<p>I just finished my last college audition. I went to New York Unifieds and Chicago Unifieds as well as Boston and Cleveland. I auditioned for Texas State University, Marymount Manhattan College, Pace University, Otterbein University, LIU Post (walk-in at NY Unifieds), Point Park University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Emerson College, SCAD (walk-in at Chicago Unifieds), University of the Arts, Baldwin Wallace University, Berklee College of Music, and Boston Conservatory. I didn't make it past Texas State University's pre-screening, but I did for Otterbein and Pace. For Pace I didn't make it past the first round. </p>
<p>I just wanted to know how everybody's experiences were and if anything interesting happened! And if you have found out about acceptances and such, etc. Good luck to everyone! Oh and I am a white female, soprano. In case anyone wanted to know. If you also have any questions on how my experiences were just ask!</p>
<p>Hey! I commend you on finishing so many auditions so quickly! That’s fantastic. I am also a white female soprano. My last audition is March 9th on campus for Texas State, but I can’t really make my final decision until late April - that’s the time I’ll hear if I receive a big scholarship that I could use at any college in the country. If I receive that, my options are widened; if not, I might be confined to in-state options (or Texas State if I get accepted to their program because their tuition is so affordable).</p>
<p>Anyways, it’s been a crazy and stressful journey these past 6 months but also incredibly fun and more rewarding than I ever imagined it could be. I’m so thankful to have met faculty and performers from all these different schools that all love musical theatre/performing in general for both universal and individual reasons. It’s an amazing thing, and I’m excited to join the ranks of one of these fantastic schools in the fall Good luck making your final choice! It’s comforting to remind myself that no matter where we all end up, we will be meeting passionate people, soaking up as much information as we possibly can, and probably working harder than we ever had in our lives thus far. Woo! So excited!</p>
<p>So congrats on so many auditions! Have you heard anything positive yet?
My daughter (soprano) just finished this weekend. She is in at Rider and also BGSU- their new facilities are very nice. Waiting on OCU and Western Michigan.</p>
<p>One more to go at Western Mich in a few weeks. It has been an interesting experience for my D. She has found schools she’d love to attend and some that are further down the list. And of the 8 she is currently in the running for only one has made any decisions as of yet (she made the waiting list for that one). </p>
<p>I’d say the experience from a parent’s perspective has been very interesting. Some schools seemed very friendly to the students, gave parents a lot of information about their overall educational mission and their theater programs, finances, etc and some didn’t give much at all. Some auditions were much more interactive, some were just do your thing, thank you, and you’re out of the room. I think my D would be happy going to any of the schools she auditioned at if fortunate enough to land a spot. In retrospect I may have encouraged her to apply to at least one school where earlier decisions were made. This waiting drives me crazy!</p>
<p>@jeffandann, it wouldn’t have solved your waiting anxiety to hear earlier. You would have been on pins and needles waiting for that earlier decision date, heard the decision and then just gone back to waiting for the others. I’m sorry to tell you it doesn’t get any easier no matter what the date is until you finally hear from your daughter’s top choice school with an acceptance and a nice scholarship. Only then will you stop the anxious waiting. Hang in!</p>
<p>I don’t agree, halflokum, I think having an early acceptance, no matter where it is (assuming it is a school that you would want to go to, which hopefully it is if you applied), eases the anxiety a lot!! The down side is that if you have early rejections, it can increase the anxiety. But then it’s early enough to maybe add some more safety schools.</p>
<p>How true, how true. We are also waiting on academic scholarship news in addition to MT news. She is up for a full 4 year ride at one school, and tomorrow we brave the elements to drive to another where she has to interview for their top scholarship (she has a 50:50 chance at that one). I’m not sure if I’m more nervous about the MT stuff or the academic scholarship stuff. Now, if only the gods could be kind and give her the scholarship and MT admission at the same school…</p>
<p>I’m going by our experience last year. My daughter was accepted to an EA audition-based program on 12/15. But into their BA acting and not the BFA MT which she was after. So yes, it was a school that if all else failed she would go to but it was not what she wanted and nor was it an acceptance to her top choice which she had to wait for. We filed that into the “this is now a safety” category. So sure, she was going to college but she was also going to college based on her original safety schools that we had yet to hear from but we knew she’d get into. I know that jeffandann has such a safety school on his daughter’s list (at least he said so months ago and I assume that is still the case). So @jeffandann, you already know your daughter is going to college for sure which you would also know if you hear from a lesser MT school on your daughter’s list. But you won’t stop the anxiety until you hear one way or the other from your daughter’s top choice school. Until that nanosecond, you’ll still be anxious. Maybe less so, but anxious none-the-less.</p>
<p>Hope the scholarships come rolling in! That would be so amazing for you.</p>
<p>Absolutely, halflokum. She knows she could go to at least 3 different theater BA programs right now if she wanted-to or needed to. Assuming she would want that major.</p>
<p>Thanks for your good wishes on the scholarships!</p>
<p>You’re welcome. And I can tell you will be doing what I did last year around this time… keeping an eye on any tips in CC that suggest that others are starting to hear from the schools my daughter was waiting on and then texting her to check her login/email the second that somebody posted they had heard. Refresh button, refresh, refresh…</p>
