<p>be a star - I'll probably repeat something here that I've posted before, but it is important not to make any general assumptions about all schools, such as that all schools want the applications right away. They are across the board. We're not looking at some of the ones you mentioned, but I'll give you some examples. You will want to contact the school if the details are not spelled out clearly enough on the web, but you may want to do a detailed schedule or calendar for each school's due dates because they are all different. I have asked all the school admissions offices to put my son on a mailing list for a packet when they are published. We only have about half of them right now.</p>
<p>My examples - Ithaca - call for audition appointment. They recommended to me that we try to get our application in by about the time we are going for the audition (in fall), but we will show regular decision as actor 456 mentioned. The forms for Ithaca are really not due until a Feb. due date, but if you get them in at about the time of fall audition, they can let you know of acceptance under a rolling admissions policy.</p>
<p>Point Park wants all admissions paperwork in a month before the audition date.</p>
<p>CMU wants all applications in by 12/1. I don't know when we will be able to schedule their auditions. NYU for regular decision is 1/15, if I'm remembering correctly. You would go online at a specified date to request your audition - application not required (if regular decision, 11/1 for NYC dates and 12/1 for other city dates). Syracuse - when dates are ready, you can call to schedule a fall audition (dates not yet finalized, but they have some tentative early dates - once final, later summer, you can call to schedule). Syracuse doesn't want application until 1/1 even if you go in the fall, and they told me that all who audition, even in fall, won't be notified until spring.</p>
<p>Michigan - the one that seems so far to require the very most paperwork - they want everything in by a specified date (9/15 for fall audition, 11/1 for Jan., etc - see web site). You have to go through the admissions evaluation before being invited to audition.</p>
<p>We are going to try to apply to some others in the summer or very early fall, but in all of these cases you can do paperwork or online requests to get audition date without having done the admissions papers: OCU, Elon, and BW.</p>
<p>As you can see, everyone has different requirements. We are trying to get all of this organized at our house - overwhelming!</p>