<p>Danicw,</p>
<p>I don’t believe all of Elon’s calls have been made. A few were made last week, but it appears there are still some calls to be made; you should know by tomorrow. Just don’t want anyone to prematurely think they are not accepted. Good luck as you hear from your options and decide!</p>
<p>Has anyone heard from Northern Colorado? If so, is it a hard copy letter? Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes, someone posted a description in the Northern Colorado sub forum.</p>
<p>And speaking of Northern Colorado, D received rejection via snail mail today. I wish I could describe it but since someone in my house (who shall remain NAMELESS) decided to shred it, I never actually saw it! But I have it on good authority that it was a simple one page rejection! ;)</p>
<p>We have one too if you’d like to see it!</p>
<p>Northern Colorado acceptance is a hard copy letter</p>
<p>Actually I should clarify…we have a rejection, if you want to see an acceptance letter
we don’t have one!</p>
<p>Haha! Yeah, singerchik, I thought that’s what you meant! :(</p>
<p>tracyvp - Another good reason for schools to send out paper rejections: shredding the laptop would be far more expensive!
You guys have had so much success: Walk on thru those open doors.</p>
<p>Wow Tracyvp, i find it crazy that your daughter is waitlisted for both Otterbein and Texas State MT, and not to mention accepted to Point Park as well (all very competitive programs to be considered by), yet she didn’t get accepted/waitlisted for UNC. Just goes to show how random these acceptances/rejections can be. Not to mention it just shows how its not just about talent, but if you fit into their class/school environment.</p>
<p>Was rejected from Marymount’s MT minor but waitlisted for the Theatre Performance BA concentration. beginning to lose hope. Oh, well now I know how to market myself for next year’s auditions!</p>
<p>Singers11, as much as everyone says “it’s all about the fit,” you really don’t get that until you’re in the thick of it.</p>
<p>And yes, it’s easy to say, but at EVERY ONE of the schools for which my D was rejected, she came away knowing immediately that it wasn’t the right school for her. (well, CCM might be an exception because she had a great experience at Unifieds, but she never got to see the campus). But at all 4 of the others, she just knew it wasn’t a good fit. I might even be tempted to suggest that maybe she didn’t audition as well BECAUSE on some level she knew it wasn’t right. Who knows? I wasn’t in the room and can’t say.</p>
<p>And by the same token, at auditions for couple of her accepted schools (and wait list schools) she absolutely KNEW she would fit right in there and can’t WAIT to choose one of them and get going there. It really, truly is all about the fit!</p>
<p>D received a rejection from Northern Colorado too (via snail mail).</p>
<p>Just a word of support, and a small caution about the “it’s all about the fit” feelings. Lots of kids will receive rejections from schools at which they believed they’d be a good fit. And the reality is that although some kids may not be a good fit at some schools, for most it’s difficult to realize that prior to attending. Receiving rejections is hard and I think it’s common to try to rationalize the feelings when a student receives a “no” but it’s a good idea to move on, hope for the best, and celebrate the acceptances received. I haven’t seen it yet this year but it seems that every year there end up being comments about how a student didn’t really want to attend a particular school after all, etc., and sometimes even negative comments about some schools. It can result in hurt feelings by the kids who do end up with a “yes” from those schools. We’re all here to support the kids applying each year and it’s certainly okay to be sad when a “no” is received but it’s always good to keep the comments positive. Keep your collective chins up!</p>
<p>New rejection - expected at this point - from Otterbein - a program she had visited and thought she was a “good fit for” - sometimes it just is what it is!</p>
<p>She felt like her best auditions were Penn State and Otterbein - and she was rejected from both.</p>
<p>She felt like CCM was one of her worst auditions - and she got in. Totally and completely shocked. Maybe because she didn’t think she had a chance, she was actually did a better job - who knows!</p>
<p>She felt like Ithaca was one of her best auditions - and she got in.</p>
<p>No Rhyme or Reason from our point of view! So many many factors outside the control of these brave brave souls. I so admire everyone putting themselves out there like this to follow their dreams!</p>
<p>I agree with you, alwaysamom. My D’s first choice was tx state and the rejection hurt her as well as her dad and I. I do believe it is about each school “casting” their class and my D felt she did all she could have done in her audition, had met Kaitlin before, had a good rapport. It just wasn’t in the cards for her.</p>
<p>Oh, my! I didn’t mean to imply that a kid will always “know” which schools they’re going to get into and/or which will be a good fit based on their feelings. Feelings can be SO deceptive, and can be colored by how much you WANT the fit to be there!</p>
<p>And yes, in D’s case CCM was absolutely her best audition of all 17 (yes, 17!) schools for which she auditioned. And she thought it would go differently based on that “feeling.” But she was still rejected.</p>
<p>By the same token, there were a couple of acceptances/wait lists that she didn’t really expect based on her “feelings.” </p>
<p>I guess what I was intending was to respond to the idea that it’s so subjective. And to say that was just that while talent plays a HUGE role in all of this, all things being equal, it doesn’t really always come down to talent, it comes down to fit. I just didn’t say it very eloquently!</p>
<p>By the same token, you can really fit a school and still get rejected simply because there are not enough slots available for those who have the qualifications, talent and fit with the school.</p>
<p>I agree and that is the problem. Many many people here would fit very well in CMU, UMich, NYU, and others. But they just can’t get in. That’s why I think it makes very little sense to visit these schools ( and fall in love with them). Audition for as many as you can or want. Then take a look at what you have and pick a place you can be happy. Life is full of compromises that are not failures.</p>
<p>Agree - and in addition to “qualifications, talent and fit”, there is also type…</p>
<p>You may be everything a program would love to accept except that they already have one or more of your type. This alone may be the reason for a rejection or wait listing. </p>
<p>Otterbein, for example, is very up front about saying this. They explain that if you make the wait list, you are not on a generic wait list, but on a specific wait list behind one person who is a similar type. I have heard that other schools, including Texas State, have told kids that their coming off the wait list depends not on where they fall on the wait list, but on who declines.</p>
<p>I went thru this process for 2 years in a row, so I feel for every one of your acceptances, rejections, never-ending deferrals, and wait listings! </p>
<p>We saw both sides of typing - my son was deferred at one school and before they had even rejected him, he knew he would not be getting in because they had already accepted another guy with similar build, voice, and dance ability (they had taken some master classes together in NYC). If my son had been accepted, it would have been a negative for him to be in a class with someone that was so similar. On the other hand, my daughter was accepted at a school that had a wait list. Very shortly after she declined their offer, a girl she knew, who was the same type - similar voice, comedic timing, looks, dance ability, etc - was accepted off the wait list.</p>