<p>My D's was blank until 10:00 p.m. last night -Saturday the 31st (which would have been midnight Eastern time) then when she checked it is said decision: waitlist</p>
<p>Hmm, I wonder if they'd update them on a Sunday at midnight... I think I'm dreamin'...</p>
<p>If it's not too personal, what were your GPA's? My S is a typical musician/actor guy and really doesn't have a lot of time to devote to studying. And if you had high GPA's how did you do it with everything else?</p>
<p>gpa doesent matter at all for this school nor do grades</p>
<p>My personal opinion is that academics come first. My own children were very very heavily involved in their extracurricular pursuits (including music and theater as mentioned above) every afternoon, evening and weekend. However, academics did not take a backseat. They had to be good at time management and had very little free time. Academics still came first and were not compromised due to their busy lives or other endeavors/interests. Good academics are important in terms of getting into college. As a parent, if I felt academics were slipping while pursuing other interests, I would have to instill some sort of standard with regard to the academics if they wanted to keep the outside activities going. I didn't have to do that as my own kids happen to like academics and are motivated in that area but I fully understand some kids are not. But a standard for academics is critical for future educational plans such as getting into college. I work with clients now (I am a college counselor) who may have musical theater talent but have very very poor academics and this, I believe, has contributed to rejections in MT BFA admissions. The "not have a lot of time to devote to studying", I can very much relate to as I think my kids' schedules were insane in high school and are now in college as well. But they had to manage to put the time into academics....hours of work at night....late at night.....weekends, in car rides to activities, etc. They didn't let academics slip. It is difficult to time manage but priorities must be in place. I can tell you with a kid in a BFA in MT program now, her schedule is very very full but she has to somehow (not easy) get the academics done and is maintaining high graddes despite very little time for homework in her day. Today is the tenth day in a row that she has had to go to school for fifteen hours straight and then fit in her homework somehow. Actually today, I think she ONLY has 9 hours of school (it is Sunday, however) and so has to work in the AM before she is required to be there for 9 hours and then very late at night. It doesn't mean giving up studying. It means juggling a very very full schedule. I realize how difficult that is but it is critical for a high school kid to not let academics slip just to pursue the arts because academics are needed to get INTO college and then will be required to be juggled once IN college along with the BFA training. Colleges will examine the GPA to see if a student can handle all this in college as well. A GPA speaks of work ethic and time management with the arts training alongside it, but not instead of it. So, yes, it is indeed hard to get a good GPA while doing everything else but some do and they will have better odds at the college admissions process. I can tell you that as I have clients with a wide spectrum of academics and the ones with the good academic records are doing better at BFA admissions than the kids who did poorly in HS. I don't mean to be harsh about it but to give a peek into the reality of college admissions, plus some personal opinion that academics should not be compromised due to other pursuits in high school and that some students can and DO juggle both successfully, and since those kids are in the application pile, they will fare better than those who let academics slip while doing extracurricular endeavors.</p>
<p>Actually... they do (somewhat) - You are still being admitted to CMU - a university that is very competitive and has very bright students... You have to have an interview there and one part of the interview is looking at your grades and courses</p>
<p>I was waitlisted, and I have a 3.536 - I also messed something up on the application, but I talked to the man I interviewd with and he helped work it out for me. </p>
<p>But, with th emess up and a couple other things of bad luck - i was still wailtisted (and priority waitlisted) - I was sooo surprised!</p>
<p>Elvis, with CMU, 90% of admissions is the audition. However, since there are many many very qualified applicants with the artistic talent, it very well could come down to that other 10% of the admissions decision of the application and academic record. If it didn't matter AT ALL, they would not ask for SATs, GPA, rank, transcripts, etc. It does matter. An academic record stands for a level of academics and a level of work ethic. It may just be 10% of the admissions decision at CMU but that 10% can set one candidate apart from the next when both have the artistic talent to get admitted and they take so very very few at CMU. CMU will also want to know that a student could at last handle the few liberal arts courses they'd have to take at CMU. A certain level of academics would be needed.</p>
<p>On another thread you said that NYU Steinhardt did not let you audition. I am not entirely sure how Steinhardt works, but does it work like UMich where you must be invited to audition AFTER academic review? If so, as you can see, academics counted. Even if academics is not as big a factor at CMU, most applicants apply to several schools and so it will matter at some schools on their list so it is ALWAYS better to do as well as one can in school. It pays off in the long run. It certainly does not hurt.</p>
<p>is your son going to cmu or another school?</p>
<p>Elvis...are you asking me in post #48? I do not have any sons. My musical theater daughter is attending NYU/Tisch/CAP21. She was on the Priority Waitlist last year at CMU, so I know a thing or two about it. Further, I am a college counselor who counsels prospective students regarding college selection and admissions. While I do that for regular college admissions, I also have a specialty in theater college admissions. My responses on these threads refect both my knowledge as a parent of a student who auditioned at these schools but also as a professional college counselor who counsels students like yourself as my job.</p>
<p>Just curious if anyone has decided to go to CMU out of those that have been accepted. I haven't noticed on the MT thread anyone that has been accepted making a final decision yet for MT or Acting.</p>
<p>D found out she was waitlisted for MT today!</p>
<p>From what is being said on this list, it sounds as if the CMU letters (acceptances, waitlisted, rejected) have not all gone out. Does anyone know if this is true or not? I heard on the grapevine that there are some candidates from this area who have yet to hear anything.</p>
<p>My D was told her letter went out last Thursday, but she still hasn't received it.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who has been accepted to various theater schools! This is a very exciting time, and I applaud you all. I wanted to share a website with you that you might find amusing. If you go to <a href="http://cmu.edu/cfa/drama/fusion%5B/url%5D">http://cmu.edu/cfa/drama/fusion</a> you can listen to a few tracks. They are all either junior or Senior CMU MT students. The composer and lyricist of this music are also both current CMU students. Enjoy and again, congratulations!</p>
<p>P.S. I also want to add my congrats to the waitlisted people. I was waitlisted myself and you should know that to be waitlisted is an accomplishment in itself. Congrats and good luck!</p>
<p>CMUJohanna:</p>
<p>Since you were waitlisted do you think that your financial aid package suffered? Because someone told me that everyone (including those who are initially accepted) are ranked, and financial aid is given according to this rank. Is that true?</p>
<p>I unfortunately did not get any kind of financial aid my first year at CMU, so I don't know the answer that question, I'm sorry! But you can contact The Hub at CMU and ask them. Their website is cmu.edu/thehub.</p>
<p>I can't imagine the FA being determined by any ranking. FA is determined by formulas. My D was on the Priority Waitlist last year and we were quite pleased with the FA, including the grant portion and it was better than some other BFA programs gave.</p>