<p>Another agree here! I have learned so much from all everyone here has so generously shared! Every time I’ve had a question or just needed reassurance, I have been touched & overwhelmed with the response! You guys are amazing! Thank you!</p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone at Unifieds or other auditions this weekend! Break a leg kids!</p>
<p>To Bethsmom and others following after us, we’re glad it has been helpful. We, too, are very grateful for the wealth of information here. Two of our three children wound up at a school we had never even known before CC and probably never would have considered. One has been consistently employed as an actor since graduation and the other continues to thrive in his training. We still appreciate hearing new developments and changes for any program and we’re always ready to direct friends and families to this site still. Good luck to all of you in the audition season this year and enjoy it!</p>
<p>Let me add to the chorus of thanks! I first started reading here when D was a Sophomore in HS. The “Big Lists” helped us craft our lists… the posts taught me about the process, and led us to MTCA, who have also been fantastic, and now the posts help keep me sane - keep me informed when processes don’t go as expected - and have allowed me to make some great connections!</p>
<p>I’m still kind of amazed that this valuable resource is all made possible because MT families want other MT families to experience success! </p>
<p>Break Legs to all in the midst of this crazy audition season!!</p>
<p>I agree with Jeffandann. Teenagers find many if not most of their parent’s behaviors to be embarrassing, and to prevent adding to an already stressful situation, I listened quietly in the Q&A sessions, and frankly, I found most of the parents who were asking questions were asking for info available on the web sites. I could answer the questions. However, I engaged in active 1:1 conversations where appropriate, given the setting (for example, current students who were there to engage with parents during the audition) but as with anyone I’m striking up a conversation with, I asked the questions where the student could talk about him or herself, what he/she likes most about the program, what turned out to be better than expected, etc - exactly the info they were probably coached to share.</p>
<p>Ah, someone should probably do a CC Ancestry.com family tree…I learned so much from the parents before me, and we just want to return the favor to the next generation. Just think, next year this time the Class of 2018 will be calming down the Class of 2019. Remember, you guys are ahead of the game because of what you’ve learned here…I know we were. You will undoubtedly hear program heads dis CC on your audition travels. While undoubtedly there is stuff here you cannot take to the bank, the vast majority of people are just trying to help by sharing knowledge. I not only learned so much from the parents before me, but they kept me sane and I made some incredible new friends. Break legs!</p>
<p>I second (tenth?) everything said. What an amazing guide CC has been; I just can’t imagine going through the whole process without it. The complete and unexpected icing on the cake for me is all the friends I’VE made either directly or indirectly as a result of CC. Being an MT parent can be lonely in “real” life, but here, everyone understands. I came to CC looking to help my daughter; the last thing I expected was that my OWN life would be so impacted and enriched. But it has, in spades. Thank you all. :x </p>
<p>Hey, we have emoticons! :-h </p>
<p>I do not see the issue with parents and students asking questions. We just completed our second audition of the 2013/2014 audition schedule… in the fall we had a transfer student day, but this was our first incoming freshman day. We are happy to have students and parents ask questions during the general information session, and have students and a faculty talking with the parents in the waiting area during the auditions, and students waiting with the students while they are waiting to audition. </p>
<p>Students and their families are researching the programs to see if they may be a good fit as much as the programs are meeting prospective to see if they could be a good fit. Of course, do the research to see what you can find out online before the audition, but ask questions! College is expensive, all schools are different, garner all the information you can when you have the opportunity to do so. 
</p>
<p>I agree all the way with Bethsmom. We’ve looked at all the books and videos, but there has been no better resource for helping us through this process than the CC MT community. We can’t begin to thank everybody for their help and information.</p>
<p>More importantly, the CC MT forums feel like a shared community. We tell our family and friends about the college MT audition process - the difficulties, the doubts, the small triumphs, the disappointments, and the sheer odds of our kid getting a spot. They are supportive, of course, but the only people who can truly appreciate this process are those who are going through it right now. I like the instant news reports from the auditions, and the shared feeling of success when a kid does well. This place is the antithesis of the “stage parents” that we all see at the auditions.</p>
<p>Six weeks from now it will all be over, and a new journey will begin. Thanks to all for participating. Good luck, and good health!</p>
<p>KatMT - I don’t think there is anything wrong with asking questions in general. Some children wont mind at all ifs their parents ask questions. However, if your child is uncomfortable with you asking questions and has asked you not to, I think parents should respect their child’s wishes. The kids are stressed enough as it is on audition day. Why stress them further if they’ve specifically asked you not to ask questions in the open forum? There are plenty of other ways to get answers to your questions. As you mentioned, there are often students or other school representatives milling around of whom you could ask a question privately. Or you can call or email with a very specific question at a later date.<br>
I think the reason kids don’t want parents to speak is because we’ve all seen a parent or 2 who dominates a q &a session, or the parent who brags just a little too much about their child, etc… This makes kids uncomfortable
In general, I just think it best that you follow your child’s lead on audition day when it comes to these types of situations. If your child is ok with you asking questions, ask away! You are there to get to know the school. But if they aren’t comfortable, make sure you listen well, take lots of notes and follow up on any remaining questions you have after audition day is over.</p>
<p>You guys are way nicer parents than I am. I’m of a similar mind with what Times3 is suggesting above. To me, asking good questions is fair game and something that I’ve tried to model. My daughter has had to put up with 20 years of having a mother that is not afraid to ask a question so she has come to expect it. But she also expects me to ask good questions and to be judicious about the quantity.</p>
<p>I hope this may have something to do with the fact that she is a student that will raise her hand and ask questions. But she would know better than to raise her hand to ask a question that is really a “look how smart I am” statement disguised as a question and nor would she knowingly ask something that she could have answered on her own by for example, having done the reading.</p>
<p>I trust you all know what types of questions I’m talking about. I don’t like the equivalent of those at those audition Q&A sessions either. I agree there are plenty of them and it is cringe-worthy. But as KatMT pointed out, college is expensive. We flew to every audition from the West Coast and I took the opportunity to understand the school better seriously so sometimes that meant I’d ask more than one question if I felt I needed to. But that’s me.</p>