<p>The NW is awesome…Seattle is a wonderful city with tons of opportunities. Cornish is a great school…we know lots of kids there who are beyond happy. By no means have you failed. There is no such thing…each school offers something a little different. And boy does Seattle offer things that no other school can match. You are lucky! Enjoy it.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the kind words, take it all in and mountaintime - I’m getting more excited about Cornish by the minute! =)</p>
<p>congrats to everyone whos been accepted somewhere and good luck to people who are still holding off for wait lists and stuff! i really do believe that everyone ends up where theyre supposed to be. i personally started off my notifications with a few rejections which was honestly a really crappy thing to deal with. everyone says “rejection is an unavoidable part of this business”, and thats definitely true, but it doesnt make it any easier to deal with. so after those rejections i was thinking rather negatively but i ended up getting into NYU steinhardt, boston conservatory, and syracuse for MT so there is a happy ending! for people who are auditioning next year i would STRONGLY reccomend NOT doing your top choice schools first; do some backups first and try to do your top choices after youve experienced the process and are more used to it. again congrats to everyone and i will probably be seeing some of you next year at syracuse :)</p>
<p>If Rider University (Westminster College of the Arts) in New Jersey is a school you are interested in I would STRONGLY recommend doing that audition first. My son auditioned there in December and they were wonderful! It was a great first experience for him and us (his parents). He was accepted there early on and it gave him confidence at his other auditions that followed. It is actually one of his top three picks now as we are narrowing down his final choice.</p>
<p>I’d honestly say that if there’s a school you REALLY want to go to and are absolutely positive about it, you can save money by auditioning for it in the fall (IF you are ready) and, if accepted, can avoid all the plane tickets/audition costs for more auditions because you already know where you’re going! It’s also less stressfull.</p>
<p>It can be bad, however, if it’s your first audition and a rejection, but don’t let it get you down! I was rejected from 12 schools (also auditioned for WAY too many to begin with) and I am now trying to decide between 2 fantastic options and couldn’t be luckier.</p>
<p>My D auditioned at Muhlenberg first, which is audition optional, and the audition goes toward a possible talent scholarship (which she was notified she just rec’d).
First of all, Charles Richter made the audition great, very personal. And since the audition was optional, it took the stress off. She said she could not have had a better first audition experience.</p>
<p>rejected from Uarts— buuut I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, I decided 2 weeks ago that I’m going to Shorter 
… and yes, shorter is the only school I got accepted into… but I’m excited, cause its such a wonderful school! I understand that I had a really rough audition season, and should have been way more prepared, and harped more on vocal health… losing yourr voice before over half of your auditions isn’t a good thing @_@</p>
<p>Musical_Maranda - I look forward to hearing all about how much you enjoy Shorter! I see wonderful opportunities in your future!</p>
<p>U’ll be amazing Maranda, GET IT</p>
<p>How do you guys feel about attending an NYC college with a liberals arts-type major and using NYC’s many many opportunities to get your training/take classes outside of school?</p>
<p>My caveats would be: make sure you really would have time to do this and consider whether you would be distancing yourself from the community aspect of your own college by always going off campus (unless it’s typical for students at that college to be always doing things in the city), also budgeting for these extra classes.</p>
<p>Claire-I was just talking by phone to a very well known NYC MT voice teacher and she suggested doing just that - You’d be in NY making connections and auditioning, but most of all as she said, “Learning how to do things (sing/act) the NY way” which she believes isn’t happening at many MT colleges. She also said her agent friends are “waiting for the phones to ring” - business is slow so majoring in anything else is a real good idea. D is going to meet her soon to get a clear-eyed evaluation of her potential before we launch the audition marathon in the coming year.</p>
<p>SDonCC, yeah, budgeting may be an issue…perhaps I’ll have to work a bit more this sumer =). And thanks classicalbk</p>
<p>Claire - I don’t know the all the details but Steps on Broadway has a work/study program where you can take classes in exchange for working 8 to 10 hours a week. I found it when I was looking for options for NYC dance for my D. Turned out to not be a needed resource for us but you might want to check it out. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Otterbein University 2/19</p>
<p>sorry inside- I always dislike this thread.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard anything from Florida State</p>
<p>any florida state deferrals or wait list yet’</p>
<p>Montclair, Ithaca, PennState, (BFA MT)
and SUNY Purchase (BFA acting)</p>
<p>:(
still waiting to hear from 7 more…</p>
<p>Hang in there TD24…</p>