<p>I just signed up on CC but have gotten so much helpful info over the past 6 months from these threads. I am so drawn to all the support you have been offering one another that I felt compelled to jump on. My S has fortunately received several acceptances. Trying to navigate which is best for him now. Congratulations to all your kids and to the parents that support them. Hoping the kids still waiting get positive news soon.</p>
<p>Ooooh @MTorBust - I love your name! Can’t believe it wasn’t taken already. And WELCOME to CC. Be sure and post your son’s acceptances in both of the threads dedicated to that topic. You can post by school and by member name. We love to see where everyone is getting in. Your S is one of those with choices, so congratulations! =D> Others who may be on a waiting list to one of the colleges your son has been accepted will want to see where else he is considering, so please share! </p>
<p>Congrats, MTorBust! You may want to post it on the “2014 Acceptances” thread.</p>
<p>My laptop blew up the other day. Using this darn kindle for now. Have no idea how to copy/ paste/highlight in red on this. Surely I 'll figure it out later. Thanks for the welcome!</p>
<p>Some days are better than others…today…I CAN’T STAND WAITING ANY LONGER!!! It’s March 7th…let’s hear from somebody today…and make it good news please.</p>
<p>I keep hoping the mail carrier will start coming at 8 a.m. - rather than the 3 or 4 p.m. he’s been coming for like the last 2 years.</p>
<p>Our first rejection…damn it stings</p>
<p>@bisouu - I’m so sorry…got that first one out of the way in December, but it still hurts to this day. It’s that school’s loss!</p>
<p>So sorry, Bisouu. Just sucks, plain and simple… But it will get better.</p>
<p>I can’t remember if it was here that I posted about the girl who got into Yale MFA with a full ride or not…I think it is. I just got an update from her mother. This girl went to a podunk state school. Only decided to be an acting major as a junior and was in only 2 plays her entire college career. She was one of 13 students accepted and is in the final running for Julliard and one other …I think she said Harvard. So there are certainly different paths for us all….oh and please don’t hit the ignore button on me…I have had too much rejection today… :x </p>
<p>Agreed re the different paths…if no one takes her artistically, my D will probably attend a school that accepted her academically, study voice there, and try again. If that doesn’t work, most colleges open the auditions for main stage productions to the entire student body. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. And I would never hit the ignore button on you, bisouu!</p>
<p>What a day to be traveling to NYC and forget the charger for the slim laptop you hauled. I can see through walls from 30 paces but to my phone screen from 20 inches, I am Helen Keller. I have no idea how to PM from cc mobile app so I can’t reach out privately to several posters here that i wish i could. Hopefully you.all know who you are that I am happy for or extending cyber hug to.</p>
<p>Visiting NYC to.see my kid in her first college performance. Can I just say GO if you can when it is your turn. I love this stuff more than Broadway.</p>
<p>bisouu, while my S was auditioning for RADA, I was outside chatting with other auditioners. One young woman was graduating from a regular 4 year university, after having not gotten into any BFA program. She had had a really good 4 years there, and had spent a semester abroad at RADA as well. Now she was applying to RADA for their program. She said she had a friend from Texas who had barely done any acting at all, had gone to a regular 4 year university where he did acting the last two years, and had auditioned to Yale’s MFA program, and was also accepted (sounds a lot like the person you know, but I don’t think it is!). In fact, auditioning for the UK schools, we met many more ‘non-traditional’ students than you see here, many whose paths weren’t the ‘typical’ BFA route, and who were older and who knew what they wanted. There are so many different paths.</p>
<p>Have a great time, halflokum! Break a leg to your beautiful and talented D! Seeing college shows is such fun.</p>
<p>halflokum - go buy a new one!</p>
<p>I would AMTC which I also had to do for my phone (forgot that too.). But it’s a Surface which has this weird magnetic cord thing that is expensive and specific thus hard to find. I am considering investing in a better pair of reading glasses so I can see the phone better however :-)</p>
<p>Glad to know I’m not alone. D has one audition left in March for a B.F.A. In dance. Still waiting on 2 schools decisions, and rejected from a few also. I don’t even sleep at night. I have been keeping my husband awake complaining about this process. I too complain about the small number of students these schools accept, I understand it, but it sucks. Unless your Child has had Olympic type training, forget it. Our problem is we knew nothing of this process until we were in it. I guess it’s my fault for not studying up on the details, but I never knew it was so difficult. D has taken dance since she was 3. Her dance teachers told her to pursue it in college. A friend of hers just happened to take a dance class at another studio in the next county( we live in a small town unfortunately), and told her she has to try it. When she did, she couldn’t believe how far behind she was. She has been going to that school full time and is in their ballet company now and progressing very well. We never knew there was such a difference in schools. Her teacher from her old studio admitted to me that they are more recreational than serious. But I feel if they told her to pursue this, they should have been honest and said, " go somewhere different ." So D is working very hard and has been accepted academically to several schools. So plan B is if worse comes to worse, she will choose a school, go undeclared, and try again next year. I just feel bad that we spent all those yrs. at a school that could not prepare her for this. They knew at least 3 years ago she was serious about this. I’ve learned a lot throughout this process. I have 4 kids, two boys in between D and my youngest. My youngest is 10 and she’s been dancing since 3 also. She is going to that ‘new’ school next year, just in case she wants to pursue the same thing, we’ll be prepared.</p>
<p>caymangirl38: I feel just like you do and also can’t sleep. My D is in MT - and we similarly “knew nothing of this process.” We feel so bad (her father and I) knowing full well how serious she was and dedicated since 5th grade, that we did no research in advance. Having six kids in total, no one with a talent, passion and direction like hers, we somehow thought that (magically) the talent was what would do the talking. Now in the middle of senior year was when we found out about all the MT audition coaches people hired and that you MUST go to a summer theatre college and all this stuff. These students auditioning have been fully packaged so to speak. And we feel so stupid - and also disappointed at our school that neither the theatre directors (one who quit just before her senior year) nor her academy directors - advised her/us about the competitive nature of the auditions - and hiring a coach for song selection and monologues and such. She knew about preparing head shot and resume and that’s about it. Fortunately for her, she has been accepted to one school she is very interested in and waitlisted at another. (She was also accepted to Santa Fe - but is not planning to go out that far.) And now the waiting on 8 other schools.
The whole thing makes me tired every day - But I must say one thing that has gotten me through. This site - the people who all have similar hopes and dreams for their extremely talented young people. I have to tell you like a couple of other parents I’ve had private messages with - that every time someone posts an acceptance - I am truly and genuinely over the moon with excitement for that child. This process is so fatiguing that when one child gets that validation of their immense talent and hard work - it is just so gratifying and exciting. I bet you will get that acceptance - I’m positive it is coming to you soon! You’ll see. Hang in there caymangirl38!!</p>
<p>Sending positive thoughts to you caymangirl38 and D!!
This part of the process is the hardest, and I’ve definitely have had second thoughts, doubts, etc. but know we made the right decision in supporting our son, whatever the outcome. You love your D, you are helping her achieve her dreams and desires, even if the road takes an unexpected turn. She is a lucky young woman to have you. </p>
<p>I feel the same way as you. Had no idea what really went into all this. Vocally he was fully prepared but I wish we would have known about these summer programs. He did local theater but I would have sent him somewhere else. I hardly was sleeping checking his email and CC all the time waiting for word. I have to say after his big acceptance a huge wait was just lifted from our shoulders. Then the next stress is figuring out how to pay for it. Hang in there everyone. Our children will appreciate our support no matter what happens.</p>