<p>Does anyone know how NCSA handles the BFA acting waitlist?</p>
<p>rejected yesterday. good luck you guys.</p>
<p>UNCSA does accept transfers, i’m pretty sure in all programs, but i know that in D&P pretty much no matter what what year you are at your previous college, you will be a year 2. </p>
<p>with regards to when everyone received their acceptances or rejections, i auditioned on the unified date in NYC on jan 31, and had an e-mail in my inbox 2 weeks later saying that i was in, but it took about a month for me to get my official package in the mail with all the wonderful you’re in letters and all that good stuff.
i don’t know if my acceptance came so soon because i am a d&p sound design major. i’m not sure.</p>
<p>but good luck to anyone who has not yet heard, if anyone.</p>
<p>DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN ACCEPTANCES COME OUT FOR UNCSA. WHEN DID THEY COME OUT LAST YEAR. THIS IS FOR “official acceptance” NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ACCEPTANCE.
THANK YOU</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that last year I got my acceptance in early March.
What program did you apply for?</p>
<p>You should be receiving your letter soon. Not everyone knows yet I believe. You should get it by the end of March. If you’re worried about it, I recommend contacting Bill Poole at admissions.</p>
<p>hi lillodance
Thanks for asking…daughter applied to film and got “recommended for admission” and she hasn’t heard anything since…that’s why i was wondering how late kids heard last year… and i know the snow slowed things up…
but i was wondering when letters for film went out last year</p>
<p>I’m not sure when the film letters went out last year, but you have to keep in mind that NCSA is notoriously slow at everything. Just be patient and your letter will come.</p>
<p>Has ANYONE heard yet? really getting nervous here</p>
<p>We heard over a week ago. Son was accepted at NCSA for film.</p>
<p>My d will be auditioning for UNSCA in a few weeks, this is her first college audition and we are all nervous and do not know what to expect. I have a few questions…what should she wear? What should she expect? Anything our of left field that we should know about? Any and all information, advice, words of comfort! are appreciated…this is going to be a long winter/spring…</p>
<p>Thanks for any help!</p>
<p>Hi Photomom5,</p>
<p>My D isn’t applying to UNSCA, but she’s now completed 3 acting auditions. Her first was with a school she actually disliked a lot, so she felt very relaxed at the audition. The next two are excellent programs, and she’d be happy at either but they’re not her #1 choice, so, again, the pressure hasn’t been quite as ferocious as it’s about to be.<br>
Scheduling the auditions like this gave her a chance to become increasingly acclimated to and excited about the process. If there’s any way you can move a less important audition up ahead of UNSCA, you might consider doing so, assuming UNSCA is a top choice for her. It could take a little of the edge off.</p>
<p>My D has worn comfortable pants (not jeans) to each one, a nice shirt, flat shoes and not too much make-up. So her headshot looks like her, and she looks like her headshot.</p>
<p>She has performed whatever monologues are requested on the school websites (contemp, classical, etc.) and has been, in the words of one auditor, ‘well-prepared.’ She tells me that the auditors interviewed her and were very pleasant, but she hasn’t given me details about the discussions (see below), except to say that she was very comfortable and that nobody gave her a stress interview or asked her anything unexpected. </p>
<p>So far, she has received no other feedback, but one drama program has accepted her already (it was the shortest audition and visit -the whole thing took about 10 minutes!) and they recommended a talent scholarship for her (although she’s waiting to hear from the main college Admissions Committee, so who knows what can happen? We don’t count this as a ‘yes’ yet, by any means). </p>
<p>My D doesn’t discuss the auditions more than this, because the ‘heavy-hitters’ are imminent and she doesn’t want to jinx anything. We’re very superstitious in my house! :<)</p>
<p>I suggest you both be as relaxed as possible, bring a bottle of water and extra headshots and resumes and anything else requested by the school as part of their application packet, just in case. And bring a book, an iPad, whatever, to keep you busy while she’s out doing her audition. </p>
<p>After the auditions, I’ve tried to avoid grilling her except to ask if she felt she’d done her best. We’ve gone out shopping after each one, again, just to chill out. </p>
<p>But come the end of January and early February, the auditions will come fast and furious, so we probably won’t be able to keep proceeding at this more relaxed pace…</p>
<p>In any event, we’re nervous wrecks, too. And we don’t discuss the odds. Ever.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>What a wonderful summary nalajen! With auditions coming up for many of these kids this will be very helpful! Thank you!</p>
<p>P.S. You don’t sound like a nervous wreck. You sound really calm and focused which I am sure helps your daughter. Good luck to her!</p>
