<p>I know my daugther doesn’t regret going there this summer or going to the sleeping back weekend. One shouldn’t avoid making attachments because you might get hurt or disappointed. If if doesn’t happen for her, she’ll get over it. I just wish we’d hurry up and reach the end point.</p>
<p>As I posted, I have good information that all the calls were not made as of Sunday night. There has been no info about calls going out yesterday. Then today, someone on facebook reported having made a contact with the drama department that calls would resume tomorrow.</p>
<p>This whole thread is making me want to talk my S out of applying to CMU next year. This is INSANE!!!</p>
<p>So I heard MT calls are being made tomorrow and it seems entirely possible (perhaps likely) that’s what the someone in the drama department was referring to. Good luck to all.</p>
<p>i don’t see where CMU’s process is any different than many other programs. There are plenty of schools that have long drawn out processes in notifying their applicants. Because this school’s process has received so much hype there seems to be some imaginary bar set very high for notification expectations. At least the process has started. There are some schools that don’t notify applicants until after April 1 (now that is a bit torturous). It might seem unfair to those who are staring at their cell phones 24/7 or stalking theatre admissions’ every move. CMU did not advertise a notify date, nor did they ask for all their applicants (or their parents) to be on standby during a certain set of dates. CMU’s process is really no different than waiting for the mailman to show up with the “big envelope.” I don’t think I have ever seen anything like what has evolved on this board. I almost half expect to see reports soon of what Barbara and Gary have just devoured for lunch.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I just picked up the phone and called CMU admissions. here’s what she said:</p>
<p>“I’ve heard that calls are being made this week. But what we are telling our families is that decision letters are being mailed out this Friday and they should confirm with their decision letter”</p>
<p>It also says on CMU’s facebook and twitter that the decisions will be available online 3/26, so at least you know you will be able to find out by then and not have to worry if they are calling today or not. </p>
<p>I’m sure this won’t relieve everyone’s anxiety, but at least I know that either way, we will have an answer 3/26, and that’s the date our family is focusing on now</p>
<p>…and then on 3/29 for NYU</p>
<p>…and then on 4/1 for Webster</p>
<p>…and then what will I do?? I was just asking my husband last night what took up all my time BEFORE this audition madness - I can’t even remember what I possibly did :)</p>
<p>Not going to hear from Boston Conservatory until April 1st either, so March 26th might as well be a good date. My D STILL has another audition to do this Saturday… and then we wait for that school too!! HAHA one thing I learned from all this is patience and how much of it I don’t have. If calls go out tomorrow… best of luck to all :)</p>
<p>Thanks Dramamama – the direct approach, why didn’t I think of it. I guess it is more fun(?) to torture ourselves reading tea leaves. That official line comports with the scuttlebut we learned from a faculty member – calls starting Sunday for Theatre but taking several days. She specifically mentioned that calls will likely take Sunday – Tuesday or Wednesday or later.</p>
<p>Thanks. Everybody seems to have the same info from multiple sources.</p>
<p>AdaQuince – maybe its just my daugther’s attachment to the school but stalking the phone every time it rings seems different than the once a day is there something in the mailbox or not. At least after the mail comes you know its a full day until it comes again.</p>
<p>When my son applied several years ago, we only found this site late in the process, so there was a lot we didn’t know. For instance, we didn’t expect any results before April 1. And we didn’t realize there would be any phone calls, we just figured we would get the big envelope or the small envelope, much like my daughter did for her more conventional college applications. So when we got the call, it was a pleasant surprise. We probably made a lot of mistakes along the way because of this, but after reading this thread, I’m beginning to think ignorance sometimes is bliss.</p>
<p>I love CMU. Great program, and there is a reason it is so many kids’ first choice. Being in Pittsburgh, I’ve met a handful of the professors and some of the students over the years. They are, from my limited contact, very good people. The kids are great kids. That said, sometimes the knock is that CMU does go for “a look.” They have the pick of the litter, so why the heck not? It is a reality in this business. How many detectives in real life look like the women on Criminal Minds, Cold case, Law and Order, etc.? Not too many. Sometimes I wonder how Josh Gad slipped in.</p>
<p>I remember an auditor from one of the schools at unifieds telling 50 kids, stuffed in a hot room with their parents, if this is too stressful for you, maybe you should think twice, because this is the life you are signing up for. Cattle calls, auditions…you’re too short for the role, you can’t hit the note we need, yadda yadda. He told them to have fun. Enjoy the auditions. Try to learn from every one of them. Don’t take it personally when you don’t get the call back or the acceptance. Too much of the process is subjective and out of your hands. It was good advice indeed. </p>
