<p>Break a leg FutureMillie6!!</p>
<p>My D only had to give one. She was auditioning for acting though. There was only one panel of three people for both acting and MT but two of the people on the panel were more for MT than acting. So it is possible they might have asked for 2 of the MT students, one for each MT panel member.
We take 5 headshots/resumes to every audition. I think it’s a little easier to carry extra acting resumes though. They don’t seem to vary as much as MT ones. It seems the MT schools all ask for different things on your resumes.</p>
<p>Thanks! I get my headshots printed from a web service and they’re arriving Tuesday so I’ll make more headshot/resume packages to take with me when they get here :)</p>
<p>My daughter auditioned at UArts for MT on Nov 23rd. They only asked for one headshot/resume.</p>
<p>I just want to remind everybody that although it’s human nature to obsess over every detail of an audition you just finished, and try to interpret every word or glance from the faculty, try not to make yourself crazy over it. These forums are full of stories about auditions that seemed to go disastrously, that resulted in admission and a scholarship, and the exact opposite. </p>
<p>Driving my son and a classmate back to Ithaca yesterday, I heard the kids discussing that very point. Every actor has a similar story. “I really thought they loved me, they were so warm and encouraging, but–” and “The guy didn’t even look at me the whole time I did my monologue and song, and I thought this school is one I can just forget about, but–”</p>
<p>Please believe this. You really can’t tell. All you can do is your best, and all you can know is whether you achieved that or not. </p>
<p>Break a leg, everyone!</p>
<p>Anyone else panicking a little worrying that their child needs to add a few more schools? In the past week we have added 3 non audition programs and plan to do 2 walk ins at Unifieds. I need a drink…</p>
<p>I was trying to get The D to do walk ins at the Dallas event, and asked if she would do any at Unifieds. She is completely not interested. She believes that she has enough schools and schools that are fits and that she would love to attend. If your daughter is okay, be okay along with her and continue to panic to us. LOLOL</p>
<p>I think it is natural to panic and want to add more. I was looking up Northeastern today after people were mentioning it on the drama thread. Maybe I missed that I thought! But my D really doesn’t want a BA. The curriculum had like 2 movement classes over 4 years. She would never agree to that! She says she will take a gap year and try again if she isn’t accepted anywhere with an intense enough program. It doesn’t make sense to apply somewhere she would reject outright.
However, if my D gets a rejection from U Arts, which is her only rolling admission school, we are going to add one more BFA this month and would want to do more walk-ins at Unifieds. If she gets in then I will just be really relieved and let it all be!</p>
<p>This might seem like a stupid question, but those BA programs that don’t offer BFA’s at their schools, and they have 4 mainstage shows and countless student shows, who is acting in them? Do you think it is offered to the entire student body, or are the BA students the ones usually cast? Even if these BA programs don’t offer a lot of acting classes, I would think that these performance opportunities would help hone their craft? I could be completely missing the boat here though. My D isn’t interested in a gap year, so we need to find a non auditioned BA that would keep her invested and developing as an actor. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>I had my daughter take a school off the list after she said “if it’s the only school I get into, I will DIE!” UM, yeah, how about you just don’t apply there? They’ve gotta love the school because they’ll be there four years.</p>
<p>Though my son favors some schools more than others, his thinking is “I’ll like the school that likes me”, and hopefully he’ll have a choice. The schools were picked for their program, the general vibe, and almost all for the cost. Hopefully we will be visiting a few this April so he can make a decision (fingers crossed!!!).</p>
<p>Yes on the panic setting in here and feeling the need to add more schools. Not that my S doesn’t already have a long list! My S is very resistant to it. I wish more schools were at Unifieds…How’s that drink bisouu?</p>
<p>Just today the application was submitted to the 1 non-audition school my son was semi-interested in, and another app started for the large public in-state school with a decent theater and music dept (but no MT). No panic here! Cool as a cucumber… (as my nose starts to grow…)</p>
<p>Bisouu, re: your question above, most BA programs that I’m familiar with have open casting–i.e., any student can audition. Some BFAs have the same policy, for that matter. And in terms of how students in BA programs “hone their craft,” yes, performances, study abroad/away at conservatory programs, summer programs, etc., along with advanced classes within the school itself.</p>
<p>I’m starting to think we’re a bit paranoid, but we’ve now applied to 26 schools, about half of which require a prescreen. Every time I see a new school on CC I fire off an app. The odds against our D (or any kid) getting a spot anywhere seem really long, so we’ve decided to take a shotgun approach. </p>
<p>At this point we’re not worried about which school might be the right “fit”; our main focus is to get her an offer or offers anywhere. Then we’ll decide from that narrow list which is the best fit. Any conversations that we have at home at this point about dream schools are just that - conversations. I’m not normally a pessimistic person, but man this is nerve wracking. </p>
<p>GSOMTMom-</p>
<p>Along the theme of your D’s comment, our D did a live audition at a school last month that she disliked so much that she said “Even if they offered me a full ride I wouldn’t go there.” We’ll see about that, eh?</p>
<p>Bisouu of course it’s not a stupid question. I’m sure one of our resident actors like milkshakespeare or fishbowl freshman could answer this better but I’ll give it a stab. Yes, there is some learning in performances. But think about a painter or a runner or a dancer. In order to improve, they don’t just paint pictures, run races or perform choreographed dances. They break down the work into smaller bits in order to improve technique. When actors work in the studio on movement, voice or speech, or when they analyze scenes, they are improving their techniques so their overall performance is better. But it’s hundreds of hours in studio compared to the few short hours of performance or even rehearsing for performance.
Another example- When my D first started studying voice all I heard them do was make sounds up and down the scale. Why am I never hearing songs I wondered? Yet within a couple months of all these weird sounds my D was suddenly louder and clearer. Soon they did add songs and my D explained the sounds are the basis of the words in the songs. They isolated and perfected the sounds in the songs before they sang songs. The sounds are the foundation of the songs, just as acting technique classes are the foundation of a great performance.
A BA program may have some technique class but not nearly what they have in the BFA. You’ll get performance opportunity in the BA but less opportunity to learn new technique. </p>
<p>And I don’t want to sound like a BA isn’t a good program; it is great for some kids. I can see the value to actors of additional learning in other subject areas. My D is just clear that it is not what she wants. She says she learns better when she’s immersed in just the acting. Crossing my fingers there’s a school out there that is willing to dunk her! 
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<p>Bisouu- Your best bet might be to try for a place like Columbia Chicago where freshman start out in a BA MT program. They are then eligible to audition for the BFA program sometime during their second semester of freshman year.</p>
<p>26?! I need another bottle of wine…</p>
<p>And a second mortgage to cover the fees…</p>
<p>Wine is cheaper at this point. Tasty, too.</p>
<p>Gosh, cheeseheadmike, I sure hope it’s your D firing off those apps, and not you!</p>