<p>Has anyone had any experience with putting together a dance video supplement to turn in with the common application for schools that will accept this? If so, all details are appreciated....length, creativity used, cost incurred, etc. </p>
<p>If you did submit a supplement, did you have good acceptance success that you would attribute to this submission?</p>
<p>My d submitted a dance supplement to her ED school (W & M) last year. W & M has its own own supplement form, so she didn't use the Common App arts supplement. (W & M is a Common App school, however.) She was accepted ED, so didn't submit any other applications and therefore didn't need to use the CA supplement.</p>
<p>Her dance DVD was about 8 minutes long. It consisted of a classical pointe variation (90 seconds long), a modern piece she co-choreographed (90 seconds), and an extended jazz combination (about 1 minute in length). She also included barre and center exercises according to the requirements set forth in the Presidential Scholarship guidelines at Wake Forest. She'd have applied there if she hadn't been accepted at W & M. She planned to use the same DVD for every application, and figured that evaluators who weren't interested could just skip the barre and center stuff, which was at the end of the DVD.</p>
<p>It was more time-consuming than we originally thought (okay, what isn't?). The ballet, modern, and jazz pieces probably took just over an hour to tape. The barre and center portions were done in a separate, lengthier session. I did the taping on our small, inexpensive mini-recorder. She brought a friend along to run the music, give corrections, etc.</p>
<p>Costs: $50 for studio rental, $90 to work with a professional photo lab to create the DVD, and $9 per disc. The lab was a great help, well worth the money it cost for editing. The technician wanted to jazz the disc up with graphics, but my d was insistent that she wanted it to be restrained and professional-looking, and she wound up with exactly what she wanted.</p>
<p>We think the supplement probably helped somewhat. W & M was a reach school for her, as an OOS female, though it also worked to her advantage to be an ED applicant. The supplements are forwarded to the head of the dance department, who evaluates them based on where the dancer stands in comparison to other dancers at W & M. The supplements are then returned, with the evaluator's comments, to the admissions office.</p>
<p>Btw, W & M's dance department is modern-centered, with limited ballet offerings. There is no major (minor only).Though my d still misses daily ballet class, she enjoys being involved with W & M's modern company and thinks it's a strong modern program.</p>
<p>Thanks so much Frazzled1! Great feedback. W&M is also on my D list. She would be an OOS applicant (probably not ED) and would also be somewhat of a reach school for her. She would like to minor in dance. Would you mind sharing your D grades/test scores etc. just out of curiosity for comparison on chance of acceptance?</p>
<p>I too helped my d put together an arts supplement for her ballet: DVD consisting of solo variation, small group variation at past summer program, and another small corps piece that was a past performance (added small arrow next to her via video editor) - didn't have any modern or jazz pieces - was going to videotape her jazz solo piece but then she sprained her ankle right before :-(. Also included signed rec letter from ballet school director, photos (arranged on 1 page), and 1-page dance resume listing dance training, past performances, summer programs attended, etc.</p>
<p>And I agree that this took alot of time and I'm glad we had started this in Aug/Sept.</p>
<p>D is still waiting to hear on her reg decision schools, but I think it helped with her early acceptances to Bard and Goucher, which I believe forwarded the arts supp to the dance dept head. We'll see in March if it helped any with her remaining schools.</p>
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<p>Hi, travelthrulife as you know, OOS at W & M is hard to predict. My ds stats were above W & Ms 75th percentile for SAT, but her GPA was just barely 3.75. She was an A- student at a high-performing hs that doesnt rank; graduated with 5 APs and 3 college co-op courses. I think the factors that helped her get in were (in order): ED, good SATs, rigorous curriculum, excellent optional essay and recs, good optional interview, the dance DVD (maybe), and being a legacy (sister is a 2005 grad). Im sure youve checked out the W & M CC forum there have been very helpful discussions about admissions there. If shes really interested in W & M, I highly recommend doing the optional interview.</p>
<p>If ballet is your ds first love, she may face an adjustment getting used to dance at W & M. My d has enjoyed its modern program, which is much more comprehensive than the modern classes offered at her home studio. But my d doesnt find the top ballet class (only intermediate) challenging enough. There is an excellent ballet school near Busch Gardens (city bus transportation is free for W & M students): [url=<a href="http://www.evspa.org/%5DEVSPA.org%5B/url">http://www.evspa.org/]EVSPA.org[/url</a>] . My d took a class there and loved it, but hasnt been able to get back for additional classes because her commitments at school dont leave her enough time.</p>
<p>My daughter is a Vassar freshman. She chose Vassar partly because it had a strong dance and ballet program but no dance major. She was and art student at an arts magnet high school who studied ballet at a pre-professional level after school. She submitted a five minute DVD with exerpts from 4 classic and contemporary ballet performances. She had principal or soloist roles in all but one. She also submitted a studio art submission. She was also accepted at Bryn Mawr, Bard and SUNY Geneseo and waitlisted at Oberlin and Skidmore all of which have arts submissions reviewed by the professors in the disciplines. We feel that the supplements were very important to her applications. She was an A- student with 2080 SAT 1s.</p>