2015 MT Notification Dates & Methods

**This is a thread for this year’s (winter/spring 2015) cycle to list dates that MT Programs are sending out notifications and the method by which they are doing so.

This is NOT to be used as a discussion thread to post acceptances, congratulations, rejections, etc.

This is not the same as a recent thread that was started and closed to discuss “results.”

This forum has a general “community” discussion thread for Class of 2019, 2 acceptance threads (by school and by member name), a rejections thread, a Final Decision thread, and a “background” thread for those making final decisions.

This thread is meant to be a LIST with continual posts of updates for this cycle as people learn of them either directly or word of mouth. Please do not use this thread for discussion of your results, etc. It is really just to keep the INFORMATION about notification dates and methods for this year.

We’ll start with LAST YEAR’S LIST (2014).

see next post for last year’s list…

LIST FROM HS CLASS OF 2014:

**Carefully copy and paste the list AND these instructions. Add your info so that it appears in red.

To use red, post it like this BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY SPACES INSIDE THE BRACKETS SO REMOVE THEM:**

[ color=red ]Your Info/ School [ /color ]

As you learn of updates, copy the MOST RECENT post list, and add or revise the new information.

American University: big envelope 3/19/2014

Baldwin Wallace: Offers sent via snail mail by 3/20. Rejections: Same time as wait list & acceptance offers. Financial Aid notifications 2 weeks later. At least one acceptance reported on 2/28 from a 2014 audition date.

Ball State Univ: Offers were extended by March 1st. Wait list students selected the week following. All students accepted &/or on wait list will be called directly & via snail mail letter. Rejections are sent out on a rolling basis. Scholarships are determined by mid March.

Boston Conservatory: Offers late March to early April. In the past, offers came via email with a link to click, which reveals the acceptance letter. It seems not all acceptances came in one batch, but over a few days. Rejections: ? Financial Aid notification: ?

Carnegie Mellon: They call the kids who are accepted in the 3rd week in March. Everyone else finds out via snail mail that they’ve been rejected or wait listed. There appears to be a priority wait list & a regular wait list. BFA Acting calls 3/21/BFA MT Calls 3/23

CCM: Different this year from previous? Online status updated first, followed up by snail mail. Accepted students receive an email from Aubrey Berg shortly after online status is updated. Looks like several students who had heard nothing previously, received “no admission at this time” updates via Check my Status on 2/28.

Coastal Carolina: Decisions: Rolling. Some offers/rejections sent after the Nov. on-campus auditions; most students deferred. For 2014: Deferred students from the fall & all those who auditioned in the spring (on campus & in Chicago) will be notified BY Friday, March 21st. All notifications will be sent via email from Department Chair, Ken Martin. Accepted students may also receive a phone call. You must be academically accepted into the univ. before you are offered a spot in the program. Financial aid notification: Performing arts scholarships are sent with the offer. Academic scholarships are separate. (e-mail received 3/12 from Ken Martin)

Elon: MT decisions by portal on March 14, RD univ. acceptances/waitlists/rejections on portal March 15. Portal now indicates decisions will be posted on the 18th rather than the 14th.

Emerson: Decision now available on their portal, 3/14

Florida State: Phone calls to accepted students were made the last week of February and rejections were sent via mail (USPS) last week.

Hartt: Was told that final decisions would be handed out on April 1st.

Indiana: Mid to late March

Ithaca: Rejections & offers beginning mid Feb. A few offers & several rejections reported as of 2/28/14. Acceptances posted on MyIthaca account in unpredictable pattern through March; rejections communicated by USPS & disabling the student’s MyIthaca account. Like last year, some acceptances are being received within a few weeks after audition via snail mail. A big wave of acceptances posted to the portal on 3/3, coinciding with big envelopes in the same day’s mail.

James Madison Univ: Acceptance to university on admissions portal; official letter from theater/MT program director 1-2 days later, email before letter also possible. Students admitted to the univ. EA will hear whether or not they have also been admitted to the program in early March. Students admitted to the univ. RD will hear whether or not they have also been admitted to the program shortly after they find out they are accepted academically to the univ., usually by April 1. All academically admitted students will receive a letter from the program. Some students admitted to the program may also receive an email notification or a phone call. Students not admitted academically to the univ. will not hear from the program whether or not they would have been admitted.

