<p>EmmyBet - thanks to both you and your D’s very generous insight.</p>
<p>To clarify, I applied to all BA programs:</p>
<p>Accepted: Emerson, Ithaca, Fordham (not to theatre program), umass amherst, unh. </p>
<p>Rejected: Amherst College, Williams College. </p>
<p>Decision: Ithaca College</p>
<p>Reasoning: Truly, emerson was my first choice, but it happened to be heinously expensive for me. Ithaca’s program is on an equal level with emerson and they offered me a lot of merit money. I’ll miss the city but I really liked Ithaca’s earthy crunchy vibe when I visited. Now that I’m over emerson I can’t wait to get started at IC!</p>
<p>Applied to: Rutgers Mason Gross (BFA Acting), University of Michigan (BFA Acting), University of Minnesota/Guthrie (BFA Acting), Emerson College (BA Acting), Roosevelt U/Chicago College Performing Arts (BFA Acting), Columbia College, De Paul (BFA Acting), Carnegie Mellon (BFA Acting); Southern Methodist U (BFA Acting) and Tufts. </p>
<p>Accepted to: Rutgers Mason Gross, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota/Guthrie (originally on Waitlist, then accepted), Emerson College, Roosevelt U/Chicago College Performing Arts, and Columbia College. </p>
<p>Rejected from:Carnegie Mellon, DePaul, SMU and Tufts.</p>
<p>Waitlisted at: Minnesota/Guthrie (accepted off the waitlist on 4/25)</p>
<p>Final Decision: BFA Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.</p>
<p>Comments: I’ve thought about going to Rutgers since 8th grade. Great people, great program. Junior year at the Globe in London! Now it’s up to me to make the most it!</p>
<p>Process: I started with 10 schools given low acceptance rates. I love Chicago so I picked Columbia College early as my safety school. Non-Audition safety and early acceptance so I had that covered. I think this is an underrated program - really a lot of great opportunities if you are interested. First audition was on campus at DePaul. Morning auditions with afternoon callbacks - I didn’t even make it to the afternoon callbacks! A blow to my confidence just starting the process. Then U of Minn/Guthrie on campus end of January. Following weekend Unifieds in Chicago. Think it really helped to have a few auditions done before Unifieds. Six auditions @ Unifieds (Rutgers, U of Mich., SMU, Emerson, CM, and Roosevelt) Thought SMU was one of my best auditions and that was first rejection letter I got! </p>
<p>Attended call back auditions on campus for Minn/Guthrie and Rutgers and both really helped give a good picture of school. Rutgers had posted on website a callback weekend in early March that I was not invited to…got the call after that annd went to callback in late March.</p>
<p>Reflection: Huge roller coaster of emotions. Started with no callback and ended with offers from my top 3 schools going in and plus a couple of nice suprise “acceptance” offers. The audition process is tough - very little feedback and really can’t read too much into anything. School visits are important but hard to see so many - want to wait to see if you get in first. Getting into multiple programs was great but caused a lot of stress in trying to pick one. In the end, everything worked out and I’m excited to get started!!!</p>
<p>Applied to: DePaul, NYU, FSU, NCSA, BU, Emerson, NIU, U of Utah, Ithaca, TCU, SMU, UArts, URI, UNC-Greensboro, </p>
<p>Accepted to: TCU (BA), URI (BFA), UNCG (BA to BFA), Utah (BFA)
Waitlisted then accepted: DePaul (BFA)
Waitlisted: NYU (BFA)
Rejected: FSU, NCSA, BU, Emerson, Ithaca, SMU, UARts (All BFA)</p>
<p>Decision: DePaul</p>
<p>Comments: Really wanted a BFA conservatory. DePaul has great reputation. Love Chicago (originally from there)-- Its like NYC but cleaner and cheaper with lots of opportunities. No cuts to the program now and they are building a new facility.</p>