<p>Thank you! Yes that definitely helps as we get ready to plan…or I should say, as “I” get ready to plan! Ha!<br>
He did join the FB group…but he doesn’t ask the things I would ask…
MTMama, when you say hot…how hot do you mean? We live in South Texas…and it gets pretty scorching here…is the humidity bad there too?
Thank you all…I am hoping we will get the packet soon!</p>
<p>mybroadwaybaby -</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your post as that’s exactly the type of info we might not get any other way!</p>
<p>I second deb’s thought that many of our kids aren’t thinking about the logistics and probably won’t until the morning they wake up and need clean dance clothes for class that day. And a small room fan… that never would have occurred to me! :-)</p>
<p>MomCares</p>
<p>Yes - I second the recommendation for the fan since the dorms are not air conditioned. When my d went, a helpful mom with a car made a run to CVS to buy fans for kids who had flown in - so send along money for that! </p>
<p>debphillips -you asked about the temperature. I remember from that MPulse summer - and visits since - that it does get into the 90’s - but Wikipedia says the average July temperature is only 83! Maybe it’s the humidity that makes it feel warmer…</p>
<p>OH MY…yes, thank you all! LOL! My s will definitely need a fan! I am hoping they can open the windows!<br>
I think we might want to start an MPulse MT Parents page so we can keep up with all this stuff! :D<br>
Anything anyone else thinks of, please share. It really does help since I am sure I will rarely hear from him during his time there! :/</p>
<p>My daughter applied this year as a sophomore to MT and didn’t get in. I’m wondering how many sophomores (Junior fall 2010) are typically accepted, and also how common it is to get rejected as a sophomore but accepted as a junior? Does rejection as a sophomore mean much I guess is my question?</p>
<p>Not sure if this is helpful (not directly related to sophomores), but when we were in Ann Arbor for DD’s audition we asked the MT admissions director if not being accepted to MPULSE would imply that DD should consider a career in Real Estate – or more specifically imply that she shouldn’t bother auditioning for umich next year – and she said absolutely not!</p>
<p>We know a current umich MT student who did not get accepted to MPULSE the year he applied, and he says there’s a girl in his class who was rejected both years she applied.</p>
<p>In short, I’d say that if MT is your child’s dream they should find something wonderful to do this summer and try again next year for MPULSE.</p>
<p>Others here may know more specifically about the sophomore question.</p>
<p>Hi lkornfield~</p>
<p>My D did attend MPulse as a Sophomore… there was one other girl and a few boys who were sophomores. There actually were more boys than girls overall last summer…! There was also a gal who was attending for the second time as well…so the previous summer had at least one rising junior. there may have been more, i just don’t know…</p>
<p>We too know several kids who didn’t get into MPulse who are now at UMich…</p>
<p>I am not an expert on the process, and perhaps some of the experts like SoozieVT will chime in, but here is what my opinion is after trying to understand the process for my own child.</p>
<p>Casting in most high schools is flawed. The pool of applicants is mostly known by the directors and is finite. Although many HS directors work hard to be fair, etc…it is hard to escape from what one knows about a student (ie a student may talented on stage, but if you know he/she is difficult to work with, or has little support for doing theater at home) when it actually comes time to cast. Some schools operate on a seniority only basis…etc, etc. In my opinion, HS theater can be a very fun experience for kids and families…we love what is offered to us at my D HS…but i am not sure HS always tells kids and families about the REALITY of their talent on stage. Often because a student has been “the lead” in their school show, they are seen as viable for a professional career in theater. In my opinion, summer programs are just part of a vetting process (not that important alone, but along with other experiences) that families should try to be a part of if it is an option for them. We felt that it was important for our daughter to risk seeing how folks outside her circle responded to her auditions…not because that told us she was “good enough” for a college MT program, but because it was simply an affirmation that she wasn’t headed entirely down the wrong path…I absolutely don’t think attending a summer program really gives a kid an advantage to attend that school…i think its just one more person or persons (albeit they too are subjective opinions) that are saying “yes, this COULD work for you.” </p>
<p>I don’t think summer programs are the only thing either…they just tend to draw students from all over the country and usually the kids applying don’t know the auditors…so the opinion is based simply on what happens in the audition/application. </p>
