<p>Susan is right.. there were no dance auditions last year.. So I would also definitely recommend calling the school to ask what they are looking for. </p>
<p>:) </p>
<p>~Kimberly</p>
<p>i had forgotten that the dance audition was brand new...oops! </p>
<p>thanks guys!
maggie</p>
<p>I'm a junior in highschool right now and I've been looking into being a music major (vocal), but I decided that my lack of sightreading skills wouldnt get me into the college I desired, so recently I've decided to switch my focus to MT. BoCo was one of the schools I was interested in for majoring in vocals. I had no clue they had a MT department up to now! I was wondering if someone could tell me what the requirements for auditioning and applying are. Is solid ablilities to sightread a requirement for incoming freshman? Is there a lot of competiton for getting into this department for guys?</p>
<p>Is this a "rolling admissions" school or not? Can anyone tell me when they usually let you know about acceptance??</p>
<p>Noccamom-It is not rolling admissions. I don't remember when the letters came, exactly, but it was after March I believe.</p>
<p>noccamom - i was just at BoCo, and they told me that it is NOT rolling admission, and they let you know at 12:01 am on april 1st via the online application site. they will also be doing mailings later.</p>
<p>i also thought i'd answer my own question from before regarding the dance audtion the way it was answered at BoCo today. </p>
<p>i was told that the combination will be primarily jazz/classic musical theatre, perhaps with a little ballet thrown in. there will be an optional tap segment ONLY FOR VERY EXPERIENCED TAPPERS taught by the head of the dance area of the musical theatre dept. NOT the head of the dance department. i was told the tap section will be very complicated.</p>
<p>hope this helps!</p>
<p>maggie</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing with other readers, Maggie! break a leg too....</p>
<p>Last year, with BOCO, the letters were sent and received approx. on April 1. It was via snail mail last year. Maybe they have an online notification this year according to Maggie but decisions either year were made at the completion of ALL auditions which end in March. My D auditioned there on March 6 and got her acceptance on April 1 but that would have been the notification date no matter when her audition had been.</p>
<p>Hi all! I have been reading posts on cc for about a month or so but never joined. It is now the time! Anyway, I DESPERATELY want to get into the boston conservatory. so much so that it has come down to the fact that if I don't get in, I'll probably just go to a community college to get some lib art credits, and then try to transfer. I feel that I'm very determined. I devote most if not all of my free time to singing, dancing and acting in one form or another. So much so, that it takes away from my academics. My heart has always belonged to theatre, which has in turn side tracked me from school. And usually in a subject like math or science that required a little extra work, I would stray away from the books, and focus on what my strengths were (skipping homework to work on audition songs and stuff). In any case, I currently have a 2.498 gpa with class rank of 244/444. I wanted to know if the conservatory would frown upon me not meeting their 2.7 gpa requirement, or if they make exceptions for talented kids. PLEASE give me your view on this. thanks all!</p>
<p>Can any one tell me how many kids BOCO accepts each year for MT?</p>
<p>last year, they accepted approximately 120, and 80 kids accepted their position. so they do accept a decent number of kids. they probably accept so many because of the drop out and transfer rate</p>
<p>MT geek, do many kids seem to drop out of BoCo?</p>
<p>As far as I know, there are quite a bit who choose not to continue with their education at boco. Because the program is so intense, some kids just can't take and would rather be at liberal arts school which offers more variety. I've heard mixed things at boco. Kids either love it or hate it. However, nearly everyone I've talked to has said the same thing: you will get great training. Whether the intensive training is what you're looking for or not is a different story</p>
<p>I have heard that the senior class is down to about 35 students. Not that many.. Plus theres the whole sophomore promotional thing.</p>
<p>Of the 80, how many typically finish the program?</p>
<p>Judging from the size of the senior class, it looks to be a little less than half. I could be wrong but thats what I have gathered from my research</p>
