<p>Broadway95- I got an email. It’s totally fine! It was the one rejection I was absolutely expecting. I did NOT get a good vibe from that school. I loathed the whole process and hated the people who auditioned us. Especially the dance teacher. She was the only one out of all of my auditions who didn’t make us feel welcome AT ALL. She was actually quite snobby, and made rude comments to a lot of us. Especially me, which is why I figured I didn’t get in.
Oops sorry for the rant! Hahaha.</p>
<p>My son received a rejection from CCM a little over 3 weeks after his audition at Unifieds in LA. He received an email rejection followed up with a letter.</p>
<p>He has 2 acceptances in hand, and he’s still waiting to hear from 5 schools: CMU, BoCo, NYU Tisch, Marymount Manhattan, and Emerson. </p>
<p>Interestingly, about a week ago, he received a call from someone in Emerson’s admission office who spent about 10 minutes talking to him. He is a somewhat unique situation, because he is applying as a freshman after withdrawing from the business school at SMU during the first semester (he decided to pursue his passion), and the admissions office wanted to talk about his SMU experience. Hopefully, that’s a good sign that he is being considered. Any thoughts? Has anyone else experienced this? Luckily, he has good grades and extremely high test scores, so like most kids, it is all about the audition.</p>
<p>I received rejection letters from both Ithaca and James Madison two weeks and one week ago respectively. I was completely expecting these because they were both video auditions and performing in front of a camera is not my strongest suit at this time in my life.</p>
<p>Still waiting to hear from Northern Colorado and Texas State (just auditioned yesterday and they said they’ll be calling people this week, offering them spots in the program; eeeeek!) and thankfully I have 3 acceptances that I am content with, along with one more as a back-up to those schools. I absolutely fell in l-o-v-e with Texas State but I am trying to be realistic and keep an open mind.</p>
<p>Don’t let the rejections get you down, everyone! We need to remember to give ourselves grace because we are strong and talented enough just to go through this grueling process.
Also, to my fellow students, something that dawned on me this weekend: don’t forget to thank your parents. They have done so so so much for us and they could’ve easily said “no, you need to pick another path.” But instead they are allowing us to follow our passions wholeheartedly and that in itself is something to celebrate.</p>
<p>Sorry for the long post 
the journey is almost over, and another one is so close to beginning!! Ah! :-)</p>
<p>Well said steamedartichoke your positive attitude will take you far!</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I heard from Shenandoah about a week after my audition, and I heard from Ball State about two weeks ago…for Ball State, I auditioned @ NY Unifieds, and it was infront of the camera!</p>
<p>rejected at ccm, Umich, and penn state so far!</p>
<p>No rejections yet out of 11 for my S, but we understand he will be getting one from Texas State since all their offers are out now. He was on hold since December callback.</p>
<p>Following the advice we received from M.A.Dennard in her book, my son did not permit himself to “fall in love” with any school. He would go in, audition, do what they wanted and we would leave. “Fall in love” only after being accepted.</p>
<p>Certainly he likes different schools but learned enough to know eventually he would likely fit in anywhere.</p>
<p>Expecting another rejection or two this week. Part of the process. My son is taking Texas State in stride. Of course it helps to have a few acceptances in order to do that.</p>
<p>Interesting, fascinating and frustrating to deal with so many timelines and aberrant notification systems. What an education it has been!</p>
<p>Grayhairedman-congrats on his acceptances so far. You sure are right about dealing with so many time lines. It is hard to believe my D is still waiting on 7 schools-we are in the home stretch now though. It’s going to be a long couple weeks just waiting.</p>
<p>It is very hard not to fall in love with a school when you audition at it- I think thats why my D preferred Unifieds.</p>
<p>The waiting is stressful and yes the acceptances along the way help! I will be so glad when all options are on the table and we can really make a decision. We are thrilled to have some great options for my D so it will be a hard decision. She likes each school for different reasons! Interesting how each school was so different in their approach to the audition process. We felt very welcomed by the faculty at some schools and not so much at others.</p>
<p>One of the things I love about CC is that we’re all in the same weird situation with the audition process. Everyone else I know has been visiting colleges for two years, and when I’m talking with other moms I know in real life, I sometimes feel I’ve been a negligent parent not to have been doing the same. We, too, followed the “don’t fall in love” advice and do not regret it. </p>
<p>Timing has been lousy, though – our school’s spring break is prior to April 1, and our plan to visit all the schools where my S has been accepted, during that week, may be impossible if the four we’re waiting for do not notify us prior to their stated deadline. </p>
<p>Fortunately, my S was accepted at one of his two top schools already, and there’s a chance we’ll hear from the other one (either way) by next week.</p>
<p>Yessss…still waiting on SEVEN decisions to arrive either by email or snail mail…including two top choices for my S. These past two weeks have been trying the patience as one of those schools has had him “on hold” since December, which was supposed to be an early admission audition. Today, I woke up and muttered my daily mantra, which consists of a countdown. Just 18 more days and all will be known…</p>
<p>We did the same as prodesse and broadway95 and now timing is an issue. We have been given department deadlines on a few of my son’s acceptances of March 30. This is hard as he has 2 more to hear from and they will not be sending out their decisions until April 1. Visits are also complicated by already scheduled commitments and shows. Ugh.</p>
<p>We’re waiting for five schools…have already heard from six (three non-auditioned acceptances, one auditioned acceptance from a school he loved, and two auditioned denials). Every acceptance is cause for celebration, but then the “waiting around” mentality kicks right back in, and of course there’s the equally important issue of waiting for financial aid offers! My son DID fall in love with several programs and learned a lot from the experience. He has a good sense of where he will thrive and what variables will help or hinder; the list of schools was constantly morphing, as we would form one impression via research and then get another one at visits and/or auditions (not to mention seeing productions). Like mtgirl2013 says earlier in this thread, the sense of welcome from faculty and current students did vary from school to school, but there was only one place that really didn’t feel right at all, and again: we are SO glad we visited and auditioned on site, as we never would have been able to pick up on the bad vibes if we hadn’t been there in person. </p>
<p>Prodesse, our spring break is early in March, and I share your frustration about the timing! I keep muttering at faculty meetings about how if we would move spring break later in the year, we wouldn’t have to gripe about seniors missing classes to re-visit their schools, and juniors could go visit colleges while they were IN session too (our break coincides with many college/university vacations). Ah well, thank goodness for the ability to vent with fellow sufferers! :)</p>
<p>Hang in there everyone! I feel like we need a cc parent get together when this is all over:) I guess that isn’t practical but certainly seems only this group understands the pain and suffering (and joy) involved in raising an ambitious MT student. My daughter was crushed by one of her rejections in January, but alas I think she has found the perfect school for her that is wonderful, really wants her, and in hindsight is such a better fit for her. So I am holding tight that this all works how it is supposed to.</p>
<p>Just got rejection from Emerson. Not surprising - it was also an academic reach. AND my son wouldn’t have gone there anyway, so it’s good to just have that door closed. Now, drumroll continues…</p>
<p>Emerson was a no for D as well. After her audition she was less than enchanted with the program. It just didn’t feel like a fit for her. So this one was not a big disappointment. On to the next!</p>
<p>Exactly, Theatermom. My S said same thing after his audition - got a not-good vibe. Prayers and good thoughts continue for everyone still waiting on the YES coming our way!</p>
<p>grayhairedman - all acceptances have gone out for Tx State, but there will be a wait list.</p>
<p>My son received his official rejection from Emerson (BFA Acting today) and had the same not so great vibes before and after his audition as well. He had already decided not to go as well.</p>
<p>As far as Texas State, my S has moved on.</p>