<p>My daughter has several auditions scheduled at the Unified Auditions in LA in February. They were all scheduled through the individual schools. Can some of you help me answer a few questions that I can't seem to find the answers to?</p>
<p>1- How do you "walk-in" to other schools' auditions? I've read other people's comments about how they had pre-scheduled "x"-number of auditions at the Unifieds, but then they "walked-in" to several others. How does that work? In LA, I know that the auditions my D is already scheduled for are all at different hotels. How do you know who is holding auditions where? Any help on this walk-in concept would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>2- Do the schools typically allow families to be in the audition room? Or do we have to wait outside? In your experiences, how typical is it that all the kids audition in front of each other vs. just one-on-one with the auditors? </p>
<p>We've never "been there/done that" (Unifieds), and don't know anyone who has. CC is our source for all knowledge on these items-- please advise, thanks!</p>
<p>My kid also is auditioning for several programs at NY Unifieds, so I am not someone who has trod this path before. However, I asked the very same questions as you are asking and here is what I found out:
* to do a walk in, the kid has to go to the school's table or wherever they are set up and ask if there are times available. Sometimes there are, and sometimes there are not. Those times need, of course, to work with those your kid already has scheduled.
* I have never heard of a program that allowed parents to watch the auditions. And I dunno about you, but I sure wouldn't want to! It would make me nervous and make my daughter nervous. I think most programs do not audition kids in front of one another.</p>
<p>Mine is also attending NY Unifieds for the first time as well. I agree on the watching aspect, I would be way to nervous, and she would way not let me.</p>
<p>Otterbein may be the only program where students audition in front of each other, and we only do that on campus. At the Unifieds, all of our auditions are individual ones, because they are combined with interviews.</p>
<p>I don't know of any program anywhere which allows family members to be present in an audition.</p>
<p>My D did unifieds in LA last year but all of her auditions were scheduled at the same hotel. I believe she had four auditions actually scheduled and then did several walk-ins. Like NotMamaRose said, my D just walked up to the school's tables and asked if they had slots available. Sometimes, the reps would be sitting out with a break in auditioners and she would just be taken right in to audition. I think she fit in about three or four more auditions. There will be a list of schools that are at the hotel posted so when you get there just check out the list. Good luck to everyone in their upcoming auditions and just remember to go in there and have fun!</p>
<p>Oh, and one more thing. It seemed like one of the schools that she did a "walk-in" audition for required an audition fee. (It was not a school that she had applied at.) It seems like it was around $25.</p>
<p>That raises an interesting question for me. Can anyone respond who has received an acceptance from a walk in audition? Do they happen? We will have some free time at the Chicago Unifieds and were hoping to maybe squeeze in some walk in auditions if the opportunity presented itself. But would hate to be writing more checks, if walk in acceptances are a rare thing. This whole journey has been so expensive, I am trying to keep the Chicago trip on a budget.</p>
<p>AZKMom, I have been told by people who are supposed to know that if a kid is good enough and is what the program is looking for, he/she can indeed be accepted via a walk in. My question was whether doing a walk in made the kid look as if she/he did not really have the walk in school at the top of her/his list. But I was told that if the school likes the kid, she/he will get an acceptance.</p>
<p>NotMamaRose is correct. My daughter was accepted to more than one school that she did not apply for based on auditions. These schools offered to waive the application fee if she decided she wanted to apply to them.</p>
<p>My guess is that the schools that allow walk-in auditions have rolling admissions, and application date that has not already passed, or an agreement with the admission office that if they see a student that they really want to accept the admissions office will accept the application after the deadline.</p>