Marymount: snail mail, goes out in waves starting mid-Feb

Montclair: Rolling. Decisions about 3 weeks after audition. Apparently Montclair automatically considers MT applicants (some? all?) for their Acting program/major as well, & posts the Acting decision separately on the CheckMyStatus page from the MT decision, then follows up each online status with a snail mail confirmation.

Northwestern University: Regular Decisions were released on March 20th, via an e-mail providing a custom link to the decision. Snail-mail letters follow for admitted students.

NYU/Tisch: Decisions by Apr 1st after 5pm via email (per website). 2 weeks later for which program.

Otterbein: The arts admissions coordinator calls accepted students directly on their cell phones. Last year it was on March 13th. Official letter including scholarship info came a few days later. Not sure about notification for wait list, those might get phone calls too? Rejections, I believe, come by mail.

Pace: Academic acceptances: Rolling. MT acceptances: by Mar 30 via phone call; Amy started calls 3/7. MT Rejections: mid-late March via email. Scholarships offered with academic acceptance. Financial aid: ?

Penn State: Decisions: They have a team “decision Sunday” after the last audition (Sat, Feb 22. this year). Acceptances go out that week via portal and snail mail. The 12 - 14 accepted will usually receive them by the end of that week. Rejections for MT program from Chicago Unifieds have come via online portal. Rejections have also come via snail mail dated 4 days after NY Unifieds audition. “This year when my D was filling out paperwork at the door they had her put her number on the sheet with a list of available times to call.” Director acceptances might use that phone #, or email.

Point Park: Academic decisions are rolling. MT decisions 2 or 3 times per year via snail mail. This year it was end of Jan. Remaining decisions to be sent in 2 batches: one after their meeting March 5 and the 2nd after their meeting March 15. Scholarships are sent with decisions

Rider: Seems to be rolling admissions. Quite a few students accepted/rejected already, to both acting and MT. Notification made via snail mail a few weeks after the audition date. Portals updated in waves 2 days after last audition date, 2/28, pattern seems to be a wave of acceptances, wave of wait lists and wave of rejections

Roosevelt CCPA: Decisions sent by mid-March via email. (decisions came late March last year). In a recent email correspondence with Amanda Horvath (admissions), she stated “___ will hear from us via email after March 15.”;decisions 3/21

Shenandoah: 1-2 weeks after audition

Syracuse: Decisions begin early March via email. In past years, acceptances and rejections seem to have gone out in waves on Fridays through March & early April, with no apparent pattern (not alphabetically).

TCU sending emails, we heard today

Univ of Miami: Portal Updated with Decision (3/19/14); followed by e-mail

Univ of Michigan: Portal Updated with Decision (early March - 3/5/2014); e-mail to follow

U Arts: rolling. Decisions about 3 weeks after audition.

Wagner: sole audition date 3/2, letters in mail today, 3/14

Webster: last week of March for acceptances and rejections but some have found out earlier.

Wright State: Rolling admissions - decisions by snail mail approx 2 weeks after audition “A person in their MT office said she was finishing the last of the letters & they should be in the mail tomorrow.”

Maybe label new info in some way that persists beyond the initial posting? After the first (red) update it would be good to continue to be able to distinguish between old and new information on an ongoing basis. Can the stuff stay red? Or turn blue? Maybe just the school name is something other than black after the first 2019-related update? Or just add 2015 after the school name to be clear it’s revised?

I agree that it would be helpful to be able to distinguish between last year’s information and this year’s beyond the initial updates that are posted in RED. However, it is impossible for things like color or BOLD to remain in subsequent posts.

My suggestion:

MAKE NEW INFORMATION HAVE “2015” NEXT TO IT AND THAT WILL REMAIN ON THE LIST EVERY TIME IT IS COPIED.

I am very confused, on the acceptance thread we post congrats and its a list post, is that not allowed? Just trying to understand the rules…

The point is that CC does not want multiple threads that serve the same purpose and prefers to keep things streamlined. So, we already have an Acceptance thread (two of them) pinned to the top. There, people post acceptances and there are congratulatory messages. We don’t want another thread that does the same thing. This thread was set up to be informational and to maintain an updated list of notification dates and methods. Similarly, we have a “Big List of MT College Programs” and that thread is also meant to be informational and an ongoing list that is updated, but not for discussion purposes. CC also has a thread devoted to ongoing discussion for this year’s class in the Class of 2019 Thread (the Journey Begins). Let’s keep this thread to maintaining this list and updating it as information becomes available. There are other threads to offer congrats and so on. Thank you.