<p>Believe me, the list of people who were rejected by CMU is as impressive as their list of graduates. And guess what, for the most part, the people who do get accepted to CMU didn’t get in everywhere the applied. I know people who got in at CMU, but didn’t get in at Syracuse, Point Park, Elon…It is not an exact science from the auditors side either. Great place. LOVE going to their shows. BUT it is not the end of the world when the call does not come. Most kids land in a place where they fit.</p>
<p>Agreed Pennmom. Almost wish we could just have been disconnected from CC beginning about March 1. But once you have the knowledge that the info is out there it is hard to turn it off.</p>
<p>Well said.</p>
<p>FWIW, a friend of my daughter’s attended CMU’s sleeping bag weekend and was immediately offered a spot in their freshman class. (He was also offered a spot in the vocal program at Juilliard, so clearly he is amazing.)</p>
<p>Acting Dad: I for one know someone that is extremely grateful your D was at CMU last summer! :)</p>
<p>Warblan, she made friends for life there and your daughter is one of them. It has never even entered her head to regret the experiences she had last summer.</p>
<p>I just watched the “video” and I must say it is a beautiful piece of cinematography. A well produced marketing piece with costumes, props, carefully planned storyboarding, directing and acting. I’m sure it was not taken with one of the kid’s Iphones rather the most up to date film equipment with planning that took weeks if not a month to prepare. It probably took 3 days to film. It is probably the culmination of work by the directing and producing students. Each student knew their “good side” to portray and carefully groomed and prepped with makeup for film before the shoot. I’m sure they planned who would get out of which cars together to ensure that the 6’3" guy did not stand next to the 5’0" girl so you really didn’t see the disparity of their heights. I am also sure that if we took 20 of our random D’s and S’s with each of their peculiarities regards to their looks whether it be height or crooked teeth or bad complexion, we could use makeup, lighting, camera orientation, plan the scenes correctly and have a similar feeling to it. I am impressed at the quality and the fact that the piece achieves its goals in the viewer feeling that talented beautiful people will be at the showcase and if you want a shot at being them or hiring them, either try to go to CMU Drama department or go to the showcase and hire them. I am impressed that CMU puts out a piece like this and it should be the standard by which all the showcases in other programs aim to match or exceed since that is part of what we are paying for, a nice professional package that will help promote our D’s and S’s careers. Best of luck to them. But, if you don’t wind up going to CMU, then you should show this to your own faculty and work towards producing something like this for your senior year showcase…</p>
<p>^^I completely agree, ActingDad; I think your best point was when you said nobody should avoid making attachments because you might be hurt or disappointed. Nothing baffles me more than the decision not to visit or “fall in love” with a school because there’s a chance you won’t be accepted. Do you forbid your teenager from dating, too, since they may not end up marrying their first boyfriend/girlfriend? Whether or not your kid is applying to acting programs, the college process is all about testing yourself, taking risks, and facing rejection and disappointment, just like SO MANY OTHER things in the growing-up years. Blessings of a skinned knee, folks!! Your child needs to learn how to take chances while you are there to support them. How will they function away from you in college if they can’t handle being turned down by their “dream school”? I’m glad we trekked all over the place auditioning and that I was there with my son when he had his first two rejections. Sure, it stung to see him walk out of the audition room looking like he’d been slapped in the face, just as it made me cringe the first time I saw him get pancaked on the football field (don’t tell him I said that). And it made me all the prouder to see him walk into the next audition ready to try again. Throwing himself fully into his summer program was a way of testing his skills, confidence, and resilience, and we had many realistic conversations about the odds of acceptance to BU but zero regrets about undertaking the program. ActingDad, I’m sure your daughter feels the same way about CMU, and that summer experience will be a big part of her success no matter where she ends up next year. </p>
<p>Okay, sorry, end of rant! :)</p>
<p>Skewlcounselor, the boy that you mentioned who was accepted right away, are you sure it wasn’t after the pre college program cause my D’s friend who is a boy was immediately accepted to their freshman class after the summer</p>
<p>So I don’t want to freak you guys out any further but just heard that MT calls have started.</p>