<p>Our sympathies as well. We are in a similar situation, had been rejections until last week when a semi-safety school accepted her (BA program, theatre auditions were for scholarship only, but had to be accepted into the music minor, which she was). I’m only a little surprised that it has been this tough as my D only got serious about MT a couple years ago (after years of competitive softball). While my D has a lot of raw musical talent, it is still developing. From other comments is sounds like bwaybabie’s kid is more advanced than ours so I can understand how that can be even more frustrating. </p>
<p>Hopefully you have some good safety options lined up. Looks they will become even more critical as the competition increases. In addition to the semi-safety I mentioned above, our D is also accepted as a BA at a school that also has a BFA and they let kids audition again after their freshmen year. Maybe something like that would be an option you might want to explore.</p>
<p>BethsMom: Thanks for the info on Molloy. I heard CAP21 had this new association and I agree it will become a hot program in no time. Based on your visit, maybe you can answer some questions. Would a non-Catholic student feel out of place there? How pervasive is the church influence? Since they are just starting out, will there be a Sophomore-Senior class this fall or just Freshmen? Do you expect the upper-classmen will live off-campus in NYC or on LI? Is the school very commuter-oriented? Suitcase?</p>
<p>This new affiliation for Cap21 is a little surprising for those of us who have been around here for so long. I’d never heard of Molloy so I’m curious as to why Cap21 chose this college, or why they made the decision to choose any college. Were they having difficulty filling their conservatory classes? Are the current students now going to also be taking classes at Molloy? It seems to me that students may still want to live in Manhattan, depending on how the classes are scheduled. Commuting daily back and forth would be a pain, in my opinion, for most students. </p>
<p>I would hope that they get their curriculum plans finalized and posted quickly, something that should probably have been done prior to auditioning students for September.</p>
<p>Ok…what do you think this means? One of my daughter’s colleges called back (in response from an email a week ago) . Said her file is complete and they are “processing” her application and she will hear in 2 weeks. I asked can you tell me the decision and she sort of laughed and said "all I am allowed to say is “it’s being processed”…any thoughts. Feels like a “no” to me….</p>
<p>I would make no assumptions @bisouu when PPU’s letter to my D was lost by the USPS, I called and they wouldn’t tell me anything, and it was a yes. </p>
<p>Received the first financial aid award letter today (from Pace). Yikes, can you say sticker shock?! The “FinAid award letter comparison tool” is going to come in VERY handy. I can’t remember who on here suggested the site but I wanted to pass it on. </p>
<p>So here is a little giggle for your Friday… the schools we sent the CSS to want the noncustodial parent form…
Told the schools that there is no noncustodial parent, so they want a notarized letter from a clergyman (we aren’t religious) a therapist (we aren’t crazy) or an attorney (didn’t do anything illegal) stating how she was conceived. ummmm….guess we won’t be getting any financial aid for those schools. </p>
<p>p.s. the crazy comment is a joke…because after this whole process I am going to need a therapist!!</p>
<p>@alwaysamom and for those interested who have never heard of Molloy: </p>
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<li><p>Molloy is ranked by US News and World Report right next to Montclair St. (51 vs. 50 overall score) and the same as SUNY Fredonia. </p></li>
<li><p>It outranks more familiar MT schools such as Hartt (U Hartford), SUNY Buffalo, Plymouth State, Point Park, LIU Post, etc. </p></li>
<li><p>It is categorized as “Selective” (comparable to the majority of MT schools on this forum) with 34% of entering Freshman in the top 10% and 54% in the top quartile .</p></li>
<li><p>This is a new program at CAP21 with the traditional 2 year program still in place.</p></li>
<li><p>It does involve commuting between the two campuses, but there is train service. The classes are structured so that students have designated days at both campuses (no commuting back and forth for classes on the same day).</p></li>
<li><p>CAP21 is following the trend of other 2 year professionally-oriented programs in offering BFA degrees at affiliated colleges.</p></li>
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<p>While I had never heard of Molloy until I read this thread and clicked the link on the CAP21 website, I have to admit that I had never heard of many of the popular MT schools until I found this forum a couple of years ago: Otterbein, Elon, Ithaca, Oklahoma City University (and we live in Texas!), Baldwin-Wallace, Webster, Ohio Northern, Rider, etc. are far from well known - none of our non-MT friends (and I mean ZERO) have ever heard of these schools unless they lived nearby at some point (most of my Rochester relatives only know Cornell is in Ithaca). We get asked weekly by friends what colleges D is considering applying to next year and all we get are blank stares when we name them. I guess I run with the wrong crowd…</p>
<p>Bisouu, you just need to do a non-custodial waiver, this is attesting to the fact that the non custodial parent is not in the picture AT ALL. I don’t know all the details, and don’t know your situation, but I have written a letter on behalf of a work colleague whom I’ve known since our children were very young, stating that the father hasn’t been in the picture, has provided no financial support, and his location is unknown. I think you could similarly have friends or work colleagues do this. Maybe the principals at your D’s schools. You don’t want to give up on FA. </p>
<p>@GCmom…did your letter have to be notarized? One school was willing to take a notarized letter from a friend…the other schools would not take it from a friend. Each school, once again, wants something different. No general consensus…but that seems to be par for the course…</p>
<p>@bisouu, no hers did not need to be notarized. I am actually a good friend, but also a work colleague so I wrote my letter as her colleague. Good luck. </p>
<p>bisouu, they are asking this because other people try to cheat the system. I knew a divorced woman whose D applied to an Ivy. She was very wealthy (over a million/year), but her ex hid the money (they cheated on taxes too), so on paper she was low income. Even though she lived in a mansion. Anyway, she didn’t list her ex and this was several years ago, before schools more rigorously checked–and she was awarded a huge need based scholarship, which she obnoxiously gloated about. </p>
<p>This was before the crash-I think if anyone did that now, they wouldn’t gloat. But also, colleges wised up to this and that’s why they use the Profile and demand all that paperwork. So my advice would be to not take this personally and just do what they ask. You don’t have to be ‘crazy’ to use a therapist, but I’m sure your D’s pediatrician could be acceptable. (Would the pediatrician know? Not meaning to pry.) If they ask it to be notarized it’s not that big a deal–you can do this at a bank.</p>
<p>Emsdad, thank you for that information. Even with designated dates, that’s not a commute that I’d want a student having to do, particularly on studio days which are long as it is. That is a long commute. Rockville Centre isn’t Brooklyn or Queens just across the river. What two year programs, other than AMDA which has had the BFA option for many years, have affiliations with colleges?</p>