Class of 2023 MT Artistic Acceptance Notifications: How/When/Where

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…because I can’t help myself… here’s @DramaLlama18’s list sorted by approx decision date. Probably not as useful for applicants to specific programs but helpful overall.

Approx
Decision

Date School

30-Jan SUNY Cortland 1/30/19 email

14-Feb Penn State - starting up update portal today 2/14 - deferred means you’re still in the pool
23-Feb Otterbein - sounds like they are releasing some of the no’s now, They’ll meet w/o 2/19 and everyone
should know if they’re still in the “consideration pool” by the end of next week with updated notifications
going out late Feb thru mid-March
28-Feb CCM—email notifications, weekly through out Feb
28-Feb UNSCA - Rolling out at the end of this week (2/16) and over the next two weeks -
calls to accepted students, email direct to portal for “no” decision.
1-Mar Belmont - some yes and no notifications already rolling. Everyone should know March 1st via snail mail
1-Mar Molloy—3/1, email
1-Mar Rider - Portal change beginning 2/11. Definite Y to be posted on the portal and mailed out before 2/21;
Committee meets 2/21 to discuss remaining applicants and then everyone else notified 1st of March
via snail mail2-Mar Western CT State—2-3 weeks after final audition day on March 2nd, all at once
5-Mar Ithaca - starts notifying typically last week of February/first week of March.
6-Mar Utah—3/6 via email mail and rolling (I think?)
7-Mar FSU—first week of March
8-Mar OCU —3/8 via email
8-Mar TCU—3/8, email
8-Mar Webster— snail mail acceptances go out around 3/8 (info from this year)
10-Mar Shenandoah—may be releasing no’s now via email, Mid March 3/10? via phone call (for acceptances)
14-Mar ASU—3/14
14-Mar Point Park—3/14 Emails to everyone, all at once, snail mail to follow up.
15-Mar Baldwin Wallace–Still auditioning this weekend 2/22 - notifications starting first week of March into mid-March
15-Mar Coastal Carolina University- email, they are shooting for around March 15th, all at once
(though may be spread out over several days/week
15-Mar UCLA—3/15 via portal, all at once
15-Mar UNCG - Everyone should know March 15 “give or take a day”
16-Mar Emerson—3/16, email directing to portal
16-Mar Pace—plans to notify by Spring Break, this year is 3/16, phone call for accepted students and/or
snail mail, rolling
16-Mar Roosevelt—3/16 last year. An email was sent out to check your portal
21-Mar Carnegie Mellon—GetAcceptd 2nd or 3rd week of March directs to portal, others notified via portal, all at once
21-Mar NoCo—3rd week of March
21-Mar Northwestern— 3/21 email directing to portal, all at once
22-Mar Ball State—3/22, email and phone (is this rolling? I think I’ve seen some acceptances already?)
22-Mar University of Miami—3/22, via portal, all at once (I think?)
22-Mar USC - 3/22ish (estimate based on last year’s notifications for Acting (MT is new this year)
23-Mar Syracuse—3/23, decisions were sent in waves last three weekends of March via email (not MySlice)
28-Mar NYU — 3/28 via portal, all at once
28-Mar UC Irvine—3/28 via portal, decisions rolled out over several days
1-Apr Boston Conservatory—no later than 4/1 via portal, rolling (new this year!)
1-Apr JMU - April 1st for Regular Decision applicants and between January 15th and March 1st for
Early Action applicants. Decisions are provided through MyMadison portal.
1-Apr Manhattan School of Music—4/1 vis portal, all at once

Rolling Admission or missing some info 

Catholic -rolling
Hartt - Rolling notifications
LIU/Post—often notifies 2-3 weeks after auditioning, rolling
Marymount Manhattan - sends email to check portal, rolling? or maybe rolling after a certain date?
Michigan—Late Feb, to mid-March via email/portal - rolling
Millikin - rolling
Missouri State - rolling
Montclair - Rolling notifications
Temple—2/12/19 artistic admit email (first 2/7/19 academic admit email) rolling
Texas State—phone call to accepted students, rolling once auditions are complete, they meet each weekend 
and send notifications the following week.
UAB - email notification
UArts—starting about a week audition; snail mail, rolling
UAZ—first week of March and then rolling
Viterbo—via email, rolling
Western Michigan - Last on campus auditions 3/16, then will start notifying, rolling.
Wright St 1/24 (a date one person heard last year)
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@DramaLlama18 You are awesome for pulling this together for all of us. This information is so helpful! I don’t see NYU Tisch Regular Decision on your list. Is that date April 1st like most schools? Does anyone know if the decision also notifies the student of the studio they want to place them in? Thank you!