<p>For us, this process was an important step. Why? Parents are biased. If your Mom is your biggest fan, who is? i think both my D and her Dad and I realized we didn’t want her to go through this process (auditioning for college) without a few more opinions outside of he circle of folks that we know think she is terrific. </p>
<p>On another note, i know the gal at UMich who tried to get into MPulse and didn’t get it…
she is an unbelievable talent! Really and truly. I have even seen tapes of her in HS…amazing. I have no idea why she didn’t get in. Perhaps her tape wasn’t good…who knows. I do know that she had plenty of “vetting” besides the MPulse audition process…</p>
<p>Lastly i will say that this industry that our children want to be a part of is filled with “no’s”…once they get to the point that they believe themselves to be viable candidates for a career in theatre, the “No’s” simply cannot stop them from pursuing their dreams…</p>
<p>Good luck to your daughter!</p>
<p>mybroadwaybaby’s post above is related to a post I made on another CC MT Forum thread and she has asked me to paste my post here too as it relates to lots of what she wrote as well. My thoughts are not unique on this subject by any means but just in a similar vein to what mybroadwaybaby wrote and since it relates, I agreed to paste that post here as well. </p>
<p>Here it is…
(this post has to do with applying to BFA programs, not summer MT programs)</p>
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<p>Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>I appreciate hearing what you know about the numbers in the past. So far, none of the sophomores we knows were admitted, but a handful of the juniors were. So, I was just wondering if that was a common experience. It does sound like last year the # of sophomore girls was pretty low.</p>
<p>My d has quite a bit of professional experience outside of high school - so high school casting is certainly not our benchmark, but the whole MT college thing is quite stressful no matter how much training or positive feedback or success they’ve had in the past. </p>
<p>Anyway, she did get accepted to the CAP 21 program today - so maybe she’ll do that - just would much rather have her in a dorm!</p>
<p>All the best - and can I say I love college confidential - I’ve been browsing the forums for the last couple of months and I am sure I’ll have a lot more questions over the next two years!</p>
<p>lkornfeld- Congrats on the CAP21 acceptance. My D did it last year and LOVED it and stayed in the NYU Palladium dorm. It was alot of hard work but very worthwhile. Can she not get in a dorm cuz she won’t be 17? I know one girl that moved into a dorm on her 17th bday after about two weeks into the program.</p>
<p>lkornfeld - I think I know who your d is - and yes, she has very much passed the “high school benchmark” - and is incredibly talented! The only thing I can figure is that they are not accepting rising juniors this year -? For the past few years they have only had a small handful of juniors each summer (2 or 3) - and the MT Workshop is promoted as a program for rising seniors. I have a feeling that they had a higher than usual number of applicants this year - and maybe just decided not to accept rising juniors-? I know that in the four years since my older daughter did the program the number of applicants has doubled from 100 to 200 - so word is getting out there. Your d should definitely apply again next year. Hope she has a great summer in NYC!</p>
<p>My son is a current sophomore. He sent in a recorded audition for MPulse when he was a rising senior and was not accepted. The recording was done at the 11th hour (while he had a bunch of other school related stuff filling his plate) and according to my son it was horrible (he didn’t show it to me or his dad). He was a little concerned it would be remembered when he auditioned to the school, but apparently not ;)</p>
<p>He has a friend who was accepted last summer as a rising junior and he expressed surprise about it since typically it is rising seniors who are accepted. She has been accepted again this year as a rising senior.</p>
<p>Hi MPulsers. I’m trying to find out if anyone else accepted into the TDA for this summer applied to TDA, or if most of the kids are from musical theater.</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know how many kids usually attend the TDA. I read somewhere that there are 18 kids in the program. Is this the case?</p>
<p>niftydesign,</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted into TDA. She auditioned for both programs on campus (totally different locations on campus and different auditors). Got a “sorry you didn’t get in to MTW…but we’re pleased to offer you admission to TDA” letter. How about you? If you look at previous FaceBook groups, it seems that some of the kids who attend are MT-type kids (by their college acceptances…and they’re getting into good schools!). Mine is definitely an MT-kind of kid…but she’s very interested in strengthening her acting training (has a ton of dance and lots of music…wants more acting before those college auditions next year).</p>