<p>Hey guys-</p>
<p>I was just recently rejected from Pace. I’m applying to be a MT major, and haven’t auditioned yet. Is this suppose to happen? Does this mean I shouldn’t audition for the program? I was under the impression that Pace operated on admissions based off talent! What do I do, because I scheduled an audition when I first applied, and now I have plane tickets to new york.</p>
<p>I do not know ANY college that admits 100% of their decision on talent alone. After all, you are entering a college to study at the college and not just acting, singing, and dancing. Some colleges, such as Pace, have a bifurcated process whereby acceptance to the university is separate from admission to the program and in order to do the program you have to be accepted to BOTH. Other schools have one combined process and admissions decision. I have had many students apply to Pace and they must be admitted to the university AND to the BFA. Several of my students are already admitted to the university and are now doing their audition. My assumption is that if you are not accepted to the university, it doesn’t make sense to audition…as you can’t go there for the BFA without being admitted to the university. I would call them up tomorrow if I were you to obtain clarification asto whether you should bother to attend the audition.</p>
<p>PS…was Pace an academic reach, match, or safety for you? Unless it was a safety academically, you could not be sure you were going to get into the university itself. I observe many people who apply to schools that “offer a BFA in MT” without any regard to whether or not they are academically admissible. I do not know in your case but just commenting.</p>
<p>I’m pretty confused by your post, admittedly. Your one other post on CC says you have a son. 
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<p>I’m sorry about your bad news. At least you know not to bother with the audition (but call them as soozievt suggests). My D has had a number of auditions without any clue as to if the school likes her or not so you don’t know at the audition if it’s a waste of time/money. It’s nicer to know ahead I think, even if it’s bad news, before investing the time, hotel money, etc. I hope you will have some good providence down the line. It’s not over yet!</p>
<p>Greetings all!</p>
<p>After a halfway completing my senior year of high school, and recieving disappointing letters from majority of my college choices. I’ve decided to try to transfer to a top school for a BFA in Musical Theatre. I plan on spending a year at Columbia College Chicago, and repeating the whole audition process for schools (NYU, Pace, Marymount Manhattan, CMU, BoCo, Roosevelt, Webster, Syracuse, Western Michigan, and JMU). Although I am not sure, but my guess is that the leading cause of my rejections are my very low ACT scores, and poor GPA. Do you think spending a year at Columbia College, and gaining excellent grades will give me a better chance at gaining admissions to these schools? </p>
<p>As far as the talent aspect goes, I am pretty confident! My voice teacher says to me often that these schools would probably snatch me up! It’s just my high school career was so disappointing. I would really love some advice. </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I would say try your best to stay at Columbia. It’s a great school and I bet it has a lot to offer you. I think you are searching for a BIG NAME SCHOOL. Which is never the case for good education. If you truly hate it after your first year, then transferring might be a good idea after 2 years. Always give the school a chance. Great things have come out of Columbia College. Chicago is an amazing Theater city. I was also accepted in Columbia College for MT but chose a different school because of money. I think you’ll love Columbia. I loved it when I visited.</p>