<p>The main parent forum has this topic and I thought it would be helpful (as a parent of a junior) to see how many MT schools your child applied to this year and which ones they were. It would give us parents that will be going through this next year a relative sample (albiet only from cc) of what the average number of schools applied to were! Thanks for anyone commenting!</p>
<p>My child applied last year. She applied to 8 BFA in MT programs. </p>
<p>I think the number, however, needs to match each person's situation. About 8 would work for many. However, I know some who are, for example, applying to both BFA and BA programs and that has necessitated a list more like 10-12. So, a lot depends on the circumstances. </p>
<p>For regular college applicants, I feel 8 is about right for many of them. My D who was not a BFA applicant applied to 8. I think 3 reaches, 3 matches and 2 safeties is a good balance. If the number of schools is higher, I still think about 40% reach, 40% match, 20% safety is a good proportion. That doesn't work for BFA candidates, however. For my BFA kid, I considered all 8 of her schools to be REACHES. Then it is a matter of ascertaining if the kid has a chance at these schools and some need to add BA schools in there, or easier (but not easy) BFA programs, and so forth. That's why while such a poll is interesting to see, I'd caution anyone to come up with the right list for each case in terms of balance, chances, and total number of schools. </p>
<p>In general, I think MOST kids should not need to apply to more than 10-12 schools. More than that, the efforts devoted to each college application and visit becomes diluted. </p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>gottaluvmt</p>
<p>Our son applied to one nonaudition school for drama - Ohio Wesleyan, 5 for M/T - Otterbein, Elon, Ithaca, Montclair, and Baldwin Wallace. We actually began our visits to schools intensively right about now in his junior year at spring break, although,we did one school, Tufts (drama/dance) sophomore year spring break, and William and Mary (drama) during Teacher's convention junior year. Other schools we visited, some in the summer before senior year, were Wagner,(BA theatre w/ M/T concentration, Muhlenberg (BA theatre), Denison (Theatre, but previous year had a BFA Theatre) and Kenyon (drama/theatre?) Some of the major titles might not be exactly correct, but I believe I am correct on the BFA vs BA difference. We didn't find out until after our visit w/ Denison that they decided to change from a BFA to BA. They were very nice and it was a good visit, though.</p>
<p>By the way, our son has received results on both ends, rejections and acceptance from some schools, but we agreed to not post those until all are in as another parent mentioned on the acceptance thread. I do think it's helpful to see the "schools chosen for audition" and then how they fare with their results and eventual decisions. We looked back at last year's list to gather some info towards choices to apply. He applied to all schools very early, but, as regular decision, something we might have done differently in hindsight. </p>
<p>We wish you the best and would be happy to offer any details on the schools we visited. All the best, too, to the many still waiting to hear!</p>
<p>abparent, you say your S applied to all of his chosen schools early, but as a regular decision applicant, something you would have done differently if you had it to do over again. I would love to know why you changed your mind, in hindsight, on this.</p>
<p>L</p>
<p>I applied to 11 schools primarily for MT and some Acting:
CMU (Acting or MT)
Ithaca
Syracuse
Umich
University of Miami
NYU
Boston U (Acting)
SUNY Purchase (Acting)
Emerson
Northwestern
Muhlenberg
I am comfortable with the number I applied to. I think anywhere for 7-12 is a healthy, albeit large interval.</p>
<p>My D started out thinking she was applying to 10 schools (she graduated high school in '04 - so 2 years ago) and cut the list to 8 before submitting apps. All for MT. Those schools were, in the order her auditions were scheduled:</p>
<p>November - NYU-Steinhardt
December - Syracuse & Emerson (drove to both on the same blizzardy weekend - what were we thinking?)
