<p>@DoReMiMom - I couldn’t help but laugh thinking of you and your long blond hair flying around as you get down to the mailbox in a hurry. I know this is beyond stressful and I can only imagine what you are going through. When I joined this site I would get so irritated at the “its easier for boys” comments but I’ve met a few of your D’s and I’ve seen videos of them sing and I can’t believe they aren’t getting more positive responses. This is really tough, not that it isn’t tough for boys but its not nearly on the level as it is for girls so now I don’t get irritated anymore because I get it. Fingers crossed and wishing on stars for everyone!</p>
<p>@cheese - I spent WAY more than an hour last summer/fall coming up with our original spreadsheet which listed the schools, app open and deadline dates, application materials needed, prescreen materials, audition materials, dates sent, dates updated on website, dates called, dates audition confirmed, dates reply received,. . . That spreadsheet is now highlighted and scribbled on. Now I’m trying to conceive of some kind of “game strategy” or “military logistics” board so we can figure out the “chess game” of “next move” once we have all the replies - and we only have 7 schools to consider (well 3 “yes”, and 4 still “out there”), but who’s counting? I’m not sure “obsession” even begins to cover it. If I knew ANYTHING about politics, I feel like I could now run a campaign.</p>
<p>Baldwin Wallace – Offers: sent via snail mail by 3/20. Rejections: Same time as wait list and acceptance offers. Financial Aid notifications 2 weeks later.</p>
<p>Ball State University – Offers are extended by March 1st. Waiting list students selected the week following. All students accepted and/or on waiting list will be called directly and receive a snail mail letter. Rejections are sent out on a rolling basis. Scholarships are determined by the middle of March.</p>
<p>Boston Conservatory – Offers: late March to early April. Rejections: ? Financial Aid notification: ?</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon – They call the kids who are accepted in the 3rd week in March. Everyone else finds out via snail mail that they’ve been rejected.</p>
<p>CCM - this year seems to be different than previous. Online status updated first, followed up by snail mail. Accepted students receive an email from Aubrey Berg shortly after online status is updated. <a href=“comment”>color=red</a> My S’s online status is unchanged, despite having received an acceptance email from Aubrey Berg last week [/color] Rejections have been sent a week or 2 after audition. A few offers made this year with the majority still at no decision at this time.</p>
<p>Coastal Carolina – Decisions: Rolling. Some offers/rejections sent after the November on campus auditions; most students deferred. Deferred students and all those who audition in the spring (on campus or Chicago) are notified in Mid-March- approximately 2 weeks after our final on-campus audition. Typically these notifications are sent via email from Department Chair, Ken Martin, but on occasion a phone call is made. You must be accepted into the university before you are offered a spot in the program. Financial aid notification: Performing arts scholarships are sent with the offer. Academic scholarships are separate.</p>
<p>Emerson – Decision: by Apr 1 via application portal at 1pm EST.</p>
<p>Indiana – MId to late March</p>
<p>Ithaca – Rejections: beginning mid Feb. Most offers come later. Acceptances posted on MyIthaca account, starting in late February and continuing in unpredictable pattern through March; rejections seemed to be communicated by USPS and then disabling the student’s MyIthaca account. Like last year, some acceptances are being received within a few weeks after audition, via snail mail. “No decisions until auditions are finished” stated by adjudicator (though as of 2/18 there appear to be a couple of acceptances per The Unifieds)</p>
<p>James Madison University: Acceptance to university on admissions portal; official letter from theater/MT program arrived 1-2 days later; my son also received an e-mail from program director telling him he would be getting an acceptance letter from the theater department. Students admitted to the university EA will hear whether or not they have also been admitted to the program in early March. Students admitted to the university RD will hear whether or not they have also been admitted to the program shortly after they find out they are accepted academically to the university… usually by April 1. All academically admitted students to the university will receive a letter from the program. Some students admitted to the program may also receive an email notification or a phone call. Students who are not admitted academically to the university will not hear from the program whether or not they would have been admitted.</p>
<p>Marymount – snail mail, goes out in waves starting now (mid-Feb)</p>
<p>Montclair – rolling. Decisions about 3 weeks after audition. Apparently Montclair automatically considers MT applicants (some? all?) for their Acting program/major as well, and posts the Acting decision separately on the CheckMyStatus page from the MT decision, then follows up each online status with a snail mail confirmation.</p>
<p>NYU/Tisch – Decisions by Apr 1st after 5pm via email (per website). 2 weeks later for which program.</p>
<p>Otterbein–The arts admissions coordinator calls accepted students directly on their cell phones. Last year it was on March 13th. Official letter including scholarship information came a few days later. Not sure about notification for waitlist–those might get phone calls too?–rejections, I believe, come by mail.</p>
<p>Pace – Academic acceptances: Rolling. MT acceptances: by Mar 30 via phone call but Amy said they hoped for mid-March. MT Rejections: mid-late March via email. Scholarships offered with academic acceptance. Financial aid: ?</p>
