<p>My d auditioned at 6 schools and got into none of the MT programs. We think she is headed to the University of Indiana. We've been impressed by what we've heard about their BA Theatre program.</p>
<p>Dear KatieKat
We have a friend right now in the BA theatre program and IU and she loves it! Good luck to your d!</p>
<p>KatieKat....my daughters have a good friend from HS who also did not get into any BFA programs and went to Indiana for the BA (at the time, they didn't offer a BFA). She is a junior there now and I believe is very happy there and very engaged in musical theater. Best wishes to your daughter as she indeed has a school where she can pursue her passion, even if it wasn't her ideal school initially, it soon will be!</p>
<p>KatieKat, </p>
<pre><code> IU is a great school! My H went to Purdue. I've heard wonderful things about their BA programs and she can still be involved in MT while there. She could even re-audition for them next fall. I wish you and your D the best of luck!
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<p>I agree with everyone that IU is a great school- I graduated from there!! The BA program is excellent, but you should definitely inquire about re-auditioning for the BFA if your daughter already auditioned for it at IU... I distinctly recall Mr. Pinney addressing this question when we were there in February, and he made it clear that if one was not accepted initail[y, he would not be offering another chance to audition as a transfer... You might want to ask if she can if she is indeed at IU in the dept. next year as he might change his mind (his yield might not be what he expected). I would hate for your daughter to go there with the hopes that she could transfer in to the BFA if that is not possible. She can still audition for all the shows, and certainly a class of 10 (I was told he accepted 15 and hopes to get 10 from that ) cannot cast an entire show!! Good luck.</p>
<p>Go HOOSIERS!!
IU is a great school...I too am a graduate. I second ttmom's suggestion to verify reauditioning. Since d graduated from hs last year, we were asking if she could audition into the MT program this year from the ba program...and I thought that the answer was yes....so maybe since she it there, she may be able to....
IU was home to me for 4 years...I hope your d will feel the same way. Bloomington is a great college town, and the campus is by far one of the most beautiful campuses we have seen!! (Fall is breathtaking!)
Wishing you the best....</p>
<p><em>did someone actually mention that other Indiana school that begins with a "P" on this thread????? </em>gasp* :D</p>
<p>to all of you still looking for an MT program...it might be worth the time to go back to the master list. Are there any programs still looking for students? Maybe that school isn't your first or second choice, but they would still give you training. And you might be surprised at just how good that training might be.</p>
<p>notfromme,</p>
<pre><code> H graduated in EE back in the days when Bobby Knight was at IU. Wow! Those were some exciting games, and you are right, IU IS breathtaking in the fall!
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<p>Those are the years we were there...the Bobby Knight years!! We were there when they won the NCAA title...thomas, whitman, tolbert, turner ect.....<br>
I remember EVERYONE at Showalter Fountain and around the circle there!!! (the fountain can create some pretty impressive bubbles....:D) </p>
<p>My brother and nephew went to PU for engineering.....where else would you go??? </p>
<p>I am so excited that they have a MT program now and cannot wait to hear about it. I wish you all of the wonderful memories I had from IU.</p>
<p>My daughter auditioned for six programs last year and didn't get into any of them. She has spent her freshman year in a BA program, soaking up everything she could there, including auditing an audition class for seniors, and kept on working, refining, and auditioning. She was not happy, but kept working.
She also wanted to be closer to home, so we narrowed the search considerably this year. She was scheduled for three auditioned programs; never did the third audition because the first acceptance came the day before the audition. Last night she received an acceptance call from the second.
I wanted to post to say: don't give up. Look carefully at what you presented in your auditions and how you presented it, and keep working to try again. I feel pretty strongly that my daughter took the wrong repertoire into her auditions last year; I think she was not well advised by her voice teacher, who had a pretty strong bias against belting. This year my D took in two extremely contrasting songs, one with a strong belt mix and the other with a more lyrical and mixed sound, therefore showing she can do both. I think that has made the difference.