January - UMich & CCM (also on the same weekend - flew to Detroit in a snowstorm and they lost our luggage AAAAACK!!!!) & CMU, two weeks later
February - Penn State & BOCO - both auditions cancelled when she was accepted to UMich.</p>
<p>The only schools she visited beforehand were UMich and PSU.</p>
<p>She was also accepted to NYU-Steinhardt, Emerson (EA) and Syracuse, rejected at CCM and CMU</p>
<p>I know......no "safeties".......what can I tell you? We let it be her call.</p>
<p>I did not read the initial post that carefully and only thought you wanted the number of schools, not where. I'm happy to share. However, please remember that the number of schools or the types of schools really must be tailored to each applicant. I work with many students who want MT and their lists differ depending on their college criteria, their academic stats, their interests, their MT background/training, their preferences, and personal backgrounds. So, which schools and how many and how the list is balanced really needs to be individually tailored. </p>
<p>For my MT kid who is currently a college freshman, who also was an early graduate after junior year in high school, her college list and outcome were:</p>
<p>Applied and auditioned on campus at:
Emerson
UMich
Syracuse
Ithaca
NYU/Tisch
Penn State
Carnegie Mellon
Boston Conservatory</p>
<p>Her results were:</p>
<p>Accepted:
NYU/Tisch/CAP21 (attending)
Boston Conservatory
Syracuse
Ithaca
Penn State</p>
<p>Accepted to the college but not the BFA:
Emerson</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Carnegie Mellon (for Acting)</p>
<p>Denied:
UMichigan</p>
<p>Like Theatermom mentions, no safeties, and rather nervewracking. D's list was also her decision.</p>
<p>NotMamaRose,</p>
<p>First, let me make a correction. I made the wrong word plural, he's received one rejection and some acceptances. Weird mistake - now that that's out of the way.</p>
<p>One of the school's our son applied to and auditioned very early on gave the option for EA, (some schools did not.) Since he was still sorting out his list of audition schools, he didn't feel comfortable saying early action to that school. He was waitlisted early on at that school, but has now been accepted for M/T. We now realize he would have had nothing to lose in going EA with that school since they were a strong favorite and it might have prompted an acceptance earlier on from them (still unlikely, but you never know.) Throughout the winter, he continued his apps and auditions receiving a lot of attention from some of the schools on his list which will most probably not be his final decision. Off and on throughout the process and certainly now, he's feeling a bit sad that so much effort was put into the process on the school's end and he will inevitably not attend there. It's not really guilt, but just a down feeling. Mind you, he had concrete reasoning for every school he chose for application, some rather creative reasons on his part which we never even considered. He also is very high on relationships, and plans to remain in touch with every person who helped him through the process at every school. And, of course, we know it works both ways, students receive their fair share of disappointment as well. But, we now believe there could have been the slim possibility of a strong earlier acceptance which could have meant less time and effort invested for all with some other schools further down the timeline. As you can see, his list of schools is a bit smaller than most, anyway. Hope this makes sense. You can also feel free to PM me for greater detail. Have a good one!</p>
<p>I applied to 10 schools, 9 of which are MT, and 1 of which are drama</p>
<p>CCM- regected
NYU
Emerson
University of Miami
Ithaca
Boston Conservatory
Otterbein
UARTS
Chapman University (Drama)- accepted with scholarship
Cal State Fullerton- accepted</p>
<p>let me explain my situation (a little like susan's D). i skipped a grade, so i ended up graduating at age 16 (though i didn't graduate early like her D, i finished my senior year). i am 17 and currently a freshman in college.</p>
<p>last year i could only apply to 6</p>
<p>Auditioned on-campus:
AMDA (accepted w/ $10,0000 scholarship)
Uhartford (accepted to university, not hartt)
Ithaca (accepted to university, not MT, attending)
NYU/CAP 21 (waitlisted)
Syracuse (rejected. didn't finish audition -- food poisoning hit during dance portion, yuck)
Yale (waitlisted)</p>
<p>this year, i could only apply to one because of money:
BoCo (i hear in 14 days, AH!)</p>
<p>I also applied to 10 schools, 9 mt 1 bfa acting</p>
<p>U Mich
Carnegie Mellon
CCM (rejected)
Boston Conservatory
Emerson (Deferred from E.A, waiting for final decision)
Syracuse
Ithaca (accepted to the school for English, rejected by mt program)
U of Hartford the Hartt School
University of Connecticut (that's the BFA acting. Accepted to the school, still waiting on program's decision)
NYU Tisch</p>
<p>I wouldn't have applied to any fewer- maybe more however, since so many were big names. I wish I had found this forum sooner and discovered the programs with less competition/higher acceptance rates before I was really too deep in to it. But still, I'm hoping it will work out. Even if I don't get in for mt, I have 2 schools as backups and likely more, so as devastated as I would be, I still have open options.</p>
<p>The first time around (5 years ago) my d applied to:
CMU
CCM
Michigan
Ithaca
and a state university MT program.
