Has anyone heard back about prescreens from CalArts? I still haven’t gotten any information from them one way or another and I know their auditions are in a couple of weeks so I was getting a little nervous.
Same here. Just crickets on our end from them.
Last year it was closer to mid month when they sent out callbacks. Wondering if wel hear at the end of next week? 
Anyone at Baldwin Wallace this weekend? Snowy and beautiful!!!
I got into Juilliard at 17 years old right out of high school. As with all my classmates and every alumni I know…getting into a top drama school is a crapshoot for everyone. None of us knew we would get called back or accepted. We just focused on finding and working on material we really resonated with and had fun in the room. So my advice to younger folks auditioning for these top drama schools is always “put your name in the hat if you can.” It will cause you to prepare at a high level and you’ll grow as an artist in the process.
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Great advice!
Anyone in here make it to the next wave of auditions at cmu? If so, we are curious on something. She moved from round 2 straight into round 4. Is round 3, if your in it, singing and dancing? Or does it say acting? Our round 4 says acting only. So we are beginning to wonder if round 3 is reserved for mt and round 4 is for drama only. (Our d is drama only).
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Last year for MT, round 3 was singing and round 4 was acting. This was after the prescreen and initial audition. I know there are several acting rounds and CMU makes cuts after each round. There is no dance. If your D is acting only, then congrats on making it to the next round. BAL to your D!
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Thank you! You confirmed what we were speculating! Yes she made it through for acting. Auditions are Saturday the 12th. She is very excited!! 
Praying we keep sailing through. I believe there may be one more round after this next one. But who knows.
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So you were spot on! They were wonderful my d said. Thank you for putting her mind at ease. Definitely a fluke we experienced. Fingers crossed our kids will be going to the. same school next year!
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So glad! Please pm me if she has any questions!
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Are we in different groups? D was moved from MT to Acting, and having her 2nd virtual audition today. Our msg was like final round will start Feb 19th and we’ll know by 15th. (apology for the wrong date i put earlier, now edited)
Oh interesting! We didn’t get that message about final dates. I know they had one round of auditions set for today, then they resume next weekend. That’s when our daughter is scheduled for.
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We are in round 4 acting only group. Is that where your daughter is?
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next weekend for us! amy tips? hotel wise or audition wise?
We stayed at a Courtyard Marriott. It is such a cute town. Amazing experience and so welcoming and organized. Lots of snow on the ground so bring boots for the tours. My D had an afternoon time slot so we did tour in jeans and boots and then she changed into her audition clothes. Some girls were walking around campus in heels and skirts. The lunch is amazing, not what we expected. The student volunteers are so gracious. They can take masks off to sing. Of the three songs they asked to prepare they chose more uptempo/pop songs. Have so much fun. We have Texas State this Monday and TCU and Arizona Tuesday at unifieds. Getting near the end! Break a leg!
thanks! did they have an accompanist?
Awaiting for my D’s reply, since i couldn’t find any wordings like “round 4 Acting only” after searching in portal and emails. Instead, our “acceptd message” for yesterday’s audition was: “You have been invited for a second ACTING audition, … “
Yes. He was really great.
Interesting. Yes when you go into accepted, and click on time slots, it will open up the auditions where she would have chosen her time. It will tell you at the top what “round” that was. When we first got her ability to schedule the audition, they started on the 12th. When we logged back in yesterday they had added dates for yesterday, which is where I’m guessing your daughter auditioned for! So my guess is she’s in the same spot as mine 
the only difference is we didn’t get a message that gave future dates. Did she get that yesterday after her audition?
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