<p>My S is just completed his first on campus audition, with many more set for January/February. Does the student send a "Thank You" note after the audition? (one is recomended after on campus interviews).</p>
<p>Although it’s a nice gesture, I don’t believe it is necessary to send a thank you note after auditions. Your audition is more of a gift to them, and if anything they should be sending you a thank you note, or none at all, for they need your son just as much as your son needs them! :)</p>
<p>It is recommended to send thank you notes to the individual members of the audition panel if you know their names. The student should note the names in case s/he wants to do this.</p>
<p>In my opinion, a polite e-mail would suffice. </p>
<p>However, I don’t know how many students do this. It is not really essential and unlikely to tip the balance.</p>
<p>I know at least a couple of schools teach their students to write thank-yous for every master class, so I believe that writing a thank-you after the audition would be very much a positive. If it’s a school that makes decisions after seeing all applicants, I would do a hand-written. If it’s a school with rolling admissions, I’d check and see how soon they notify to decide whether to do snail or email. (One school used to call with acceptances about 4-5 days after, in which case, snail mail would be after-the-fact.)</p>
<p>While I agree with NJTheatreMOM that it’s unlikely to tip the balance, in a business which deals a great deal with establishing contacts, learning this lesson early can only go to the good :)</p>
<p>Although I see why sending a thank you note might seem like a good idea to make a college think you are polite and well meaning, it just seems silly to me to write a thank you note for an audition you most likely paid for. For example, CMU has a 50 plus dollar audition fee and auditions close to a thousand people, in that regard writing a thank you note is really not going to effect their opinion of you. When you audition schools look to see your talent and who you are while you’re in the audition room, afterwords it’s all up to their notes and scores or however they choose their class. </p>
<p>Now if you are wait listed, it’s a very good idea to constantly contact the school if you would really like to get in. </p>
<p>That’s just my opinion though- I just believe that one’s talent, drive, and charisma should be enough to carry them into a training program.</p>
<p>CMU may audition close to 1000 people, but there are going to be 100 or fewer whom they’re really interested in.</p>
<p>If you are one of those, and you also write a bangin’ thank you note…you never know.</p>
<p>For many people, writing thank-yous is a form of torture, but if writing charmingly is a fort</p>
<p>Helpful rule of thumb for college auditions/interviews. I’m a college counselor, advising my students to write follow up thank you notes when personally interviewed. </p>
<p>So, if your audition included an interview where you spoke for a few minutes with an auditor or anyone in admission’s authority, it demonstrates professionalism to contact them and offer your appreciation for their time and attention. </p>
<p>If you auditioned in front of a panel or a few auditors from a theater dept. with no interview it is not necessary.</p>
<p>My D wrote thank you notes after audition. My belief is that positive name recognition can never be bad.</p>
<p>Just FYI…at 4 of my college auditions last year, during the info sessions they said they did not want Thank-you letters.</p>