<p>As we close in on the end of the auditions for this year in the next couple of weeks I wondered what if anything is considered appropriate to do after-the fact to signal high interest in a particular program outside of what was written on the application and demonstrated in the audition room. </p>
<p>With decisions only weeks away, how does one avoid being forgotten if you auditioned a month or more ago? Or if something in the audition experience across all schools you met with made you realize that a particular program is truly the one you want, and maybe you didnt know that until you were standing in front of them, would that be something the school should know and if so, is there a legitimate way to signal that after-the fact? Or is the proper form in all of this to assume that what you put in the application and left in the audition room is what youll be judged on and just to wait patiently?</p>
<p>Any college reps or experienced students/parents or coaches care to comment? Thank you so much!</p>
<p>If you get waitlisted to a program I would definitely suggest writing to the head of the dept. to express your interest in the program. My D did this last year and was the first girl off the waitlist. She also did a visit to the program but that was easier for her as we live close by.</p>
<p>While I would hope they would come from a place sincerity, a thank you letter to the program director, or perhaps the pianist, or maybe the choreographer might be a good idea. I would do this before the wait list comes out. This might be especially helpful if you auditioned early on - and, by now, might in the recessed portion of the faculty’s memory.</p>
<p>I actually wrote a thank you note to someone who personally stopped what she was doing to give me a tour of the department. I don’t think it did any good except kindness when I first walked into her office a year later and saw the little card on display. But isn’t that reason enough?</p>
<p>In the spirit of the advice that I’m reading, I did suggest my daughter write something tonight to one school in particular whose audition was over a month ago but whose program is clearly not for everyone interested in MT. They make a deliberate point at their info session to spell out what the program is and is not. I have no doubt that some parents and students left that info session thinking “what the heck am I doing here?” They also said: “if we think our program is not what you are looking for, it doesn’t matter if you are the most talented person in the room.”</p>
<p>She found this school’s honesty about their program really helpful and loved everything about that audition and the people she met. It felt like a good fit. They have her audition and their application in their pockets, but now she has sent them something that clearly says, yes, it is what she is looking for. It may or may not be the school she will attend if admitted since many things will go into that decision but indeed, it is absolutely a good fit. All stones now turned and what will be will be. Thank you!</p>