In our naive minds, the state school was the totally unnecessary back-up. How wrong we were! We knew those first four schools were selective, but really had no idea how poor the odds for acceptance were. </p>
<p>She flew to those schools to audition on campus. When the rejection letters arrived, she was devastated. (See my postings under "I didn't get into any MT programs. Now what?")</p>
<p>She attended the state school and worked hard on reapplying. However, this time her naivety was gone, so she lengthened her list to include:
CMU (MT)
CCM (MT)
Michigan (MT & Vocal Performance)
Ithaca (MT)
Emerson (MT)
Miami (MT)
FSU (MT)
Webster (MT)
Boston Conservatory (MT & Vocal Performance)</p>
<p>Her rationale for the Vocal Performance application was that if she didn't get into any MT programs, perhaps she could major in Vocal Performance and "work her way" into the MT program. I don't know if that ever works for anyone, but she figured it was better than staying where she was. (Perhaps someone who has done this can address that possibility.)</p>
<p>She was accepted to:
Boston Conservatory (both MT and Vocal Performance)
Webster (MT with scholarship)
Emerson (MT)
Michigan (Vocal Performance)
Miami (B.A. MT with scholarship)
FSU (Music)</p>
<p>She was waitlisted to CMU which was her first choice. She quickly flew to Webster and BoCo to check out the campus/program etc. She accepted Webster and made a $300 deposit, but gladly forfeited that when she was removed from the waitlist to attend CMU. She is now a senior MT at CMU and has loved every minute.</p>
<p>AH...last year I went through a really hard time with my family and in life in general, and because of politics in a small town, I wasn't given many opportunities, so I wasn't even sure if I wanted to go into acting anymore, so I applied to schools for all sorts of things, and if I didn't get into an acting school I was gonna see if I could live a year without it, and then decide what to do! So here is my CRAZY list last year...
UW LaCross (major safty, hey, I'm insecure!)-accepted LibArts
UW Madison- LibArts, accepted
NYU- LibArts, accepted
UCS- BA theatre, rejected, accepted to LibArts
UC Santa Barbra- BA theatre, accepted
Ithaca- BA theatre....never did my interview, decided against it, so my application was never fully processed, oops
Minnesota, TC- BFA acting, rejected, accepted LibArts
Boston U- BFA acting, rejected (ouch, that one hurt)
DePaul- BFA acting, accepted, and attending</p>
<p>As you can see I only did 3 audition programs because I was afraid and didn't know what I wanted to do. Obviously it was what I really wanted to do, because when I found out in the end, DePaul was my CLEAR no questions asked choice. I had a terrible weekend the weekend I auditioned to Min and Boston, so it really was no suprise that I didn't get in because my heart was not in it at all. It was a real low point, but fate intervined, and I ended up, without knowing that it would be, at the school of my dreams. I went in not knowing if this was my biggest passion, and now I know for sure. Everything happens for a reason. If I had gotten into one of the others I might have chosen one of them because we get resiporcity with Min, and niether have a cut (which can freak a person out, see my fall posts! But now I am 100% okay with it! Crazy).</p>
<p>Well since most who post here were all lucky enough to have opportunities and support to know that it was for you at such a young age, I just wanted to share my really different situation, maybe for some lurker who might not have the confidence, I hope it helps someone!</p>
<p>I did eight in total:</p>
<p>*Emerson - EA acceptance to school, but auditioned in Feb, so still waiting
*OCU - EA acceptance to theatre performance with $12K/yr scholarship
*Hartt - still waiting
*PSU - auditioned as a walk-in. Rejected
*Northern Colorado - Accepted academically, but I just got my mt letter today. Rejected, and it said it was because the class was full. I believe I did the last audition date. Does that mean it was full before I auditioned? (Sorry for tangent)
*Ithaca - still waiting
*Otterbein - auditioned as walk-in. Still waiting
*UC Irvine - non-audition safety for drama, with "mt honors after two years" It stopped being my safety when I was accepted to OCU</p>
<p>I applied to 9</p>
<p>In Order:
Syracuse - Rejected
Penn State - Defered, then Rejected at the end
Point Park - Accepted $2.5K/yr scholarship
Hartt - Accepted $5K/yr scholarship
Otterbein - Rejected
Baldwin-Wallace - Accepted
Millikin- Accepted $2K/yr scholarship
UW-Stevens Point - Cancelled audition
Wichita State (Non-Audition Saftey)</p>
<p>I ended up canceling my Steven's Point Audition when I found out I had gotten into Millikin. It was supposed to be my last one but I was so tired of the audition circuit and it was towards the bottom of my list. If I could go back in do it again, I would have put my top schools towards the end of my auditions, like Penn State. I was so much more prepaired for my later auditions, I'm so glad that I scheduled my BW audition later, or else I may not be here right now!</p>
<p>I second that. Definitely schedule your top schools toward the end, not the beginning of your audition season!</p>
<p>When did you hear from Otterbein? I did not think they notified anyone yet.</p>
<p>BWMT09, when did you find out you were accepted to Hartt? Or was this from last year?</p>
<p>Although I don't know for certain, I would imagine that BWMT09 means that he/she is in the class of '09 at Baldwin Wallace, and also this from his/her (sorry!) post says 'or else I may not be here right now!' So it appears to be last year's results. :)</p>
<p>Lisa, i'm sure this is from someone who went through this last year.</p>