<p>Those numbers correlate with what we learned when my D visited, auditioned and was accepted. The actual acceptance rate was about 10% (not talking of the yield or enrolled). I recall thinking when they went over the numbers at auditions, wow, ONE school on the list that wasn't below 8%....a glimmer of hope...LOL. However, many students do not stay in this program, many out of choice.</p>
<p>Yeah I'm pertified. I'm confident my audition will be a success. But I just don't know if my best is good enough for their school. I have alot of experience. I usually do a show every 3-4 months, and I think i'm pretty skilled for someone with such little formal training. But when the 10% figure is thrown at me, it makes me nervous</p>
<p>MTGeek, I wish you all the best in your audition. I have to say that given the odds, for ANYONE, not talking YOU, applying to just one BFA program lowers your odds overall. If my own kid, who now attends a BFA program, had only applied to UMich, where she was not accepted, she'd be in no program this year, but her odds increased as she applied to 8 BFA programs and actually had a choice of where to attend. She could not afford to pin her hopes on one particular BFA program. That is not that reasonable because the odds at any single BFA program are not great and so we did not want her to fall in love with just one program. Because she was cognizant of the odds, she forced herself to have an open mind and really explore each and every school and realized that each one had something appealing and she could be happy to attend. Focusing on one school, particularly that is very selective, is a possibility of a set up for disappointment. Also, I can't tell you what BOCO will say about your academics as academics is not BIG there but they do state a minimum GPA and so I don't know if they are apt to bend on that when they have plenty of qualified candidates who meet the minimum. I'm concerned that you "desperately" want to go to this ONE school. There is more than one school out there that you could love, trust me. If you like BOCO and if your academic stats are on the low side.....you might look into places like UArts, Pace, Marymount Manhattan, Hartt, Roosevelt, or even a program like Circle in the Square.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice. I'm aware of the odds, however frightening they are. I have left myself a couple options. Although Boco is my only bfa option at the moment, there is a good and practical reason for it--- Mainly my reasoning for it was that I knew that Boco was one of the less competitive conservatories (accepting 10% opposed to 8% at CM or other schools) and the location was perfect. I'm originally from Boston, though I moved to Rhode Island when my parents divorced. However, my father still lives there, and Boston is just a short 70 minutes away from Rhode Island where my mother resides with her fiance. So being in a city that I love, as well as being close to my parents was another perk for me. I decided it was too big of a jump for me to move hours away from both of my parents my first year out of school.<br>
Also, the practicality of me getting accepted into one of the more competitive conservatories like Carnegie Mellon are slim to none when I'm not only going up against kids with great talent, but much better grades. So after careful consideration, boco was the only place that had a bfa program that I could see myself at first year out of high school. If not accepted, I'll either attend a state or junior college where I can build up my grades. At that point, I'll have a much better academic standing as well as some more training under my belt as I will continue with participation with my vocal coach and local theatre productions. When I decide to transfer, I will apply to several programs, because I'll have had a taste of what its like to be out of the high school bubble, and I think I'll have a more level head on my shoulders so that I can handle being away from my family.
So although I know I'd be setting myself up for heart ache my falling too in love with Boco, I do know that I will be where ever I am meant to be. So if I'm not accepted, to me, thats just Gods way of telling me that I'm not ready for that phase of my life. And however disappointed I may be, I'm sure I will survive. Like you said, the odds are against anyone applying to a bfa program. Especially a kid who does not have good grades. But I'm going to continue to practice and just do my best. and hopefully my dreams will come true
Thanks for your wise words of wisdom!</p>
<p>MTGeek - You may have a low GPA, but you sure seem to have your head screwed on tight! Your philosophy on this next phase of your life is very mature. You have a very good plan and I wish you all the best on your BOCO audition.</p>
<p>MTgeek - I want to add my good luck on your audition to you because I was moved by the maturity of your posts. You will do fine wherever life takes you with that outlook.
Harriet</p>