Does anyone know, is Pace Acting finished making calls? Any idea when Purchase notifications come out and whether they are by call, snail mail, or email? What about Webster Acting or Hart Acting? — This waiting is tortuous. Tired of waiting for snail mail all day and then being disappointed to just get junk mail. — This was my S’s Spinks break. We stayed home just with the hope of getting some news. Ready to wrap this stuff up!
@Mom2E I hope your D wasn’t too disappointed. Thanks for sharing this info, which is helpful.
@STHmom Pace Acting has had some calls within the past couple of days. I wonder if it’s slow moving. That’s for Acting though. Purchase website said on or by March 15th so hopefully today. I thought Hartt had already made calls last week? I wouldn’t know much about that or Webster. I’m sure someone can chime in… someone mentioned yesterday that her D received a redirect from Purchase BFA to BA yesterday so hopefully today we will hear something
Hartt’s website says undergraduate decisions will be sent out the first week of April. 
@actorparent1 thanks for clarifying. I guess I was thinking of Guthrie. I apologize @STHmom April seems like next year right now. I know, I know!
@ginaf1102 I’m not sure why but I was thinking the same thing about Emerson but I was just on their website and looks like they are on Spring Break.? That might impact the notifications.
Has Pace made calls for FTVC yet?
@CLDMom Yes, some calls have been made (information from the Green Room’s FB group). The faculty is on spring break, so the calls are sporadic.
Thanks @bfa2018!
You know, I REALLY wish schools would send all their notifications at the same time, both acceptances and rejections. I appreciate Carnegie Mellon emailing EVERYONE on the same day, so the “band aid” gets ripped off fast. It’s so demoralizing to see “Acceptance calls have gone out for such-and-such school” and have to deduce, “Well, I’ve heard nothing, so I guess that means a rejection.” I AM super-grateful for the info on CC, so we know what’s going on! But the way some schools trickle out notifications make this process even more stressful.
@actorparent1 agreed. It’s painful to deal with this even if the decision is an acceptance. The going out in waves is pretty wild. Most of their computer systems are equipped to handle this and with a click of a button, everyone will know at the same time 
BAL to you! I know this is all frustrating and even waiting 24 hours for a decision seems like an eternity. For me, you get an acceptance and you’re excited and then the financial part sinks in and you have to be sure that you’re making the best decision because you’re wanting to chase the dream responsibly! all of this is an investment of our Mind, Body, Soul, and Wallet
@actorparent1 I could not agree more! This entire process needs a major overhaul. Honestly, the pre-screen and supplemental process had no rhyme or reason either! Evening the filming of the pre-screens was all over the map. I think my S had his monologues filmed around 25 different ways to accommodate angles and timing. I am always joking that someone could become very wealthy by creating a streamlined process that makes this a little more predictable! Universal supplements, deadlines, and acceptance/rejection dates would have made this a little less chaotic and zoo-like. Hoping that future people have this one day:)
I am not an expert on sports, but I think the whole drafting process is a really goid idea:).
@frontrowmama - Here’s a crazy fact about prescreens. My S really did not follow directions at all for DePaul. I think he was supposed to have a monologue shot at full body. But he did not read carefully before taping and did not have that footage. He just submitted what he had. And, guess what? It didn’t matter. He “passed” the prescreen and was also admitted to the program. So, I know for a feat that sometimes the schools do not follow their own guidelines. Random.
@STHmom lol i know that feeling. since we’re being honest here, my son said in his interview that he was looking for a more conservative training program with the least amount of electives as possible lol and one of the interviewers had a stern face and said “well you know that you have to take other classes here right?” like she was annoyed. being here, having a blah audition with the random partner and flunking the interview, we were sure it was a no. he got in any way we’re still in shock. I hate that we all want something that someone else has. DePaul wasn’t my s first choice but it’s probably 1st for someone else and he will go if it makes financial and program sense (and I’ll throw some ice-cream in and allow him to live on campus although we live VERY Close)… I wish we could all just choose, pay and move on with our lives
The “not hearing” and gradual fade-out of hope is very good prep for real world auditions.
If our kids really want to be Actors and that’s a great thing, they still need a good plan B cause they need to pay those bills LOL! Some of her friends 2nd year into their BFA Acting programs changed to writing, directing,etc one even became a doctor! My D even got accepted to NCSA for a BFA in Wig and Makeup and for a fleeting moment she was excited and than the but, I would never be happy doing makeup on someone when I should be on the stage, oh well one day they do come around to reality some sooner then later. So for now let them follow the dream!
No plan B for my daughter and there never will be. Art feeds her soul and she wouldn’t be able to function if she wasn’t involved in creating in some fashion. She is an actor, director, playwright, SM and will make this business work for her somehow. I have heard over and over from those in the business if you need a plan B then you should choose that plan and forgo plan A because you will never be happy. You have to commit fully to your Plan A because it won’t happen. That doesn’t mean that a plan B can’t be fulfilling. If you mean your plan B is waitressing to meet the bills for me that’s not a plan B but a survival job while you are hitting the pavement auditioning etc.
If we really look at the statistics, we would insist our kids apply to 3 or 4 real SAFETY schools, early - so they have at least 1 place to go. The 20 most selective schools should be considered super-stretches. If those 20 schools have slots for apprx 10 girls & 10 boys per program (acting or MT), that puts 200 girls & 200 boys in those slots. Throw in every other variable (types, ethnic diversity, geographic diversity, etc…) and getting one of 200 slots is kind of a miracle. (Paying for some of them requires an even greater miracle.)
Re: the comment that not hearing back and gradually losing hope is practice for real world auditions - that’s true, but with one huge difference. In real world auditions, you’re advised to do the audition and then immediately forget about it and go on with your life. If you hear back, great, but if you don’t, life goes on unchanged . But with college auditions, it’s different. If you don’t get accepted by a college, the next four years of your life are in turmoil and you have to figure out what to do, because you’ve already graduated high school. This isn’t auditioning for a single role, it’s auditioning for the next four years of your life! So I do think it’s much more sttessful not to hear back about college.