<p>Still no word for anyone?</p>
<p>Nothing here. Still waiting on CCPA Syracuse and CMU (I know, I know, long shot) all possibly to be announced this weekend.</p>
<p>Nothing. And their website says their computers on down on Sunday, although wouldn’t expect anything on that day:)</p>
<p>Well, they do have to tell us eventually. It’s not like another week makes much difference.</p>
<p>Maybe they already sent out rejections and we just all got in cause we’re awesome? Nothing wrong with a little optimism during decision season. :P</p>
<p>But yeah, nothing here either. I was really hoping it’d be today, but it’s been almost a month already, so hopefully these 7 days will go fast. </p>
<p>Also, when I was lurking on the MT Roosevelt form from two years ago for students who were accepted to CCPA their online status changed under Application Status: to “Decision Made” and then under Decision it said: “Incomplete Admit”</p>
<p>There’s hardly anything from last year on here, and this seems to be the only board for this year. I hope everyone is getting lots of yeses! I remember what a stressful time March was two years ago!</p>
<p>CCPA is on spring break next week. Maybe won’t be hearing anything till after…?</p>
<p>Thought everyone would like to know there is another message board on this website called “Notifications,” but also type in “CCPA” to find it. This was posted on Saturday by a CCPA student who evidently works in admissions: </p>
<p>Hey guys. It will be via email, and you will find out by April 1st. I believe decisions are still being made and scholarships are still being awarded. You will get answers soon! Let me know if you have any questions in the meantime! </p>
<p>She also says she thinks all emails are sent at once.</p>
<p>I just talked to a CCPA student who’s vocal performance, but friends with theatre kids who say they’re looking to make the classes bigger next year. They’re looking for 25 MTs, 25 MT dance emphasis, and 25-30 BFA Acting students and will accept double the number in each category. Also the wait list is usually 10-15 people in each major. Now this is just hearsay from a non-major, so take what you will, but I thought I’d share the info anyways. :D</p>
<p>More is better. Definitely.</p>
<p>I have to say, though, I spent the morning reading through the catalogue of Savannah College of Art and Design and feel much better about my son possibly going there. There’s a big photo of the music theater kids working with Duncan Sheik on Spring Awakening…which seemed pretty cool. He’s in with some scholarship off a walk-in at unifieds. Though Chicago is such a great theater town.</p>
<p>Did any of you intending for BFA acting Roosevelt also audition with Depaul? Just curious what your experience there was. My son’s audition with was so much nicer and more professional with Depaul. He was originally more serious about Depaul, but that quickly changed after visiting and auditioning with both schools.</p>
<p>DePaul was my son’s only really bad audition. He didn’t get a call back. (By contrast, at CMU, he did two adjustments, an extra monologue and a song and got passed to the other room…and apparently still isn’t getting in.)</p>
<p>He did CCPA at Unifieds, so there wasn’t a lot of time for extra stuff, but he felt a positive vibe and apparently got a laugh in his comedy piece. Who knows?</p>
<p>I know some people had good experiences at DePaul, but it was, by far, the lousiest audition experience my son had. On my son’s audition day and after the speech by the head of the DePaul theatre department to all the students and their parents that the audition/monologue experience should be “stress-free” and to only concentrate “on that one monologue you have been preparing–everyone wants you to be successful–we’re’re here to help you!” the exact opposite occurred. </p>
<p>The theatre student escorting my son to his auditioner first described the auditioner to my son as someone who “makes students cry.” Then, as my son opened his mouth to start his audition before this auditioner, she immediately cut my son off, saying “you’re not ready!!” So my son, just slightly startled, started again. At the end of the monologue, during which my son said the auditioner barely looked at him, she said, “do you have another monologue?”–even though the students are told repeatedly before the audition process to have only one prepared and that nothing more is expected. </p>
<p>I’m guessing she was hoping he wouldn’t have one so she could chastise him how theatre professionals should always have another monologue ready to go and always be prepared for the unexpected.</p>
<p>But he DID have another monologue prepared. When he started, he noticed immediately the auditioner wasn’t paying any attention and again not even looking at him. This time he kept his eyes on her to see if she was ever going to look at him. About 30 seconds into the second requested monologue and without ever looking at him, she cut him off, saying, “I just wanted to let you know what you’re up against.” Whatever that was supposed to mean. End of audition experience, never any comment about what he had done–or had not done satisfactorily–and obviously no callback.</p>
<p>CCPA was completely opposite in every way. Loved that they gave the students individual appointments, rather than being part of some huge crowd. Totally welcoming atmosphere by the auditioner, who was fully engaged, tweaked the monolgue a bit, laughed at all the right moments, and gave my son his business card at the end of the audition and asked him to call or email with any questions. Depaul’s theatre director made it very clear not to email or call him about anything regarding the audition or any decisions made–(“don’t be THAT guy!”)–really sent a clear message of “don’t bother me.” </p>
