<p>Ok on the BFA MT site for montclair it says that you apply to the school and then you have to be invited to audition for their program! Now what do you have to do to be invited just be academically accepted to montclair first? Or just have all your application materials sent in and then you can audition.</p>
<p>It’s a multi step process. Apply to the university, receive invitation to apply to the program, send in program application, receive audition date. Start early!</p>
<p>can you advise how long it takes for them to send the invite for audition date? I have read thru the threads here and some say that you should call them, that there are glitches on their system and you need to call to set the audition date. Also, my D has heard so many kids tell her that MSU is a commuter school and there is no one on campus on weekends - anyone know if there are theater clubs, improv groups and other activities - I see how many Emerson has and was wondering. thanks!</p>
<p>As I recall, getting to the point of being assigned an audition date is a fairly lengthy process. Don’t call unless it has been some time since you sent in your program application and you still haven’t heard. </p>
<p>If I remember correctly, there are quite a few dates available and you can audition as late as March; they sometimes add audition dates at the end of the audition season too. </p>
<p>If Montclair is one of the schools you are especially interested in, you’ll want to audition for it after you have had some other auditions to work the kinks out anyway.</p>
<p>My son has friends at Montclair and I don’t think they mind the commuter school aspect…but some of them do come home for weekends. I believe a freshman girl he knows got cast already in a club play, “Rocky Horror Show.”</p>
<p>thanks, just anxious and trying to set up all the dates and keeping them organized is crazy -</p>
<p>Schools like Montclair that are relatively low tuition state schools don’t have a huge administrative budget to handle everything in a super “well oiled” fashion, but we didn’t have any problems that I recall. The people in the actual theatre department are very nice and accommodating.</p>
<p>I can understand your anxiety though. It’s a harrowing year. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>B’way Mom: I have a voice student who graduated from Montclair this year. Early in her freshman year, she did find it difficult to occupy herself on the weekends, as so many students are commuters and not on campus. It was initially a difficult transition for her. But there are various other groups available, and once she had been on campus for a while, she found plenty of things to do.</p>
<p>My D is a junior MT student. The theatre students do not commute or go home very much at all. My D finds LOTS of things to do with her friends both on campus and in NYC. The theatre students are a very cohesive group and have a lot of fun together, plus with rehearsals, practice, etc., they are always busy.</p>
<p>Montclair itself is a lovely town with lots of good places to eat, malls, movies, and on and on. Seeing shows in NYC with student “cheap” passes is also fantastic and one of the advantages of Montclair’s location. There are great dance classes that be taken at Steps On Broadway to supplement the excellent classes that the school provides or even acting classes that can be taken if you so desire. My D has a voice teacher in the city as well, all because of the proximity that Montclair offers. She could not be happier, honestly and is progressing nicely.</p>
<p>Feel free to PM me if you have any questions! We live four hours from Montclair, and there are more and more long distance theatre students attending Montclair as its program is becoming more well known.</p>
<p>So do they assign you to an audition date? What about Unified auditioners…is it still the same process? Or do you receive the invite and then schedule an audition date yourself?</p>
<p>You schedule the audition date yourself. It’s the same for just about any program.</p>
<p>Questions for a friend of mine (my kid is already in college): is Montclair still primarily a commuter school and if so, does that include the kids doing BFAs in MT? Also, a friend of mine who is interested in the school drove through/around campus over Thanksgiving weekend and remarked on the heavy traffic in the area. Do many/most students (especially freshmen) bring their own cars and is that traffic cumbersome?</p>
<p>NMR: a friend of my daughter’s is currently attending Montclair, and she has other griends who have graduated from the school. Yes, it is still primarily a commuter school, and most students have cars on campus. Traffic is heavy in general in that area; it doesn’t have much to do with the school, I don’t think! Although the campus really does empty out during the weekends, BFA students do tend to stick around campus, especially if they are involved in productions. Our friends found that there was plenty to do once they made friends in the school. There is lots to do nearby, and Montclair itself is a cute little town with some nice shops and restaurants. And Manhattan is a only 20-minute train ride away.</p>
<p>Montclair has a super late audition date in April. I wonder how that works as far as scholarships and openings remaining by then?</p>
<p>It can be a problem – my daughter attended that audition; by the time they got around to notifying her that she had been accepted, she had already accepted another school’s offer.</p>
<p>At Montclair, the student receives an acceptance to the college that is separate from the acceptance to the auditioned program. Grant money was offered at the time of acceptance to the university in my son’s case, based on his academics; much later, in April, he was notified of his acceptance into the BFA Acting program.</p>
<p>Does anyone know whether Montclair offers talent scholarships that are linked to how well the student does at the audition?</p>
<p>Gracious this was one of the first applications out the door (because it was easy with no tough essays!) and yet we’ve still not heard anything about an “invitation” to audition. Has anybody been “invited” or even “non-invited” as yet?</p>
<p>Classicalbk, I was just telling another parent that when my son applied to MSU in 2008, he submitted his application in early October, received an email “invitation to audition” six weeks later (around Thanksgiving), and received his audition appointment confirmation email six weeks after that (mid January)!</p>
<p>classicalbk…
My d has had a lot of problems as well. Only after sending 3-4 emails inquiring we finally received the acceptance email (to the college) in mid November. They provide you with a link so you can then request a date to audition. The link they provided did not work. I had to send two more emails about this before someone responded with a PDF to use to request an audition. Once you get to this point you are instructed to send your resume, head shot, etc.</p>
<p>Email the main admissions office just for peace of mind, but the timeline that NJTheatreMom mentions is pretty accurate. We applied late Sept…acceptance mid Nov and now finishing up the audition request/confirmation.</p>
<p>OK-Thanks folks. I think we’ll do some calling Monday. Hope somebody is at work.</p>