<p>Hello,</p>
<p>The unified dates for NYC are up, and are two days long. However, a lot of the other colleges schedule auditions during that time as well. My daughter is going to want to audition for possibly up to 12 programs (although that list may get smaller).
Here is my question: how many days should we plan to stay in NYC? I have a hotel room booked now for 3 nights. Then, I started to wonder if I should book it for 4. I just don't know how long these auditions (and possible call-backs) tend to take. Any advice for me?
Thanks!</p>
<p>We had two days of auditions (CMU, Syracuse and DePaul) before Unifieds started. Julliard is also loosely coordinated, but may not be on the exact same days. You should really check the dates for the schools you’re auditioning for and go from there.</p>
<p>Jkellynh17, given that you are experienced in this, can you tell me how much time to give each audition? I note, for example, that Julliard has all-day call backs on the same day. In the (small) chance that someone is called back to Julliard, that means that no other auditions should be scheduled that day? I am just wondering.</p>
<p>All three of our non unified auditions took up roughly half a day. You may get lucky and be called in the first group and be done earlier but you can’t count on it. We did not do Julliard but friends did and you have to schedule a full day (though you will only need it if you get a call back). The actual unified auditions are much shorter, in and out in ten minutes. Good luck.</p>
<p>Are the dates posted at unifiedauditions.com the correct dates or still 2014? Where are the correct dates posted? </p>
<p>The NYC Unified dates are 1/24 and 1/25. </p>
<p>How safe might it to be to assume LA is Feb 6/7? I think logistically where we’ll have to do Unifieds, although I think we might be NY over Unifieds there auditioning for other non-Unifieds schools.</p>
<p>LA is Feb 7/8. Plan away!</p>
<p>Thanks @GSOMTMOM! Y’all move too fast for me on the MT board to keep up!</p>
<p>2019theatremom - You’ll be just as fast this time next year 
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<p>Oh I’m sure. I’m already fretting getting all of these schools scheduled, and I think the list is whittled down about as far as D wants it to go and we’re at 15 schools.</p>
<p>You will do fine, though you may question your sanity at times </p>
<p>Wow. I just called to change our hotel reservation, to add in the extra night of 1/21. The room rate suddenly jumped from $189 to $283 in the course of half a day. If you are going to Unifieds, you might want to make your hotel reservations now. Good grief.</p>
<p>entertainersmom is right, 2019theatremom, you’ll be a whiz by next year and trust me, you’ll get the schools scheduled. Starting this early is key! Last year this time I was nowhere near in the shape all of you are. This mom was clueless!! YardleySisa, keep checking the rates for the hotel and have NO shame in asking for available deals.</p>
<p>I think it would be safe to plan (as in preschedule) two auditions a day - morning and afternoon. As you begin to set appointments you will notice that most schools offer those options. Given that acting auditions are generally shorter than MT auditions (b/c they don’t need to see song/dance) you may be able to fit more. D did a mix of both types. Within her acting auditions, ome were short, like Minn-Guthrie,( we were in and out in 1/2 an hour) and others took quite a while, with Boston we were there the whole morning. Be sure you schedule your top choice schools 1st, that way you have an open schedule. Some schools don’t offer you much choice. For example, with Ithaca, When D submitted prescreen she indicated that she would be auditioning at Chicago Unifieds, but they chose the day/time.</p>
<p>YardleySisa, I was <em>far</em> behind you — I don’t think we planned until the fall! I agree, great doing this so early. There are many good hotels in the area of the city for less than that price – have you tried to call other places? Or do you like this particular hotel? You can try to negotiate; rates are often flexible. </p>
<p>The only advice i would have for that time is to bring earmuffs. It was <em>so</em> cold last year in NYC! And they don’t want to mess their hair. </p>
<p>@YardleySisa We were at Juilliard until nearly 3 pm and that was no callback. The process for them to choose the callbacks is pretty slow. </p>
<p>We had a similar experience in Chicago. D’s audition was at 10, and we waited till 2pm for call backs, her start time for the Rutgers audition. It was a crazy day. I would recommend, if possible, having a day just for your Juilliard audition. It’s an amazing experience, but long! </p>
<p>We had the same experience with Juilliard in NYC. Dramamom0804, I think we were there the same day? It was a very long day. We got there at 8 am as told, and were there until 3 pm when they finally put the callback list up (my S didn’t make the cut). I had imagined I’d wander the city while my S waited, but was surprised my S really wanted me there. It was one of the more stressful audition processes. I did have some nice conversations with fellow parents, although I was too shy to ask anyone if they were on CC! </p>
<p>If you’re doing this in NYC you have to have a day only for Juilliard. Bear in mind your chances are incredibly slight. It helps to know this in advance to my mind because it can take away some of the pressure. For the last few years, they have admitted only 8 BFA candidates. Yes, 8. The other 10 are MFA candidates. (They said some years it can be 10 BFA and 8 MFA.) Of those 8, 4 are typically transfers. So (unless your child is a transfer), you’re looking at 4. This is what we were told by the reps at least; I’m only going by that.</p>
<p>I think if my S had known that so few are admitted to the BFA program in advance, he would have been much more relaxed and had more fun. </p>
<p>It’s like shooting arrows at the moon. Worth it just for the possibility of a call back, at least that’s how my D felt. </p>