@bfahopeful Thank you! yes! great year for our kids! Btw, one parent just got back from UNSCA campus audition. They are from Florida and she said it was the most amazing experience and the campus is beyond amazing. I hope we get good news from them as well but I have to believe that many of these schools already have an idea of what they are looking for. Hope my kid is one of them 
@ginaf1102 Yes! her. She has a soft voice and very motherly. She thanked everyone for coming especially the parents for supporting their kids in this. She said these programs are so important more now than ever. Our kids are needed to tell stories more now than ever sheās really great
@actingdreams it was just him in the class tonight? was it a class with actual Julliard students? sorry I donāt know these thingsāI am strictly on a tech-need-to-know basis.
@momof2lefties there were 1 earlier in the AM 1 in the first callback at 3 and My son but he says there were 2 guys who showed up out of nowhere in the evening class and they appeared to not have a grip on the two person excercises so maybe part of the juilliard team in some capacity?
There were some other interesting tidbits that I can share when its easier to type on my computer
Wow, @actingdreams! Congratulations!
@actorparent thank you!
@actingdreams Congratulations to you and your son on the Juilliard Callback! That is truly so exciting. I love hearing about it. And that people are kind and positive. Even though we were disappointed not to get a callback, I like knowing that the jewel program is indeed that: a jewel program of good people. Go CC! That is a huge accomplishment. Hoping to hear great things for everyone. Sending positive mojo into the universe.
@FourStars thank you! I really can not believe it. Iām so grateful for getting this far. My son and the rest of the entire 2:30 group said just having the warmup with the lady alone was fulfilling. I am hoping that we all get the callback next Friday.
@actingdreams congrats to your son! A great accomplishment! BAL!
Hi @jbtcat thank you! I still canāt believe it. My kid is back to normal as if he doesnt realize what had happened. I guess he needs to see an acceptance first
Fantastic, congratulations! Whatever happens, heās obviously really good at this.
Exciting to hear of everyoneās journeys. Our son went to USC and UCLA auditions last week and, as someone else mentioned, the UCLA overview was primarily emphasizing that it was a BA rather than a BFA program. The most non-selling sales pitch weāve heard from all of the auditions. Anyway, one comment made by the professor who gave the UCLA overview was that NYU is a cut program. Can anyone confirm that thatās accurate? He implied that NYU accepts a large number and then cuts deeply for their program in Junior year, essentially booting the majority of students from the acting major, though they would be allowed to stay at the school in some non-acting capacity. Thatās obviously a consideration if itās accurate, but most of what iām seeing online indicates that it doesnāt happen. Not sure whether the professor was just showing a little competitive spirit or perhaps working from outdated info. Any insights?
@CLDMom my daughter graduated from the NYU BFA Acting program this past May and there is no such cut program going on in Junior year. It is true that the students have reviews at the end of each semester and are told how they are doing in the program, what they need to work on in the future, and there are a very few where the suggestion is made that maybe the program is not for them. However, according to my daughter there were only a small number of students who left and most of those did so on their own volition. What does happen junior year is that students are allowed to audition for the other studios that NYU offers if they no longer want to stay with the studio they were placed in freshman year (which is considered their āPrimaryā studio training and where they must stay for 2 years) or if they just want to experience a different studio. If they donāt want to change studios, they can stay at their primary studio for all 4 years. My daughter stayed with her studio for 3 years and then changed to a different studio for her senior year to focus on film and tv acting. Please let me know if you have any questions!
@Jkellynh17 thank you so much. Can you believe its been 2 days and Iām still thinking about it? I think my son is back to normal and trying not to get his hopes up. One of the 12 theatre classmates told everyone in the class and they were extremely supportive.
Thanks @jbtcat. I really appreciate the insight ā super helpful. And congrats on your graduate! Iām going to chalk it up to a case of Sour Grapes, then. Can you provide a little more detail about how their Primary studio is selected. is it primarily core acting courses, or is there some specialization selected by the student or the program for early on? This is a new world for us, so weāre on a steep learning curve, though our son is having good success in his auditions and applications thus far.
@CLDMom - My D is a senior at NYU now - no cut program. Yes, kids leave, but D has known ZERO people forced out.
To answer your question about studios - you are placed in your primary based on you audition and interview- they spend time with each kid talking about theater interests etc. Very rarely student studying have some input there - D has a friend who auditioned acting and MT, was placed in MT, and decided she wanted an acting studio. Studios have a certain amount of specialization in their core training - some do more classical, some more modern etc- but no choice for students. This is really much like what would happen at any BFA program - each one has their āstyleā, and thatās what you learn. Itās just that NYU is essentially 6 different BFA programs at one location. Jr/Sr year kids can switch studios, try different things etc - which is one of my favorite things about NYU. My own kids spent 2.6 Years in Adler Studio (primary, one extra semester plus a Jterm),a semester at RADA studying Shakespeare, and a year studying film acting in stone street studio. 2 of her best friends went all the way through Adler. Another switched to playwrights for the last two years b/c she wanted to focus on creating her own work. The possible combos are truly endless
Kids have far more options in their non studio classes. B/c NYU kids are approx 60% studio and 40% academic -that is a bigger deal than it would be at a conservatory type BFA. Many kids pick up a minor. My own D has focused on stage combat- and will graduate with the equivalent of a āminorā in that (based on # of hours) and is now a certified actor/combatant
I donāt know if there are many (any) true cut programs anymore. Several that used to be no longer do that. Most do have reviews or juries each semester - but that isnāt a cut program. The purpose of the reviews isnāt to cut people out. It is a review of your personal progress and goals.
While they donāt refer to them as cuts, for all intents and purposes Millikin still institutes a program by which it is reported frequently cuts are made. They are referred to as hurdles and seem very different from juries which are common at all programs.
Here is the information from their web site:
Possible outcomes of the hurdle
1.Unqualified acceptance
2.Probation, which indicates a qualified acceptance assuming competencies in the specified area(s) will be met within a designated time period. Those on Acting probation re-audition with the final scene in Advanced Scene Study. Those on Vocal and/or Dance probation re-audition at hurdles the following year.
3.Denial and redirection to another Theatre major
^^^sounds pleasant! 
We do know a boy ācutā from SUNY purchaseā¦but that seemed more about the individual fit vs them trying to cut down their numbers. He ended up at another great program thoughā¦so I guess it all worked out!
(side note:I feel like I always sayā¦āwe know someone here or thereā but my D went to a PA school and most continue on in college - so through the years I guess we have known kids at many of these programs).
@CLDMom, @toowonderful explained the process at NYU perfectly. I would just add that the studio system explains why NYU can accept so many more students than other programs, yet your BFA student have the same experience as at smaller programs. The BFA students that are accepted are divided among the studios and then further divided within each studio. So Freshman year, my daughter traveled with the same group of 15 students. They have studio classes 3 days a week (usually from 9-6 which doesnāt include rehearsal time for any productions) and then take their academic classes the other 2 days. I believe it is a totally unique program and my daughter had an amazing experience. She was placed in the Playwrights Horizons studio as her primary training and she spent 3 years in that program. She also participated in the NYU commedia dellāarte program for the summer in Florence, Italy and got to live in NYUās beautiful Villa La Pietra. In her senior year she switched to Stonestreet Studio for tv and film acting. Best of luck to your son!