Class of 2019 MT decisions yet?

College Majors Musical Theater Major
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Anyone heard yea or nay yet from unified?

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Any calls yet?

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Hi there, my name is Jeff and I’m a junior musical theatre major at Ball State!

This past weekend was our final round of on-campus auditions, and this coming weekend we are on spring break and traveling to NYC for our senior BFA showcase, as well as our senior MT’s cabaret at Joe’s Pub directed by Sutton Foster and Michael Rafter! Calls will begin to be made within the first week or two of March! Thank you for being patient!

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Can anyone give an update? It seems like some calls were made yesterday and then nothing today. Any insights? What about the rejections? Have those emails gone out? The waiting is super hard especially when some calls have been made.

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Any more calls today??? Are we getting to the point where we should abandon hope?

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All,

Good Afternoon. This is Bill Jenkins (aka Ball State Bill) and I am the Chair of Theatre and Dance. I wanted to give you all an update as to where we are with our process. We have made several calls to students who have been accepted into our BFA Acting and Musical Theatre programs. That said, I still have several calls to make and, in some cases, am waiting for information from or admissions folks about particular candidates. As an FYI, I personally call every accepted student into the BFA programs. I also call all priority waiting list students and this process has not even begun yet. Last year, several priority waiting list students were accepted eventually. I know that this process is long and very painful when you are having to wait. That said, we are committed to being as personally connected to each student we accept or wait list as possible. Please know we are working long hours to get you all the info you need ASAP!!!

I would offer up a few thoughts in closing:

  1. Remember that the National Signing Deadline date is May 1st. No school should tell you they need a response before then. If they do, they are in violation of the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) policies related to this.
  2. My hope is that all calls will be completed by (at the latest) early next week.
  3. Please feel free to e-mail me at wjenkins@bsu.edu or my recruitment coordinator amsadler@bsu.edu if you have any questions. We will work to get you this info as soon as humanly possible!!!!!

Thanks!
Bill

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Bless you, Ball State Bill. Thanks for the information!

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Thank you for letting us know. I know my S had a missing item in his application and someone from the the theater dept sent an email. Your posting here says a lot about you and the BSU program.

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Any news, guys? Still nothing.

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Priority waitlist. Phone call today from Ball State Bill.

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Still nothing here! GRRRR

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All,

Just an update…we plan to make all remaining calls by tomorrow. If you do not hear from us by then, please contact us at 765-285-8740.