If you have received an RD acceptance, please indicate the date received and the method by which you were notified

Carefully copy and paste the list AND these instructions. Add your info so that it appears in red.

To use red, post it like this BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY SPACES INSIDE THE BRACKETS SO REMOVE THEM:

[ color=red ]Your Info/ School [ /color ]

As you learn of updates, copy the MOST RECENT post list, and add or revise the new information.

American University:

Baldwin Wallace:

Ball State Univ:

Baylor: 1/28

Boston Conservatory:

Cap21: 2/7 phone

Carnegie Mellon:

CCM: 2/11 email

Coastal Carolina:

Cornish: 1/19 phone, 2/5 email

Drake: 2/25 phone

Elon:

Emerson:

Florida State:

Hartt:

Illinois Wesleyan: 2/14 snail mail

Indiana:

Ithaca:

James Madison Univ:

LIU: 2/23 snail

Marymount: 2/17 snail

Millikin: 2/12 snail

Montclair: 2/21 snail

Northwestern University:

NYU/Tisch:

Oklahoma City: 2/17 snail

Otterbein:

Pace:

Penn State: 2/26 portal

Point Park:

Rider:

Rockford: 2/21 snail

Roosevelt CCPA:

Shenandoah: 2/7 email

Syracuse:

TCU

Texas State: 2/24 phone

Univ of Miami:

Univ of Michigan:

U Arts: 2/3 snail

Vitterbo: 2/9 email

Wagner:

Webster:

Wright State:

If you have received an RD acceptance, please indicate the date received and the method by which you were notified

Carefully copy and paste the list AND these instructions. Add your info so that it appears in red.

To use red, post it like this BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY SPACES INSIDE THE BRACKETS SO REMOVE THEM:

[ color=red ]Your Info/ School [ /color ]

As you learn of updates, copy the MOST RECENT post list, and add or revise the new information.

American University:

Baldwin Wallace:

Ball State Univ:

Baylor: 1/28

Boston Conservatory:

Cap21: 2/7 phone

Carnegie Mellon:

CCM: 2/11 email

Coastal Carolina:

Cornish: 1/19 phone, 2/5 email

Drake: 2/25 phone

Elon:

Emerson:

Florida State:

Hartt:

Illinois Wesleyan: 2/14 snail mail

Indiana:

Ithaca:

James Madison Univ:

LIU: 2/23 snail

Marymount: 2/17 snail

Millikin: 2/12 snail

Montclair: 2/21 snail

Northwestern University:

NYU/Tisch:

Oklahoma City: 2/17 snail

OU:

Pace:

Penn State: 2/26 portal

Point Park:

Rider: 2/26 portal

Rockford: 2/21 snail

Roosevelt CCPA:

Shenandoah: 2/7 email

Syracuse:

TCU 12/19 email

Texas State: 2/24 phone

Univ of Miami:

Univ of Michigan:

U Arts: 2/3 snail

Vitterbo: 2/9 email

Wagner:

Webster:

Wright State:

[color=red] The purpose of this list is to record the EARLIEST REGULAR DECISION admissions for next year’s crew. If you have received an earlier 2015 RD acceptance, please indicate the date received and the method by which you were notified. Do not add your date/method if it is later than the information already entered.

As you add EARLIER RD dates or new schools, copy the MOST RECENT post list, and add to or revise the list.

Carefully copy and paste the list AND these instructions. Add your info so that it appears in red.
To use red, post it like this BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY SPACES INSIDE THE BRACKETS SO REMOVE THEM:

[ color=red ]Your Info/ School [ /color ]

American University:

Baldwin Wallace:

Ball State Univ:

Baylor: 1/28

Boston Conservatory:

Cap21: 2/7 phone

Carnegie Mellon:

CCM: 2/11 email

Coastal Carolina:

Cornish: 1/19 phone, 2/5 email

Drake: 2/25 phone

Elon:

Emerson:

Florida State:

Hartt:

Illinois Wesleyan: 2/14 snail mail

Indiana:

Ithaca:

James Madison Univ:

LIU: 2/23 snail

Marymount: 2/17 snail

Millikin: 2/12 snail

Montclair: 2/21 snail

Northwestern University:

NYU/Tisch:

Oklahoma City: 2/17 snail

Otterbein:

Pace:

Penn State: 2/26 portal

Point Park:

Rider:

Rockford: 2/21 snail

Roosevelt CCPA:

Shenandoah: 2/7 email

Syracuse:

TCU

Texas State: 2/24 phone

Univ of Miami:

Univ of Michigan:

U Arts: 2/3 snail

Vitterbo: 2/9 email

Wagner:

Webster:

Wright State:

The purpose of this list is to record the EARLIEST REGULAR DECISION admissions for next year’s crew. If you have received an earlier 2015 RD acceptance, please indicate the date received and the method by which you were notified. Do not add your date/method if it is later than the information already entered.