<p>Thank you so very much. We are not able to move the auditions, it was really tricky scheduling them to begin with and I think each school she would be happy at. Your advice is so down to earth and filled with common sense, I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>I will try to channel these thoughts, I am so not a stage mom and I am really trying to stay true to who I have been all along! </p>
<p>Thanks again for the advice and encouragement!</p>
<p>Thanks, LeftofPisa and Photomom. I’ve been bringing my Kindle along in a leather case big enough to hold my D’s extra headshots and resumes, which are inside, in a manila folder that she then takes with her when she goes in for the audition. </p>
<p>I guess I’m relatively calm when I go to the auditions because I find the stagemom thing (‘We’re only applying to the TOP conservatories’ ‘She’s had the lead in every play she’s ever been in’) and the consciously-neurotic theatre kid thing (‘Mom! I needed Evian! I can’t drink Vitamin Water, it ruins my voice!’) so distasteful. </p>
<p>My D hangs out with me beforehand, away from the nonsense and psyche-out people, we kid around about people’s bad hair and horrible clothes and chinless profiles…and I can almost see her heart pounding. And while she’s gone, I steer clear of everyone else who’s also waiting for their kids so they don’t make me crazy or annoy me, so it’s just me and my Kindle. </p>
<p>I don’t like to hover over my D (still remember hating it when my mom hovered over me!) - and my being openly nervous at the auditions isn’t real helpful to her, ya know? </p>
<p>And then, well, being relentless shopaholics and foodies keeps our minds on other things after the auditions.</p>
<p>But while she’s home preparing, or goofing off watching South Park or on FaceBook? I’m serious as hell, and sometimes even a Blue Meanie. :<O :<)</p>
<p>I know exactly what you mean! We toured colleges this summer and we are still laughing about the parents we came into contact with! I feel exactly the same way you do… It was very interesting to me because obviously parents (and kids!) did not listen, the schools we toured made it clear they were not looking for the lead role getters, they were looking for the passion and talent of the kids, which is not always who gets the lead.</p>
<p>My d is finally getting nervous, which ironically makes me feel much better. I always prefer she be nervous because that helps keep her on her toes… and I can be the calm one…</p>
<p>I have my ipad packed, resumes and headshots, so we are good. I am looking forward to shopping and we are for sure foodies…</p>
<p>I hope your d has many choices and gets into the schools she wants.</p>
<p>LeeAnn</p>
<p>Hi Photomon,</p>
<p>Here is some information for your daughter.</p>
<p>I am a currently a second year drama student at UNCSA.</p>
<p>I am sure this won’t be a surprise to you, but I had a really great experience auditioning for UNCSA.</p>
<p>The information I am about to provide to you is based on my audition day in Los Angeles 2 years ago (Wow, I can’t believe it’s already been that long.)</p>
<p>You will start with an info session led by the assistant dean who will tell you all about the rigors of the program, and what to expect.</p>
<p>You will then have an audition where, as I am sure you already know, you will be performing a contemporary monologue, a classical monologue, and a song of your choice. Following this you will have an interview where they will want to get to know you. They want to see you and not some perfect actor so just make sure to be yourself and enjoy the experience as frightening as it may be. </p>
<p>They might coach you on your monologue or ask you to make adjustments, or they might not. They didn’t work on my monologues with me and I was accepted so I really wouldn’t worry about. </p>
<p>The two men auditioning you are really great teachers and really care about their students and the incoming freshman they are auditioning, you should have a really great time auditioning for them. </p>
<p>The most important part of the audition process is to realize that these schools need you just as much as you need them. Go in there, be yourself, do your work, and have fun. The first time I auditioned for schools I wasn’t accepted into any of them and I believe a primary reason for this was that I was so worried about what the judges thought of me that I inhibited showing off my talent and more importantly, my personality. </p>
<p>Let me know if you have any further questions.</p>
<p>-SoT</p>
<p>I just got an iPad for Christmas, but I think I’ll take my Kindle to auditions.<br>
(I also loved the kids on the drama school tours who asked if they could double major in say, chemical engineering, while attending conservatory. Jeez Louise!)
i think my D is going to get nervous by the end of January, when the Juilliard and Purchase auditions come…</p>
<p>Son of Tranquil, thank you so much. I read your post to my daughter and she really appreciated your info…</p>
<p>Nalajen, we are going to NYC to audition for Julliard at the end of January as well… And the double major requests absolutely cracked me up! We are going this weekend of UNCSA…she is quite nervous, which actually makes me feel a little better!</p>
<p>hey…Son of Tranquil, did you do 2 or 3 monologues? The requirements state a total of 3 plus 16 bars of music in 6 minutes…is that accurate?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>