<p>thecheckbook- i am a transfer applicant as well, and i have met a few kids on facebook already that have been admitted that are transfers. did you already receive academic acceptance to webster? that may be what is holding it up, or it could just be the postal service, i received a letter today from another school that was dated March 25! hope good news comes for you soon!</p>
<p>Thank you Bird7887, we have not received an accademic acceptance from Webster yet, so that could be it. Anyway, we will just sit tight and things will all work out for the best!
Best of luck to you with you college future.</p>
<p>No Webster mail here…</p>
<p>Hi Enjoy!</p>
<p>Well, I suppose there’s as many reasons to take a gap as how to handle it. But, if the goal is to try again next year, then working to earn some money while continuing training would be a great way to spend it. Oh and auditioning! That’s basically what my daughter did.</p>
<p>Specifically,
First, she took a job working with a Special Education after school care organization. 
Sometimes full-time, sometimes part-time. She had been volunteering there for several years during summers and breaks so the job was offered to her. She’s still working there now and loves it. It’s a job not for the faint of heart and it has helped to mature her greatly.</p>
<p>While working she’s done two musicals ( one she got her first paycheck for! ) and a dance concert, plus a showcase with a new musical theatre audition workshop she started studying with in September. She’s been taking lots of dance classes at the local CC, which has some terrific teachers there. ( and cheaper… mom likes that! ) Then, she really took matters into her own hands as far as re-auditioning. This time, she had NO coaching at all! It kept her quite busy as she had to make all the choices in choosing material and interpretation. ( not that I’d recommend that, that’s just how it worked out for her ) This gave her the kind of vested interest she needed … you know… to push herself. She ended up choosing material much better suited to her and something she’d enjoy performing. </p>
<p>And she took a couple of academic classes at the CC to keep herself tuned up and “in the game”. She is NOT transferring those credits however, she’s starting from the beginning and entering as a freshmen. </p>
<p>Then audition season started and here we are! She still working and taking dance classes and she just got cast in a One Act. So that should keep her busy till the summer!</p>
<p>That’s pretty much our version of “How to spend a gap year!” ;-)</p>
<p>SarasMom:</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the details. I have heard so many great things about gap years but none where from MT students. As your daughter had successful audition results I was intriged by her gap year details. Thanks for sharing. Good luck at Webster.</p>
<p>Rejection letter came today (D’s first one). Too bad - it was her top choice. I am so glad I had read CC and knew what sort of letter my D might be opening. Thanks for the warning! If someone had covered up the school’s name and asked me where it was from, I would not have guessed Webster. They invited her to consider another program there. Not much chance of that happening after reading such a cold letter.</p>
<p>Still nothing…</p>
<p>Well, “The Letter” finally arrived today: it was a “no” 
…but that just means one thing…D is OCU bound for certain now! :)</p>
<p>Still nothing…should we call yet?</p>
<p>I would recommend that you call if you have not heard by this time. I do not know why you have not received any information. What area? Musical Thatre, I assume, but I thought I would ask.</p>
<p>Plaidman</p>
<p>Yes Mt…Thank you.</p>
<p>sorry to hear the waiting is unduly prolonged. This happened to us as well last year. Forget which school… but not fun.</p>
<p>Good luck. Let us know…</p>
<p>I called and it was a rejection. Still waiting on UArts.</p>
<p>Sorry MusicTTXmom, we know how that feels. </p>
<p>By the way, the differently worded, “improved rejection letter” arrived yesterday.</p>
<p>My daughter got her “new” rejection letter too. We thought it was also worded strangely. Instead of apologizing for the first letter, it was like getting a second rejections from the same school. We all got a laugh out of if at our house! Webster should just hang it up and try to do better next year.</p>
<p>Thanks TXKatsmom. Actually she hasn’t received her rejection letter. I called as Plaidman suggested and they told me over the phone so we haven’t seen the bad letter or the “improved” one yet.</p>
<p>Ditto on the “second letter”. They probably should’ve just worked on getting it right for next year. No one needs to be rejected twice from any one school!</p>
<p>If anyone out there hasn’t heard from Webter, call. I finally called and they had never recevied my d’s transcript for some reason. They would not give me any information until it was sent and my daughter talked to her university (tranfer)l and had it sent immediately!</p>
<p>We too did think the second rejection letter was odd. It was as it they were turning the knife. If I had not read on this site the reason for the letter I would not have realized that it was written to soften the previous letter. Our first letter did not seem that harsh to me in comparison to others we rec’d. Our first letter might have the rejection paragraph worded differently than the one quoted above as ours was the ‘no thanks for theater, however will you still come to our college’ letter.</p>
<p>My d still rates the ‘Plaid Man’ as the kindest, most compassionate auditioner she encountered and she regrets she won’t have the opportunity to work with him (second is Dr. John). The interactions I had with the Webster staff were always positive - they were extremely easy to work with. A huge congratulations to those who got in to Webster - the Webster employees and faculty seem like absolutely fabulous people.</p>
<p>So maybe they shouldn’t have sent the second letter, but it just further shows me that they truly care about the students, even those that did not get selected.</p>
<p>I am very sorry to hear about the ways things turned out. For those of you who are suffering the same kind of results we had last year, my heart goes out to you. It’s not easy to go through. All I can say is give it some time, assign no blame and the right path for your beautiful child will get clearer with each passing day. Not saying it will come easily, but it will come. </p>
<p>Even though it does sting, a lot, for those who do have wonderful options, congratulations, I know things will work out just fine. I truly believe things always work out for the best.</p>
<p>This process is so trying, there should be some sort of award for our kids just for having the guts to go through it. By the same token, I think the kids who have parents like you, who feel their dreams and their pain and support them in every way they possibly can, including coming to this helpful web site, are lucky kids indeed. </p>
<p>I wish your children much success in their next steps in life, whatever they may be…</p>
<p>Checkbook… I hope for good news…</p>