<p>As my son didn’t make the DePaul callback, and figured it didn’t matter anymore anyway, he went ahead and emailed the DePaul theatre head to let him know his audition experience wasn’t anything like he had portrayed it to the students and how disappointing the audition experience–not the decision regarding the callback–had been–how the auditioner asked for a second monologue and then wouldn’t let him complete it. My son never got any response.</p>
<p>Obviously hoping for a more positive response from CCPA. But either way, the continued professionalism extended by the CCPA staff says volumes more about their atmosphere than DePaul’s. </p>
<p>Again, this was our experience with DePaul and clearly not everyone’s–or no one would want to go there. We may have just drawn the one awful auditioner. Would be interested if others had anything similar.</p>
<p>Thanks for letting me vent–this has been bothering both of us since it happened since we expected so much better of DePaul.</p>
<p>Wow what an awful story! DePaul was one of my daughter’s favorite auditions. She was not called back but she left feeling very good about what she did there. It sounds like maybe it was a lousy audtioner in a bad mood. (like her experience with Emerson…the audtioner was complaining about wanting a lunch break when D came in the room) But if the current student “escort” said she makes kids cry, that’s not a great reputation to have, nor is it something you want prospective students to hear. My husband works in an office that deals with people on a regular basis and he always said “you are only as good as your worst employee”. Especially if that’s the person you encounter right off the bat. I realize our kids need to have thick skin, but a “tough” professor is desirable, someone who pushes you and expects you to step up after being directed, and if you don’t, well then of course they might get annoyed. One that’s just mean? Not necessary.</p>
<p>I don’t think my son would have auditioned for DePaul if he had known beforehand how little financial aid they give. We got a college cost estimator asking us to spend or borrow about $5000 less than we make in a year, total. It would have been a significantly bigger loan than our mortgage was over a four year period. It was almost a relief that they didn’t want him.</p>
<p>I think my S felt like he screwed up the movement/improv part of the audition. Though he’s been doing a LOT of that stuff the last couple of weeks in Scapin (Bill Irwin’s version, so you know there’s clowning), and enjoying it and doing well. </p>
<p>That sounds awful, what they did to your kid. What’s wrong with people?</p>
<p>Just got an email from CCPA looking for my son’s ACT scores, which we thought we had in as part of his h.s. transcript, and only discovered last week to be missing. We paid for priority shipment last week, but it still means CCPA won’t receive till about Monday.</p>
<p>The email also said we had to get them in as they are “aiming to send out admission decisions by April lst.” So evidently CCPA staff are working on admissions this week and next, but actual decisions may be a bit longer yet if April 1st is the date they are shooting for.</p>
<p>Stagemom1981—let’s hope CCPA under promises and over delivers. If the decisions go out by mail (if that’s the method), we’ll receive them several days after April 1. Not fun!</p>
<p>Drip, drip, drip…it’s water torture, eh?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure we were told that CCPA decisions are emailed. So no snail mail delay.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if the BFA theatre students are permitted to audition for the musical productions and vice versa? We were told that the curriculum the first 2 years is essentially the same for the two programs. My D auditioned for both and obviously would like the opportunity to be in straight plays and musicals regardless of the program she is in. I’ve never heard of that restriction at other schools, but someone on another thread said that.</p>
<p>Yes, actually, I’m sure my son mentioned that CCPA lets acting students audition for musicals – and they have an all-freshman show.</p>
<p>Hey folks,</p>
<p>Just ignore the auditor at your audition. You should have been told this by now. Deliver your monologue to an imaginary person standing behind the auditor, and imagine that person is paying attention to you.</p>
<p>You can NOT read the auditor’s mind. You cannot try to guess what they are thinking. They often have to put a barrier between themselves and the auditioner, because each auditioner is coming in and possibly screaming at them, trying to seduce them, etc (depending on the monologue). You are getting a professional appraisal. You are not in class with a teacher who is going to help you. You are not performing for your parents who are just going to gush over everything you do.</p>
<p>You cannot control the auditor’s behavior, all you can do is control your own. And if you start being distracted by the auditor, it is only going to harm your audition. I have seen people auditioning when a door opens behind them, and they still manage to keep focus on their monologue.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>