<p>There was a lot of discussion in this thread last year that was helpful to me.<br>
Good luck to everyone this year!</p>
<p>I prefer the word "declined" to "rejected."</p>
<p>Well, I have been rejected/declined from Baldwin Wallace, Penn State, and Otterbein so far. Rejections are really unfortunate, but it's part of the business, I keep telling myself. Don't get discouraged, guys!</p>
<p>Atleast she didn't use the word banished, abandoned, refused, forsaken, or shunned!</p>
<p>Roosevelt CCPA! It might be for the best. After viewing the campus for my audition, I wasn't feeling it.</p>
<p>I was rejected from Indiana University a few days ago. I got into the school though, so I could always do a BA in Theatre, which is better than nothing. However, I'm still waiting to hear from my top choice which is the University of Northern Colorado so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!</p>
<p>Here's a funny one for you. My son was deferred at Penn State until after the final weekend of auditions. Nice. Then we got that big white envelope that in any other universe would indicate acceptance, but in Penn State land is a fancy rejection inviting you to apply to another area of the school in which you have you have absolutely no interest. Quite dejecting.</p>
<p>Until Saturday -- when we got a DUPLICATE of the entire package. What, did they FORGET they'd already rejected him?? Want to make darn sure he knew just how badly they didn't want him?? Figure a 17-year-old ego needed a little toughening up??</p>
<p>COME ON, people, get your act together! Getting turned down once is sad. Getting blown off TWICE is really kinda funny. WE GET IT...he's not coming!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>At least you get the small satisfaction in knowing they had to pay for the postage twice...</p>
<p>Last year my son received 2 big white envelopes from Penn State, both MT rejections but wanting to know if he was interested in another field of study. By the 2nd envelope all we could do was laugh. HE LOVES ELON, IT WAS TOP OF LIST!</p>
<p>to make this official we should do it in list format, loll</p>
<p>i bet by the end of the week it would totally beat out the acceptance forum...this year is, like, insanely competitive!!</p>
<p>One school that rejected my d keeps sending her letters notifying her of additional scholarships they are awarding her. </p>
<p>Too bad she was rejected, we are up to just over $100,000.</p>
<p>The sad part is that if they are awarding them to her, does that mean some deserving students that are going there are not getting them ?? Or when they figure out that she won't be using them will they re-award them to others ??</p>
<p>At our home we have decided that it might have been better to be denied right away than be deferred and still hope and imagine life at the school at the top of your personal list.<br>
In other words, it is flattering to be held in consideration, but emotionally it would be great to have a crystal ball to see the future so as not to get hopes up. Of course, this is - in many ways - a small view into the nature of the business, isn't it?</p>
<p>My son also received the big white envelope fom Penn State with a rejection for Musical Theater. Like some other members have mentioned, they wanted him to choose another major!</p>
<p>Well, if it will make anyone feel better, my D got the ONSITE rejection at Penn State last year (class of 2008). That's a ton of fun -- making the trip to Penn State from out of state and getting cut in the first 10 seconds of the audition!! If that isn't fun enough, you then have to exit the room with your head held high, fighting back tears of disappointment through the "hall of shame" -- that is, walking through the hoard of nervous kids waiting to audition who know the reason you're carrying your coat, bag (and now glasses to hide the tears) is because you've been cut and were not considered for the onsite callback. </p>
<p>I have to say, probably one of the worst scenarios for being "declined." Having said that, my D went on to get 3 MT acceptances and is now happy as can be at Syracuse MT. </p>
<p>So -- Don't give up to those with a few "declines" in hand!!! There are sure to be wonderful things ahead for you!!</p>
<p>Haha here's one for you.. I hadn't heard anything from any of the schools I auditioned at for Unifieds throughout all of February.. made it about a week into March.. was hoping this was a good sign they were all taking so long.. and then got my first rejection letters from CCM and Ithaca on the same day. Now there's an ego-deflater if I ever saw one haha. All this waiting is making me nervous!! I'm so blessed to already be accepted at OCU.. but I really am wanting a BFA program.. here's hoping that all these rejections just make those acceptances all the much sweeter!! Best of luck everyone :)</p>
<p>So here's a good one-</p>
<p>A week after my UArts audition I got a rejection letter. I was VERY disappointed, as I was 1 of 10 to make it to the callbacks, sang a 3rd song, generally a strong audition. Thursday morning I get a call from admissions. They sent me the rejection by accident. Turns out I was accepted into the MT program with a scholarship.</p>
<p>I guess it was an early April Fool's joke? =]</p>
<p>Last year my D was declined by 4 schools, one of them her safety school. before getting her first acceptance...she is now at her first-choice conservatory...so don't give up hope!</p>
<p>broadwaybelter, what a story! What a happy ending! Do you think you will actually go there? I am wondering whether you disengaged from UArts emotionally after getting the rejection .... it must be difficult to go from telling yourself "It wasn't meant to be" to "Wow! They want me."</p>
<p>In any case, congratulations! That's quite a mistake they made.</p>
<p>I was immensely disappointed when I got the rejection. Shed a lot of tears over it. But I came to terms with the fact that it wasn't going to happen and accepted it, so getting the phone call was shocking and very humbling.</p>
<p>I'm still waiting to hear how much financial aid I'm getting and what the merit scholarship is exactly, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything works out! It was my top choice, so I'm really jazzed they caught the mistake before it was too late and I had made a commitment elsewhere.</p>
<p>UArts can be very generous, indeed, if they like you. They offered my daughter an enormous scholarship with her acceptance letter (UArts was her first audition ... she did it on -- I think it was -- Dec. 1 2007) and then they gave her even more as she went along. So you may be very happy and surprised when the offer comes. And how absolutely wonderful to get into your first choice! It's a wonderful school. The kids who go there seem extremely happy.</p>