D22 has already applied to some colleges EA and will apply to other RD in the next few weeks. She participated in All-State Chorus in 10th grade just before COVID hit. All-State was cancelled last year (her junior year) so she never had a chance to audition. She just found out she has made it through the first audition as a Senior. She will need to pass a second audition in January, however, that’s typically just a formality and most students make it through that round. The event will take place in March.
My question is how she should list this on the Common App. For her EA applications, she was able to list 10th grade participation in the Honors section. Can she list 10th and 12th grade participation now, even though she technically hasn’t made it past the second audition, and the event hasn’t happened? Should she list it in the Honors section and then explain in the Additional Info section? Any advice welcome.
I would say she was a participant in 10th grade and a nominee in 12th. We had to do something similar for D20 and orchestra. IIRC, she listed the group, marked off the years and wrote in the description that she participated in grades 9-11 and was under consideration for 12th.
A little different since she didn’t pass the all-state audition but my D just said second chair (or whatever it’s called when they are 2nd overall; I’m not a music person) district band, recommended (or nominated?) for all-state auditions. She left it for them to conclude whether she wasn’t selected or she chose not to audition for all state
Thanks to you, both! It’s tricky because she’s listing it under “Honors”, and there’s only a title for Honors, no actual description. But she could very well add a description within the title regarding how she participated in 10th and passed the first audition in 12th…maybe. She’ll just need to work on wording.