<p>Feel your pain but seriously, it doesn’t end until it ends. I personally don’t think throwing in an earlier notification school would change that for you unless it was a close to the top of the list school. Refresh, refresh… Have fun!!!</p>
<p>Nice! I auditioned for Syracuse, Ithaca, CCPA, Penn State, Northern Colorado, Texas State, Ball State, Cornish, Viterbo, NYCDA, LIPA, New School, and LIU at Chicago Unifieds. The first four were the only scheduled auditions I had an the rest were walk-ins. I also auditioned for University of Alabama, Florida State, and Troy (safety, but has a good dance program) on campus and for NYU Tisch in Atlanta. I’m a male baritone with a strength in dance.</p>
<p>I’m so glad my last auditions were in Chicago! Now that Spring is coming all the big tests and dance competitions are on their way too and I definitely wouldn’t be able to juggle all three. The waiting stinks, though. Cornish actually seemed like a pretty great program, and they already sent me an acceptance letter because they have rolling admissions, but I’m mostly waiting to hear back from CCPA and NYU Tisch since those are my top choices.</p>
<p>I think the worst part about the wait is that the rejection letters typically come first because schools are trying to weed out their admissions pool, but I’m just trying to keep myself occupied until mid-March.</p>
<p>I found that the anxiety over admissions doesn’t end until your child has signed their agreement and you write the deposit check. I wrote a big THANK GOD IT’S OVER in the Notes section of the deposit check last April!</p>
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<p>^^and I said an audible “thank you Jesus” prayer on the way to an airport after an accepted student visit at another school (my personal favorite but not hers) when my daughter checked her email on route and learned that she was into NYU Tisch’s MT studio which meant she was no longer likely to pick a school farther down her list that although amazing, my gut said didn’t make sense for her. Thank you Jesus mind you was coming from a Jewish momma so we are grateful wherever we can get it. I too took some degree of pleasure in writing the deposit check though none at all in all the subsequent checks if you get my drift. :-)</p>
<p>It may be time for me to say what I have said for the past four years; although I’m certain I’ll be typing this at least one more time this year.</p>
<p>It all works out, one way or another, it all works out. The schools know what they are looking for and, more importantly, what they are not looking for. They can tell pretty quickly if your child is a match for their program or not a match for their program. Remember: acceptance or rejection has little to do with your child’s skill and ability, today or in the future. If your child is rejected from all audition schools and winds up in a non-audition school he/she will be very happy by the end of their first month there. He/She will wonder why he/she ever had any interest in any other school. Some may even switch majors (!) before their junior year once they see the difference between acting “for fun” and acting “for career.” Or once they become exposed to other areas or kids. Some may grow and develop in acting like they never thought they would (regardless of their college), some go from character actor to leading actor or vice versa.</p>
<p>Whatever happens, life is not over at 18 if they don’t get into their “top choice.” No school is perfect, not even their favorite. If they’ve chosen wisely, they will get into a fabulous school and they will become the best they can be for the future they desire, whatever that future winds up being. EVERY school has so much to offer your child, 99.8% of these current high school seniors will be very happy for the next four years.</p>
<p>Just breathe, it will all work out, one way or another.</p>
<p>^DramaMamaZ, I found the anxiety over admissions didn’t end until all the scholarship/financial aid packages were received. Well, and truthfully, that just opened up a new level of stress for the next four years ;p</p>
<p>Hi all I am new to CC. My D is in the middle of the audition process with only two MT auditions left… thank god! I have really been wanting some advice before I jump on my own and act on impulse so I thought I would start here. My D auditioned at Marymount Manhattan early February and they said they would be sending out acceptance/rejection letters in the first week of March (most likely March1). She has an audition at Wagner college this Sunday but truth be told if she got into MMC she would choose it over Wagner and if we could find out it would save us the stress, and money. I was thinking about just calling and explaining this and asking… would I be jeopardizing anything for my D? Would any of you do this? Will they tell me if she is accepted? </p>
<p>she has applied to 9 schools, MMC BoCo being her top choices</p>
<p>I can only tell you what my D’s audition coach (and my D, and my wife, and everyone else I have met in this process) have told me: it’s best for parents to stay quiet during this process. My “job” during the overall process was to help make sure audition materials made it to different schools on time, and for that I called schools to ensure we had some of the right stuff, etc. But as many have told me on this board, once the auditions start you just have to be patient and allow schools to make decisions on their time line. As hard as that is.</p>
<p>WaitingMTMum, I would not call MMC and ask if a decision has been made, particularly if decisions have not yet been sent out. The reason you’d be giving is not going to mean anything, because lots of people would love to hear back from some colleges in order to not to have to make other visits or audition dates, etc. that come later. While we all get it, it won’t be a reasonable request, nor would they honor it for that reason. Schools release decisions whenever they choose, and as hard as it is, you have to go with the flow of that. I also don’t think a parent should be calling a school for this type of question anyway.</p>
Good luck making your final choice! It’s comforting to remind myself that no matter where we all end up, we will be meeting passionate people, soaking up as much information as we possibly can, and probably working harder than we ever had in our lives thus far. Woo! So excited!</p>