Has anyone heard back? And, if so, how long did it take between submission and notification?
Oh, never mind. I just read in the email that it will take a few weeks.
It only took about three Days for them to reject my D prescreen. Just got notified yesterday.
Sorry for the bad news, @TNTheatreDad. 
I hope your D gets great results from the other schools!
So sorry! I imagine now that they’ve moved to a presreen that there’s more applications than even before - the stats are difficult at DuPaul.
It took them about a week to give him the same rejection.
She took it well. It’s not really her dream school. She loved their facilities but she’s wanting something smaller, without MFA students and more focused on classical theatre. She would’ve been thrilled for a callback but she’s not surprised and taking it in stride
@TNTheatreDad
Here too. TWO DAYS ! My daughter passed Pace, CMU, Elon and I though we were on a roll (all straight acting). Then a super fast NO from Depaul. I feel so silly because when she texted me that she did not pass it, inside I felt terrible for her and she will be just fine. It’s so easy to start wondering what was different. I see that all the no’s ahead will be harder in reality than in my imagination. I’m sure your girl is very talented and I believe in mine but if this little glitch makes me wobbly…I need to get strong fast.
My son uploaded a Video 10/13 and just received a congratulations email… I love to see so many students wanting to come here for college and disappointed that my son wants to go to the east coast. I’m hoping that he chooses to stay if he gets accepted to DePaul and that he receives a nice financial aid package because every school right now is uberly expensive Congratulations! We have reviewed your audition prescreen video, and we would like to invite you to an in-person callback audition.
Before scheduling your callback audition, please log into your DePaul portal and complete the audition questionnaire form. You may then schedule your audition here (use your DePaul portal credentials to log in). Our website provides detailed information about callback audition dates/locations and the audition process
OMG CMU would be amazing!! We didn’t even bother with trying to get in. I don’t think his grades are strong enough. He’s in school for 9hrs per day and although he’s in Honors and AP Classes, he doesn’t have a 4.0… it’s more of a B+ avg… we haven’t received the scores from SAT’s yet but ironically Emerson and Boston U have emailed stating that they don’t need them…sigh…
The New School asked him to quickly email them a video then we received an email asking if he’d like to do early action audition… I assuming this may be a small pass but unsure…
the only other “Dream School” he’d love to get into is Juilliard and although he’s auditioning for NYU… after reading the posts and thinking about class sizes on top of the aid not being that great… I am rethinking it…
we shall see. I just want all of our kids to go and be where they want and are supposed to be 
@katgirlchicago - just FYI, CMU does not require drama students to meet anywhere near the same criteria as other majors. It really is all about the audition there. On the other hand, NYU and Boston require students to be admitted academically as well as artistically in 2 separate evaluations - so grades/scores matter there, and both are academically competitive. (Boston for sure wanted my D’s in 2014, they may have changed)
Just to address class sizes at NYU - students are divided into Studios, and Studios are divided into cohorts. My D has never had more than 15 in her class during her 4 years there.
thanks for the info @toowonderful I hear that Chicago students can go for free if they complete something beginning next year. I’m not sure what that Thing is. Same applies to the University of Chicago (if you get accepted) it’s free to Chicago students. Northwestern University is doing something similar.
@katgirlchicago - Chicago students can go free to where? What would they have to complete? Is this need based ? None of those schools are exactly hurting for applicants…
Chicago students can go to University of Chicago for free is accepted. DePaul is also starting a program for Chicago Students that will be implemented next fall … Sure they aren’t hurting for applicants but many people can’t afford 70K per year but are exceptional students
I meant to say Chicago U IF accepted
@katgirlchicago - is this what you are talking about? http://promise.uchicago.edu/ Looks like a need based program TARGETING Chicago families - but only if you qualify for full need. Hardly that all Chicago residents can go there tuition free…
@toowonderful Most of the Families here are need base regardless of their financial income. I’m grateful for it Northwestern implemented this program right after my daughter was accepted. I couldn’t afford for her to go at 70K per year and my son to go to the theater/acting school of his dreams so I guess this applies to me… Even at my salary, I can’t afford $500,000.00 for two students to get into the schools that they dream of for 4 Years. I’m grateful that I live here and if the need is there, I’m grateful for it. so yes, I am assuming that link applies to “need base” and I will take anything that we can get right now
I’m sure that you’ve been able to afford your children’s high education but for some of us, we’re just trying to keep hope alive and far from any generational wealth, estate recipients or plane ole luck. I’m sure your children are grateful that you were able to give them a quality education and I hope that link helps a lot of Chicagoans even at Northwestern or University of Chicago. The Cost of living here is enough and we pay some of the highest taxes in the nation
hope your children are enjoying college life .
@katgirlchicago - this really isn’t the place s conversation, the OP’s question has been thoroughly sidetracked. (Sorry) And you seem to think I am arguing with you, I’m not, I’m trying to understand. My kid never looked at U Chicago, I know nothing about them or their process. Many families receive some form of need based aide- but there is a difference between aide and full tuition. I pulled up a website, and asked if that was what you were referring to… that’s it. I have no idea what income qualifies someone for full need… but I am going to guess lots of people in Chicago make more than it, even with the cost of living.
Other cities are implementing similar programs. My D is working with a group in Pittsburgh - all but 2 of the students live in Pittsburgh and are talking about The Pittsburgh Promise. Interestingly, the scholarships are NOT need-based and many of her fellow students, because they attend Pittsburgh public schools, are eligible and expect to receive some scholarship money if they attend college in Pennsylvania. Seems like a great program!
Interesting - perhaps it will help keep kids in Urban public school districts. I have been watching Trevor Noah show this week from chicago. One of his guest mentioned that 1/3 of the residents of chicago apparently send their kids to private schools.