<p>Penn State – Decisions: they have a team “decision Sunday” in mid-March the Sunday after the last audition, which this year is Sat, Feb 22. with acceptance notifications going out that week (via ?). Rejections for MT program from Chicago Unifieds have come via online portal + they disable PSU portal log in. Rejections have also come via snail mail dated 4 days after NY Unifieds audition. The decision meeting has been the day after the last on campus audition in years past. Decisions are sent to the Admissions office the Monday after the decision meeting and Admissions sends out snail mail acceptances on Tuesday. The 12 to 14 accepted will usually receive them by the end of that week. Of course, this is not written in stone and I have no inside info - just going by what has happened the last 4 years. This year when my D was filling out her paperwork at the door they also got her to put her number on the sheet with a list of available times to call the number. The director said that would be used for acceptances but that emails could also be used. UPDATE: as of 2/19, myPenn application status portal changed to indicate application is being reviewed and a decision will be coming in the near future (speculations are for late Feb)</p>
<p>Point Park - Academic decisions are rolling. MT decisions 2 or 3 times per year via snail mail. This year it was end of January. Remaining decisions to be sent in two batches: one after their meeting on March 5 and the second after their meeting on March 15. Scholarships are sent with decisions</p>
<p>Rider - Seems to be rolling admissions… Quite a few students accepted/rejected already, to both acting and MT. Notification made via snail mail letter a few weeks after the audition date.</p>
<p>Roosevelt CCPA – Decisions: sent by mid-March via email. (decisions came late March last year)</p>
<p>Shenandoah – One - two weeks after audition</p>
<p>Syracuse – Decisions: begin early March via email</p>
<p>University of Michigan – Acceptances late Feb (according to some old notes from spring 2013 campus visit)</p>
<p>University of the Arts – rolling. Decisions about 3 weeks after audition.</p>
<p>Webster – last week of March for acceptances and rejections</p>
<p>Wright State - Rolling admissions - decisions by snail mail approx 2 weeks after audition</p>
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<p>@MTMajorCook I just spit out a mouthful of water when I read your post! Thank you for the much-needed laugh. I can only imagine what he thinks of me, especially since I never paid any attention to him until now. I’m hoping the next few weeks bring about at least an acceptance or two. </p>
<p>All I know is the dog and I both look up and listen when we think the mail truck has arrived…</p>
<p>And the crazy part is that we all know the majority of the decisions left will be weeks from now and viewable in the online portals. </p>
<p>Has anyone’s online status changed over the weekend or is all quiet?</p>
<p>All is quiet here…6 left to go…and 4 are schools that commonly use phone calls-It has reduced my obsessive need to “status check”. I am so glad she decided to cancel her last two auditions that would have been this weekend-all done but the waiting!</p>
<p>It does become an obsession when you hear the mail truck or think you do. Waking up in the middle of the night and checking online status because some change overnight. I flash right back to last year. It’s hard to believe -and this will be a very long month - but it will all work out and you will be obsessing over fitting in visits for your acceptances. </p>
<p>Quiet here too except for the student call from Pace this afternoon urging D to visit accepted students weekend. Second one in a week! D is getting good at explaining the situation, and we no longer panic at the caller ID when they call, so I suppose that’s progress. If Amy Rogers ever does call, we probably won’t believe it’s her!</p>
<p>Pace calls our house on Thursday evening when son is at his Jazz Ensemble practice. Answered the first time months ago but we have stopped answering. I’ve told my husband to answer if they call from now on ;
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<p>D is waiting on 12 schools so I spent some time last week making a spreadsheet of when/how/portal logins & passwords so D (ok, I) don’t have to go from folder to folder (our method of organization) to check the few will be portal updates. We have 3 dogs and they ALWAYS get excited when they hear the she mailman’s truck (that’s what I call it cause out mailman is a mail lady), now I get excited too!</p>
<p>I know not a lot of people here don’t have Nazareth College in upstate NY on their list, but does anyone know if their notifications come thru mail or phone call? I thought I saw it somewhere but now I don’t see it.</p>
<p>@preklbt This info is from the kids on the FB page of the Unifieds…
Nazareth College
-BFA Musical Theatre: 1/15 (auditioned 1/10) [via phone]
-BFA Musical Theatre: 1/18 (auditioned 11/11) [via mail]</p>
<p>Thanks bissou, so it could be a phone call or a letter! </p>
<p>I don’t have access to the portals or emails; only my S does. So every time my S texts me or calls me, my heart jumps, and every time I come in from work, or he comes out of his room, I look at his face to see if there is any news. And I’m as excited and nervous to see the mailmen as my dog. I try to be calm, really I do, but it’s hard!</p>
<p>Calm?? What’s that?!!</p>
<p>For the life of me, I can’t find the FB Unifieds page. Is there a special trick?</p>
<p>Met a mom at an audition this weekend (don’t think she’s on CC but no identifying info just in case) who admitted to having taken a cellphone photo of her D’s spreadsheet when D wasn’t home so she’d have all the portal links, usernames, and passwords in an emergency!</p>
<p>Hahahaha! A parent’s gotta do what a parent’s gotta do!!!</p>