S has a friend at U Arts and she absolutely loves the program. As far as i can tell it has a very strong reputation, especially in commercial dance (though it seems to have strong ballet and modern as well). S’s friend also originally thought she wanted to be in NYC too, but she ended up falling in love with UArts. She auditioned at and visited Marymount, but decided that UArts was a much better fit for her. She is dancing 6 hours a day and loving every minute of it. She would definitely recommend that you check things out a little more at UArts and audition before you write it off completely. Just my 2 cents!
@diglass my D is also auditioning at Marymount this weekend. It is her top choice. We were able to speak to some faculty and students when we visited last fall. I was really impressed. I agree, there is not much talk on CC about the program, but they seem to audition a large number of dancers.
Good luck to your D!
@mdw1207 Thank you for chiming in on Marymount. Hopefully this weekend goes well for both of our girls!
@diglass My D took Marymount off of her list. I don’t really know why, just some vibe. I actually was hoping she would keep it on her list 
Good Luck to your dancers at the audition!!! Can’t wait to hear how it all goes!!!
I’ll be auditioning at SUNY Purchase next Friday, Feb 6th. Anyone else going to be there?? 
My D will be auditioning at SUNY Purchase on Feb 6th! Best of luck to you!
D has an audition with a group interview as part of the process. Any words of advice on how these typically work?
@mdw1207 How did the Marymount audition go? My D and I found it to be a positive experience.
@jmek15 I hope the interview went well. My D had one group interview and she thought it was fairly easy, just basic questions on where they would like their career to be and what they wanted to do with dance.
@diglass Good Luck at SUNY this week. My D has her Pace audition on Saturday. Have you done that one yet?? What did you think?
I realized I never answered your question regarding PPU vs UArts. I will give you my D’s perspective, but of course, take it for what you will bc PPU has a great program! My D was accepted as a Jazz major with a nice scholarship, but she didn’t really care for the modern portion of the class. She really doesn’t give specifics but she did really like the teacher. She just didn’t care for the combo I guess so it turned her a little off. PPU facilities are great! The school “campus” is small. The area immediately around the campus is a little quiet, at least it was when we were there in October. She really liked Uarts and all of the classes and teachers. She liked the vibe from the classes as well. If you haven’t worked with Bren, I recommend it, he is great! It is definitely one of her favorites so far!
Let me know if you have any other questions. We have researched a lot of the same schools!
@nowmomto3 Thank you for your comments. Good luck at the PACE audition, we have not been there yet. It will be her last. My D said she liked all of the classes at her PPU audition. She is looking for a more modern/contemporary program. From what I am hearing U Arts may be a more commercial dance program. Would you agree?
Getting frustrated that we do not have results from PPU, Dec 7th audition. I have left 2 messages and don’t want to be a pest.
We have a crazy schedule this weekend, that may or may not work out. SUNY on Friday and Boston Conservatory on Sat! I have struggled with weather or not to drop one of these. Do you have any info on BoCo? It all depends on the weather too!
@kingwood Will your D be at SUNY this weekend?
What other schools did she apply to?
Thanks, @nowmomto3 . The audition/interview will be in a couple of weeks. It’s for a scholarship for students who have a passion for music, dance or art, but who do not plan to major that field. I like the idea that a school recognizes and supports kids like this. D has been accepted for engineering with a nice merit package, but this additional amount would really be significant. She’s auditioned for summer intensives, but never for something like this.
@diglass My D auditioned for PPU on October 24th and heard a little less than a month later. Has your D rec’d her academic acceptance yet? If she has, then I am sure the dance one will come soon! It comes in a plain letter envelope from the dance department. Only the academic side is a large envelope. Just wanted to let you know bc when my D saw the small envelope she was afraid to open it HA!
As far as uArts, I have heard from someone, maybe it was on here, that they were more of a commercial program, but tbh, I don’t think so. Others that know more, might be say differently. We stayed after her audition and watched one of the student programs and it was extremely modern/contemporary. That is just from our experience
One of my D best friends is at BoCo. She loves it there! She couldn’t be happier with everything and the program. Let me know if you have any questions and I can try to get them answered. I know she got a nice scholarship, although like almost every other BFA program, the costs are very high.
Good luck on all of your auditions! Pace is our last audition! Can’t wait to hear how all of your auditions go!! I know SUNY, NYU, and Juilliard all of cuts so those get to be more stressful. My D didn’t have any auditions with cuts but just the audition process itself is stressful!
@nowmomto3 My D received her academic acceptance to PPU before her audition. I called today (finally got to speak to a person) and they said she should have gotten a letter by now. They are going to resend her letter later this week.
Yes, the rest of my D’s auditions will all have cuts. She made the callback at Marymount so that has given her a slight confidence boost. She has had one opportunity to perform her solo! That helps too!
Sounds like we should try to fit in the BoCo audition. I feel like my D should at least see these programs before she decides she absolutely must be in NYC.
All of these programs are expensive and we will be praying for scholarships to make it all work! Trying to relax and just enjoy this time with my D. It is exciting and stressful. So happy to see all of her years of hard work come together.
Congrats on your D’s acceptances sounds like she has some great options!
My DD will be auditioning at purchase on Friday as well! Wonder if there’s a way for us to connect there?
DD just auditioned for NYU/tisch is any one would like an overview of the day? She also interviewed at Ailey for the Fordham//Ailey BFA program last month.
@penandladle I would love to hear about the NYU/tisch audition! We have both NYU and Fordham/Ailey later this month. Was the interview a Fordham interview or something additional to the audition?
I would be happy to meet at SUNY, it’s nice to have someone to talk to through this process. Send me a PM and we can communicate.
Hoping the weather isn’t too bad before we get there. We leave tomorrow.
Good Luck to both of your dancers @diglass and @penandladle! I would like to hear about the auditions as well! We will be in NYC at Pace on Saturday, it looks so far that the weather will be okay Friday and Saturday. Although not so much on Sunday!
Thank you! Good luck to your dancer at Pace @nowmomto3. Do you have to fly there? We do have to fly.
@penandladle I sent you a mesasage.