as getting into Tisch and being waitlisted for an NYU academic decision. There “is” such a thing as being waitlisted for Tisch which also implies waiting for NYU’s academic decision because it’s one decision. There is also now such a thing as being rejected from Tisch based on your artistic application/audition but being waitlisted for acceptance into another program within NYU like LSP, GSP and I assume CAS etc. if you indicated on your application that you were open to alternate placement should there not be a place for you in Tisch.</p>
<p>The NYU website contains financial information (I believe it is in the financial aid tab). The additional fees associated with Tisch are not all that material so that data gives you pretty much what you need to know.</p>
<p>When we scheduled our audition, we had to fill out a questionnaire and one of those questions was if we would like to be considered for the Global Liberal Studies program if we don’t make it into Tisch. Since I checked no for GLS, I know for a fact that I’m wait listed for Tisch (THANK GOD!). So yes, I would think that it would be possible to not be admitted to Tisch but be academically wait listed.</p>
<p>Hey all. If I’m giving out wrong info I’ll be the first to own it. I’m certainly not an admissions rep at NYU so I’ve asked another Tisch parent (of an alum) to take a look at what I’ve written. I’m pretty confident about it but sure, I could be wrong so I’m bringing in the reinforcements :)</p>
<p>Alistaire, there is no question in your circumstances you are indeed waitilisted for Tisch. If you answer question 4B on the supplement with a “no” don’t consider me for anything else, that has to be what you are waiting for. </p>
<p>Does your letter say that you are waiting for an academic “ok” from NYU? Otherwise I don’t know how you could actually know why it is you are waiting. Both academics and artistic evaluations are reviewed equally. So yes, I suppose it could be academics that would put one on the waiting list but it could also be that your academics are deemed OK but your artistic evaluation didn’t quite secure an admission yet. (But absolutely if you are waiting for Tisch, you were certainly not rejected artistically that conclusion is a safe one). I don’t think anyone knows the “why am I waiting” unless you’re telling me the letter says what it is you’re waiting for. I would see it as actually no different than is the case for the admitted students. They don’t know if it was their artistic or academic results (or both equally good) that got them admitted. It could be uneven but one outweighed the other enough to put them in the admitted bucket.</p>
<p>Anyway, anyone else with Tisch experience please comment. I wouldn’t want to be steering anyone in the wrong direction if I’m inaccurate.</p>
<p>I think he’s just explained it wrong on his FB page. You don’t get into Tisch but get waitlisted by NYU. You can get an acceptance, a rejection or a waitlist from Tisch. I would imagine that he probably is on the waitlist, which means he’s waitlisted for Tisch, and by extension, NYU. If you’re waitlisted, you’re not “in”, unless or until you get off the waitlist. </p>
<p>I think halflokum has explained it accurately.</p>
<p>OK cool. The veteran eagles have landed. Thank you! </p>
<p>For me, it’s not about being right. (I’m fine with being wrong). I just don’t want to have anything that I post in CC that is blatantly wrong and confusing. Sometimes a single post can be the last word for years. I admit that my wording in post #41 sounded definitive with my “there is no such thing as being admitted to Tisch and waitlisted for an academic decision”. I wanted to check that.</p>
<p>Though I don’t think the wording is exactly wrong it would be better to say: It is possible to have the reason for a waitlist to be academics, but there isn’t anything in the waitlist process that would indicate that as a reason to you. You’re just simply on the waitlist for whatever reason (artistic or academic) and (quoting alwaysamom) “not in unless or until you get off the waitlist.”</p>
<p>OK then Alistaire, you should see that actually as clarity and just keep it simple. You are absolutely waiting for admission to Tisch. It doesn’t matter what the hold up is, you’re in the mix and waiting for Tisch. Look at it like making a bowl of soup. Do they need more carrots or more water to make the soup spectacular? That depends on how many carrots or how much water they already have already in the pot. The recipe will play itself out as time goes on. If you don’t make it into the pot, it will only be because of an excess of your ingredient. </p>
<p>Yikes. How cheesy is that analogy? Terribly so. Trying hard to do better but that’s what I’m coming up with.</p>
<p>I don’t understand how they can send out decisions when they still have auditions until the end of April? Does this mean that the people that audition in April have no chance?</p>
<p>There is no separation of whether you’re wait listed for academic or artistic acceptance. You can’t be admitted artistically if you are not accepted academically. The only way you can be admitted academically but not artistically is if you said that you would accept placement into another college at NYU, and then you would be wait listed at NYU. (If you are wait listed for Tisch, it means that you “passed” the artistic and the academic bars, but that there were more students who got higher priority in the acceptance pecking order so you were placed on a wait list, not offered a spot in the class. If you didn’t pass those bars, you would have been rejected outright. It means that they picked other applicants over you for what reasons you will never know.)</p>
<p>Sorry for causing confusion with my question. I think my friend’s FB post was not accurate. I think he is on the waitlist, like many, many other very talented kids. He’s one of those actors who has always gotten every part he ever auditioned for, so this has got to be really hard to take, especially since other kids we know did get in. This process is so hard, but a good prep for what it’s like in the real world. That’s show biz, right? Good luck to every one!</p>
<p>Gosh it sure is taking a long time this year. You might want to keep an eye in the NYU Tisch 2017 FB page. Not that anyone there knows more than anyone else but likely that is where you’ll see any activity if it starts to happen.</p>
<p>We attended a Tisch info session this week (we are not MT but it was a mixed group at the table) and they said they were hard at work on them and the plan was for them to be out before the weekend event because each of the studios will be represented there for students to meet and become familiar, etc. BTW, many attendees had questions about the training in the studios and there is a great and detailed description of each studio’s training in the Tisch Bulletin2013-2014 which is on theTisch drama website. Sorry I don’t have the link handy.</p>
<p>The Tisch 2017 facebook page will be the place to go as they are talking constantly about the subject of “what’s taking so long with the studio placements this year?” I dont have a lot of experience, but the data points I have been able to find do seem to indicate that it is taking longer relative to when the acceptance letters went out … almost three weeks ago now.</p>
<p>I think a lot of the students are probably hoping to know about their studios with enough advance notice before “Weekend on the Square” to get studio-specific FB pages set up and make plans before attending Weekend on the Square. If Tisch is waiting to back-end this until the day before the event, that’s not helpful. On the other hand, if the extra time is actually being spent on a more thoughtful placement process, that’s probably a good thing.</p>
<p>I suspect in some respects the waiting is more anxiety producing for people that are waiting to find out if they are placed in the one and only MT studio. The actors know they will be acting, they just don’t know where. Not to diminish their anxiety either and yes, it sure would be nice if it were settled in advance of the event this weekend.</p>
<p>I think it should be decided by the time they admit the student. It should be part of the acceptance letter. To some kids it will make a big difference!!!</p>
<p>Last year the studio placements came out the day before the visiting weekend, so this year is no different in that respect. It’s just that the visiting weekend is a week later this year than last year.</p>
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