<p>Colleges are putting together a theatrical ensemble as well as a freshman class. They need various types of actors/actresses. </p>
<p>For instance, The Producers was great with Matthew Broderick/Nathan Lane and Martin Short/Jason Alexander - but could we have stood it with two Matthew Brodericks or any of them???? (I'm of the generation that finds him adorable still.) It wouldn't have worked. </p>
<p>My DS is a tall blond "Prince Charming" type - (he's been called that several times now by others) and he plays "older" very well. Up until this year, he wanted to be Tony in West Side Story, but he's more of a Rif, Kennicke (??) rather than Danny. Now he realizes that he's not that person - not that he can't be with the help of hair dye and some more training. So he embraces who he is and what he can bring to an ensemble. </p>
<p>At Ithaca, for instance, they had some performance majors on stage answering questions during the auditions. The kids represented a variety of types - small brunette firecracker, light-haired engenue (Sp?), etc. </p>
<p>In some ways it's rough - but that's theatre. I can't imagine Gaston in Beauty and the Beast and Angel in Rent being played by the same actor. Can you?</p>
<p>And that's exactly what makes this process so frustrating/interesting/confusing/hopeless! You really WANT to know what the faculty at each school was thinking when they made their selections. </p>
<p>Funny though, to think that in the beginning everyone was trying to look at program characteristics to see what "fit" them or their children. In the end, how many kids get to pick their program rather than having their program pick them? It's nice to see the posts that note that so many "land" where they were meant to be, and have wonderful training and experiences there.</p>
<p>Keeping fingers crossed for everyone over the next 2 weeks or so!</p>
<p>I agree with the whole casting-the-next-four-years-of-shows-at-the-univerity thing. I thought that might work in my favor, me being a redhead, but apparently they already have enough redheads.</p>
<p>Ha, I'm glad I could lighten the mood on this thread :D</p>
<p>BTW NMR, I feel bad but I just can't remember your name. You always refer to me as Robert, but I absolutely cannot remember! Help me out! Thanks</p>
<p>Lisa. I met you and your wonderful parents at the Syracuse audition in DC. By the way, do you ever go by "Bob" or "Rob" or "Bobby" (which puts me in mind of COMPANY!!)</p>
<p>UArts has been sending decisions since the first week in December, following (as I understand it) their audition dates. I know of two kids who heard five days after their audition, and others who did not hear for three weeks or so. FWIW, Muhlenberg said that most kids will hear by the end of this month. Best wishes!</p>
<p>I had one other thought as I was reading through the posts on various threads today and have been talking to other local parents about their college waiting game. We will be teaching our kids a lot about how to handle rejection (and acceptance) by how we handle these college letters. For many parents, we're as invested as our kids are - because we want the best for them. </p>
<p>How we handle it (with dignity and acceptance - or not) will create a lasting impression and likely be a model they will unconciously refer to as they go through life. My brother was intially rejected from USC back in the 80's and my mom (an alum) was very sour about it and blamed all sorts of things. Twenty years later, he's still handles rejections that way - even though he eventually tranferred in and graduated from there.</p>
<p>We're still waiting to hear from his auditioned schools. Gene Cernan, astronaut, wrote that while they set the course for the moon and plan their route well in advance, they still had to make adjustments en route or they'd have missed the moon completely. (serious paraphrasing there)</p>
<p>Concerning UArts, admissions is rolling so it depends on when you audition. I didn't actually audition there but I have a friend who was accepted in early february, and another who just found out yesterday...it all depends!</p>
<p>I'm back on the board to let you know that my D was rejected from MMC. Though hearing that your "techniques are not what they are looking for" is always hurtful no matter what, my D was actually okay with it. The day of her audition was her first look at the school and she did not feel it was the right place for her either. On the other hand her audition at NYU was quite exciting as the auditioner felt her a perfect fit for the experimental theatre wing and liked the risks she took with her songs and monologues. But, as we all know, we can't read too much into these things. She is a transfer student and her high school grades and test scores are right on the line or a point below the averages of those accepted at NYU: 3.5 rather than 3.6; 25 on the ACT rather than 26. Guess we'll know for sure in a couple of weeks. In the meantime she has a great part in The Full Monty at her current university and is in the travelling Shakespeare troupe that will perform in London in May. So not a sad story....</p>
<p>UArts is rolling with a variation. If they want you without a speck of equivocation or if conversely they know for sure that they don't, you generally hear within 2 weeks of your audition. Other students hear later in the process without regard to their audition date. So if by now you have not heard anything, treat it as the glass half full - if you were absolutely out of contention, you would have been rejected soon after your audition.</p>
<p>I've haven't posted again because we've not heard from anyone since receiving the Point Park rejection but I have been reading and keeping with all your posts and I just want to add my hang in there's! I'm keeping good thoughts for everyone. It'll all be over in the next three weeks one way or another!</p>
<p>Blank slate, sorry to hear about your d's rejection, but it seems like she's thriving where she is so it's definitely not a totally sad story. But I was also very interested in reading about your D's experience at her NYU audition. My D had almost the exact same experience with a lot of wonderful positive comments, except the auditioner thought she'd be a "wonderful addition to the Stella Adler Studio." Like you said, you can't really read into these things, but we can hope for the best! ( only my d's grades aren't quite as good as your d's ) Perhaps they do say something similar to everyone. They did spend a lot of time with each person. One of the interview directions was to know which studio(s) you thought would be best for you. In turn, they would tell you which one they believed would compliment you best and visa versa. So who knows! I guess we'll find out soon enough. :-)</p>
<p>SarasMom, my D also was declined by Point Park, and I wish I had a dollar for every piece of snail mail she has gotten from them since! Yesterday's invitation to join the honors program was the last straw. Grrr......</p>
<p>Uh, that's insensitive, but it seems to happen with some regularity, even to kids who are not applying to colleges for performance based programs. I guess kids just get on colleges' mailing lists and stuff is generated automatically. Grrr ...</p>
<p>skiwedjymom - totally understand where you are coming from. Then there are also schools that keep sending letters after you retract an application "hey, how about a different major"? I guess these are all marketing strategies, but still...I find myself 'roaring', all those trees...</p>
<p>On one of the school threads above, someone posted that even though her kid did not get accepted to MT, the school offered the student nursing or math as majors. I wonder how many kids, after auditioning for a performing arts major, would say "Well, gosh, I did not get in for musical theater, so yeah, I think I will become a nurse!" :)</p>