Work, analyze, tweak--and try again!</p>
<p>happy days I am not sure how one would know if schools were going to be under enrolled in the major at this point... also, for most schools, even if they were to be under enrolled in the major it is too late to apply to the school. While it is possible for someone to get in off the waitlist.. it is difficult at this point to apply to a completely new school. better to take momsingers advice above....</p>
<p>How difficult was it for your daughter to work on transfering while attending school. Also did she apply to the same schools she had been rejected from earlier or additional schools? Did she do the unifieds?</p>
<p>We are in a similar bind...waitlisted and hopeful</p>
<p>I wish you all great success in your endeavours! I've finally decided that I'm not going to audition again next year for Musical Theatre major. I've decided just to stay at a local community college (studying Dance, Piano, and Music) and take private voice lessons and classes at ACT here in San Francisco. I wanted to thank everyone for such a wonderful contribution towards my artistic career; I have learned so much through reading everyones thoughts and everyones perspectives. I hope everything goes as planned in your future and this is my final goodbye!</p>
<p>This is Broadwaybelter, signing out for the last time!</p>
<p>To people who have done this in the past, or know avgs, how many schools did people get into??!
Like auditioned for 15 and got into 5?!?!</p>
<p>Unfortunately, statistics like that aren’t really very telling, because each student’s average is affected by:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>realistic fit of students’ school lists to their artistic skill level, auditioning skills, grades/academics (for many schools) and overall (intangible) “fit” with the sensibility of each program</p></li>
<li><p>how they did at each particular audition - so if you have a “bad day” (are sick, etc.), that affects the average</p></li>
<li><p>the relative competitiveness each audition year - the last 2 years (this year and last), the numbers of auditionees have increased dramatically (up 20% last year from any previous year, and up again this year), which means overall % of acceptances are down for individual students (on the average)</p></li>
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<p>This is SUCH a tough time for students and parents, and for everyone who cares about them, during the agonizing waiting process. But remember a few wise things that are often said here:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>you only need ONE acceptance - because you can only go to ONE school! </p></li>
<li><p>many students who get into “top” programs (aka those that accept tiny% of auditionees) are rejected at many other schools, including schools that take a much higher percentage of auditionees! It sometimes seems there is no “logic” to this process because it is based on subjective as well as objective factors, just like casting in the professional world is.</p></li>
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<p>It sounds like you’re a senior (or senior parent) - hang in there!!</p>
<p>thank you!!
you’re right!
ive been accepted into cornish and rejected from u of a (no surprise, i messed up on the audition) and point park…waiting for more schools to respond!! hopefully my tops :)</p>
<p>thank you!!
you’re right!
ive been accepted into cornish and rejected from u of a (no surprise, i messed up on the audition) and point park…waiting for more schools to respond!! hopefully my tops :)</p>
<p>I’ve heard it’s extremely difficult to get into musical theater programs as a transfer…how true is that?</p>
<p>Being classified as a transfer just means that you have accumulated credits at another college before applying again to a new program. I don’t know that it is impossible to get into MT as a transfer student, however many programs will require you to start over as a freshman. My daughter did start at BoCo in 2008, and left after her 1st semester. She came home and did 3 semesters at our cc, then applied to MT programs again as a transfer in 2010. The only school to which she could have transferred as a junior was UCLA’s BA program in MT. She was the only transfer accepted to that program, and we were told that they often don’t accept any transfers, so yes it is difficult. She did get into all but one of her other schools, however we don’t know at what level she could have gone in as they don’t analyze your credits unless you accept. She did end up at Penn State as a sophomore, so will end up doing 1 extra year. I believe she would have gone in as a freshman or soph. at the other programs also, but like I said, we don’t know for sure. So while it is not necessarily difficult to get in as a transfer, you more than likely will end up taking longer. I believe there are some BA programs which might take you at your current level, but they are few and far between.</p>
<p>I don’t mind as much taking longer, I’m just concerned I’ll have less of a shot as a transfer than I did this year. I got a full scholarship from my top school but didn’t get into the musical theater program…right now I’m contemplating going anyway. They have an audition in December for students only in the school to get into the program for Spring. I don’t know if I need to take a gap year but I don’t want to.</p>