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@CaMom13 wow - thanks! Great cross reference. Qualifier: some of these are anecdotal from individuals in previous years, so the same date may not apply to all applicants (unless it’s a school that notifies all at once.) Like everything in this process, exceptions are the rule! The one thing we know for sure is that everyone will know their status, in, out or waitlist by April 1.

@posivibes Like, Steinhardt, Tisch is one of the last to notify for RD - all of NYU on the same date at the end of March or on April 1. The drama department does the studio placement. If you applied to MT you will be considered there first. If you are not accepted for MT you may be deferred to one of the other 5 drama studios. It’s a long wait - hang in there!

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I remember reading that studio placement would be a full 2 weeks after notification. So if you were only wanting NSB then you might not know until two weeks before deposit day. My daughter changed her sheet at the last minute from New School only to All Studios and I kind of wish she didn’t b/c I don’t think she would truly want one of the acting studios. She is very much a singer and dancer.

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@El-Cee - it never hurt to have options. Changing to “all studios” doesn’t hurt your admission or assignment chances for NSB it just gives you a higher chance of a spot at NYU. You can always say no! :slight_smile:

@posivibes - I changed the Steinhardt notification on the “by date” list to “NYU” because they release all decisions at once. The studio assignment does come in within 2 weeks of acceptances, last year it was on April 11th (exactly 2 weeks after acceptance notifications on 3/28).

@DramaLlama18 - I just felt like a cross reference was helpful for people with date anxiety. LOL. I remember last year and I think it would have been super helpful if I’d known which weeks my D should have been frantically checking her portals and maybe which weeks I didn’t have to think about. Not that I wouldn’t have obsessed anyway…

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@El-Cee At the NYU auditions, Molly, the Admissions Coordinator shared her story about how she attended NYU Tish. She was not assigned to the New Studio, but she was able to take all the singing and dance classes she wanted. So even though she was in one of the acting studios, she was able to continue her musical theatre training at NYU Tisch.

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Is Otterbein notifying today or is that information the date from last year?

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Wright State hasn’t sent out notifications yet - they stopped doing rolling this year.

Last audition is tomorrow.

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Ohio Northern and Ohio University are rolling.

I believe Nebraska Wesleyan is rolling but they’re taking auditions up until April 1.

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@anybodyhaveamap for Otterbein, this week you should have receive an update e-mail - either no or “still in the running” notification. Final notifications (yes, no or waitlist) between now and mid March.

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@jpkcmo, thanks. Will try to stay patient.

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Is 3/8 the decision date for Feb 1 auditions OCU? They said within 4 weeks from then.

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@Brecktwins19 That’s the day we heard last year. My D auditioned that same weekend in February last year and they said the same thing but that’s when we heard.

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Thanks! My D will not check her emails every few minutes knowing this!

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Did someone post that having “interested” under Ithaca profile picture was a positive sign?

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Never mind! Just found the post with answer. It is not a status update!

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@loribelle @Brecktwins19 We were also there that weekend. In the info meeting, the PD said we would have a decision in 2 to 4 weeks. The faculty around him began to chuckle and squirm, and he said it would probably be more towards 4 weeks. Didn’t sound like a set date st that time.

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Last year Ball was first week in March so that seems late unless they changed it this year. The one acceptance is from a camp last summer. No one else I know of has gotten an offer.

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Note - there’s a cross-reference list by date for those who self identify as "date anxiety "sufferers on p. 18 of this thread. Thanks @CaMom13

Here’s today’s refresh:

• updated Otterbein
• added Ohio Northern and Ohio University (both rolling)
• updated Wright State, no more rolling admission
• added Nebraska Wesleyan
• updated UNSCA calls rolling out to accepted students now through the end of Feb.

