<p>Hi all</p>
<p>I have been reading many posts since Jan and learned much.</p>
<p>Do colleges ever share why they might have rejected a student? I'm thinking that early on in the process (now for instance) before any unified auditions, a student might learn something that could be changed ( a poor choice of monolgue ?) or learn that "we have too many tall brunettes" and take the reject in stride.</p>
<p>Any thoughts or experiences?</p>
<p>It rarely happens for the simple reason that there are just too many applicants to really sit down and analyze how each one could improve. It's a matter of - too little staff, too little time, too many applicants. Some schools in the UK send out tick box forms, which are a small indication of how that particular panel thought you did.</p>
<p>We do not send feedback to students who are not accepted into the Musical Theatre concentration. Although I will give feedback to students (who ask for it) who were not accepted into the Musical Theatre concentration but come to JMU as Theatre concentrators. I consider that part of my job as their teacher (once they have matriculated in the fall). Some of these students decide to re-audition, so I hope that the feedback may be helpful to them. </p>
<p>Most schools see too many auditions to give feedback to each and every prospective student.</p>
<p>Also -- although some schools will let students know if they are accepted or not on a rolling basis, many do not let students know until late March or early April, so even if they could give feedback it would not help with other college auditions.</p>
<p>Even so, I think students often (maybe not always) get "feedback" on their performance--right then and there. In several instances my son has had judges make suggestions that he then tries and receives feedback on. Or, he has received some sort of critique, albeit brief, of his presentation. Note: his is auditioning for ACTING, not MT. In all, he has viewed the auditions as learning experiences and feels that time is taken on the part of the auditors to be educators. This time is much appreciated, and was not expected. This is unlike his experiences auditioning for community theater productions! That process is much harsher!</p>