As you add EARLIER RD dates or new schools, copy the MOST RECENT post list, and add to or revise the list.

Carefully copy and paste the list AND these instructions. Add your info so that it appears in red.
To use red, post it like this BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY SPACES INSIDE THE BRACKETS SO REMOVE THEM:

[ color=red ]Your Info/ School [ /color ]

American University:

Baldwin Wallace:

Ball State Univ:

Baylor: 1/28

Boston Conservatory:

Cap21: 2/7 phone

Carnegie Mellon:

CCM: 2/11 email

Coastal Carolina:

Cornish: 1/19 phone, 2/5 email

Drake: 2/25 phone

Elon:

Emerson:

Florida State:

Hartt:

Illinois Wesleyan: 2/14 snail mail

Indiana:

Ithaca:

James Madison Univ:

LIU: 2/23 snail

Marymount: 2/17 snail

Millikin: 2/12 snail

Montclair: 2/21 snail

Northwestern University:

NYU/Tisch:

Oklahoma City: 2/17 snail

Ohio Northern - snail mail 2/13

Otterbein:

Pace:

Penn State: 2/26 portal

Point Park:

Rider:

Rockford: 2/21 snail

Roosevelt CCPA:

Shenandoah: 1/25 email 2/7 email

Syracuse:

TCU 2/13 email

Texas State: 2/24 phone

Univ of Miami:

Univ of Michigan:

U Arts: 2/3 snail

Vitterbo: 2/9 email

Wagner:

Webster:

Wright State:

The purpose of this list is to record the EARLIEST REGULAR DECISION admissions for next year’s crew. If you have received an earlier 2015 RD acceptance, please indicate the date received and the method by which you were notified. Do not add your date/method if it is later than the information already entered.

As you add EARLIER RD dates or new schools, copy the MOST RECENT post list, and add to or revise the list.

Carefully copy and paste the list AND these instructions. Add your info so that it appears in red.
To use red, post it like this BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY SPACES INSIDE THE BRACKETS SO REMOVE THEM:

[ color=red ]Your Info/ School [ /color ]

American University:

Baldwin Wallace:

Ball State Univ:

Baylor: 1/28

Boston Conservatory:

Cap21: 2/7 phone

Carnegie Mellon:

CCM: 2/11 email

Coastal Carolina:

Cornish: 1/19 phone, 2/5 email

Drake: 2/25 phone

Elon:

Emerson:

Florida State:

Hartt:

Illinois Wesleyan: 2/14 snail mail

Indiana:

Ithaca:

James Madison Univ:

LIU: 2/23 snail

Marymount: 2/17 snail

Millikin: 2/12 snail

Montclair: 2/21 snail

Northwestern University:

NYU/Tisch:

Oklahoma City: 2/17 snail

Ohio Northern - snail mail 2/13

Otterbein:

OU (University of Oklahoma):

Pace:

Penn State: 2/26 portal

Point Park:

Rider: 2/26 portal

Rockford: 2/21 snail

Roosevelt CCPA:

Shenandoah: 1/25 email 2/7 email

Syracuse:

TCU 2/13 email

Texas State: 2/24 phone

Univ of Miami:

Univ of Michigan:

U Arts: 2/3 snail

Vitterbo: 2/9 email

Wagner:

Webster:

Wright State:

Glad to see I’m not the only one who can’t make the red work! Thanks for updating!

Oh, I can make the red work. However, with this particular thread I just didn’t think it was worth the trouble. No point in it being red, actually.

Breaking news for the obsessive, perhaps? I didn’t mean to question your skills!

Don’t worry, be happy… \m/

What about UNCSA? Any info on decisions and when and how they come?

I know that people have been notified about BFA Acting (from reading that forum) and I believe they were notified via phone call. If you check the UNCSA thread there- people have posted “after march 1st” and “after spring break” (which ends march 16th according to post) but IDK if that refers to MT notifications

There were phone calls last weekend for UNCSA. Someone on the drama board got it.

Otterbein is making calls- a friend just got one

Looks like Rider and Otterbein went out today