ASU—3/14
Baldwin Wallace–Still auditioning this weekend 2/22 - notifications starting first week of March into mid-March
Ball State—3/22, email and phone (is this rolling? I think I’ve seen some acceptances already?)
Belmont - some yes and no notifications already rolling. Everyone should know March 1st via snail mail
Boston Conservatory—no later than 4/1 via portal, rolling (new this year!)
Carnegie Mellon—GetAcceptd 2nd or 3rd week of March directs to portal, others notified via portal, all at once
Catholic -rolling
CCM—email notifications, weekly through out Feb
Coastal Carolina University- email, they are shooting for around March 15th, all at once (though may be spread out over several days/week
Emerson—3/16, email directing to portal
FSU—first week of March
Hartt - Rolling notifications
Ithaca - starts notifying typically last week of February/first week of March.
JMU - April 1st for Regular Decision applicants and between January 15th and March 1st for Early Action applicants. Decisions are provided through MyMadison portal.
LIU/Post—often notifies 2-3 weeks after auditioning, rolling
Manhattan School of Music—4/1 vis portal, all at once
Marymount Manhattan - sends email to check portal, rolling? or maybe rolling after a certain date?
Michigan—Late Feb, to mid-March via email/portal - rolling
Millikin - rolling
Missouri State - rolling
Montclair - Rolling notifications
Molloy—3/1, email
Nebraska Wesleyan - rolling - still auditioning up until April 1.
NoCo—3rd week of March
Northwestern— 3/21 email directing to portal, all at once
NYU— 3/28 via portal, all at once
OCU —3/8 via email
Ohio Northern - rolling
Ohio University - rolling
Otterbein - sounds like they are releasing some of the no’s now. Everyone should know if they’re still in the “consideration pool” now, with updated notifications going out late Feb thru mid-March
Pace—plans to notify by Spring Break, this year is 3/16, phone call for accepted students and/or snail mail, rolling
Penn State - starting up update portal today 2/14 - deferred means you’re still in the pool
Point Park—3/14 Emails to everyone, all at once, snail mail to follow up.
Rider - Portal change beginning 2/11. Definite Y to be posted on the portal and mailed out before 2/21; Committee meets 2/21 to discuss remaining applicants and then everyone else notified 1st of March via snail mail
Roosevelt—3/16 last year. An email was sent out to check your portal
Shenandoah—may be releasing no’s now via email, Mid March 3/10? via phone call (for acceptances)
SUNY Cortland 1/30/19 email
Syracuse—3/23, decisions were sent in waves last three weekends of March via email (not MySlice)
TCU—3/8, email
Temple—2/12/19 artistic admit email (first 2/7/19 academic admit email) rolling
Texas State—phone call to accepted students, rolling once auditions are complete, they meet each weekend and send notifications the following week.
UArts—starting about a week audition; snail mail, rolling
UAB - email notification
UAZ—first week of March and then rolling
University of Miami—3/22, via portal, all at once (I think?)
Utah—3/6 via email mail and rolling (I think?)
UC Irvine—3/28 via portal, decisions rolled out over several days
UCLA—3/15 via portal, all at once
UNCG - Everyone should know March 15 “give or take a day”
UNSCA - Rolling out now through the end of Feb - calls to accepted students, email direct to portal for “no” decision.
USC - 3/22ish (estimate based on last year’s notifications for Acting (MT is new this year)
Viterbo—via email, rolling
Webster— snail mail acceptances go out around 3/8 (info from this year)
Western CT State—2-3 weeks after final audition day on March 2nd, all at once
Western Michigan - Last on campus auditions 3/16, then will start notifying, rolling.
Wright St - discontinued rolling admission this year. Last audition day is 2/24, will notify all on one date TBD

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@DramaLlama18 Thank you for keeping this updated!!

I think that Shenandoah will start notifying this coming week and finish by 3/10 (via phone for acceptances) if they stay consistent with past years. At the info meeting, they said they’d start the deliberations right after the last audition (which was 2/23) and then get all notifications out by 3/10.