<p>This is for parents and students of auditioned theater programs. Whether you just finished the stressful process or put it behind you a year or more ago, I'm interested to see what hindsight is telling you. (I posted the same question in the Theater/Drama forum.)</p>
<p>Love this thread! DD just finished her freshman year, but looking back, G, making these decision was the hardest .the month of Feb was hard because she had tons of auditions that month. But she was blessed to be accepted everywhere, which made choosing very hard. </p>
<p>I think E was hardest, but as Fs started coming in, my S started to rethink his C. He went into audition prep SO focused on having “unique” material so he would “stand out” character-wise. But as rejections came from “top” programs he began to think that a better choice would have been to pick material that was best for his vocal type. I think this made him take the rejections - and waiting - a little more to heart, like a rejection of “him” as a person. Ultimately, his final choice was his very first acceptance (December), not only making his rejections from “top” schools a little less hurtful, but also “validating” the original choices he had made, as well as being a good fit for “him”. When all was said and done, he really felt that there would have been no “room” for his personality at the programs he was rejected from, but his personality/quirkiness would have been an asset at the three schools he was accepted to.</p>
<p>E and f…but for my d it was more H…did I choose the right major. My d has been a very successful mt performer and late in her sophomore year decided to audition for classical voice. As e and f occurred she continually debated h, " should I have stayed mt." When she auditioned for her prestigious performing arts high school she was accepted to both mt and classical voice…and she choose mt, which she subsequently hated the students and the overall program. She always lamented about whether she should have choose classical voice. Now that she has auditioned and been accepted at a good, but not the best classical voice program, she continually wonders, should I have just stayed with mt— now known in our house a the h factor. </p>
<p>It was E at our house. March was the longest month ever and she had a couple schools not say anything til the end of March and two others that she didn’t hear from until the first and second weeks of April</p>
<p>S had the hardest time finding a play he could pull monologues from. The good news is he has a library of plays to take to college in the fall to share with his classmates lol</p>
<p>G was hard in the fact that CCM was what he thought was exactly what he wanted but the more he learned about Otterbein and the more he spoke to current students etc the more he realized it was where he should be. I think it was hard for him to let go of what he always thought he would do if given the choice, he surprised himself lol</p>
<p>E was the worst by far, especially for the schools that she truly cared about. F would be the next worst. Getting one F letter after another was pretty tough, especially for Mom and I (the “nobody rejects my kid” reaction). I must say that once she got an acceptance from a school that she liked the rejections were much easier to take.</p>
<p>I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - the whole process was made much easier by everybody in the CC MT community. I remember some dark and extremely funny thread posts during the pins-and-needles days of early April that kept the spirits up in our house. </p>
<p>E was definitely the hardest! Especially as she was deferred to two of her top schools (ended up getting in to both) and then wait listed at several others. Second hardest was G- although now, only a few months later, and are surprised that the decision was so difficult because once it was made it seemed so obvious that it was the right decision for her.</p>
<p>E and F. You will be surprised how things turn out in the end. Most of Ds top school had LATE acceptance times.Going into late March with only one acceptance was tough. THen the acceptances started rolling in. Her number one dream school was always NYU, since she was 6 years old. We are not wealthy people so NYU seemed out of reach. She got the largest scholarship from NYU of all the acceptances! When she got the email, I just couldn’t believe it. EVeryone kept telling us that your kids end up where they are supposed to be. We were both heartbroken when all she got was rejections. Then POW! I truly believe that God has a plan for all our children. Just let it unfold! That is easy speaking from “the other side” but the waiting and rejections were by far the most difficult. Be patient, pray, and remember to breathe!</p>