<p>PSU Cat My d and I are also your fans, we've enjoyed meeting and talking to you at both the school and then seeing you at unifieds. PSU should pay you big time for being such a great ambassador and encouraging more of the best to go to your school. I know your mom is proud, she has every reason to be. Thanks for your help and encouragement. Maybe 4 years from now we'll ask you for different advice.</p>
<p>What a nice treat to come back from NY to! You were all so great at the auditions, and made my days fly sitting behind that table :o) Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or want to talk about anything in more detail that I didn't cover at the audition. My email is <a href="mailto:cat190@psu.edu">cat190@psu.edu</a>. I only wish I was travelling to the other cities with the faculty! Darn. I wasn't paid in dollars, but I was treated to dinner, a show, and a place to sleep all weekend by the faculty. I felt very spoiled! </p>
<p>Just to assure you, there was not a callback system at the Unifieds--there simply wasn't enough time. I know the faculty wished they could have spent more time with the students individually, but thats the fun of Unifieds I suppose--fast and crazy! </p>
<p>CA Griffin, I don't think any PSU alums will be out in LA to help out with the audition, but please do email me if you have questions about the program. I'd be more than happy to share what I did with everyone this weekend!</p>
<p>Monkey--I'm always a fan of you AND D, too ;o)</p>
<p>Thank you psucat.... I'll post in the next few days if my son has any questions. </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>psucat --</p>
<p>i know soozie mentioned it earlier in the thread...but do you have more current numbers of how many audition/acceptances/yield? i forgot to ask on sunday.</p>
<p>again, thank you SO MUCH for all your help. you're a sweetheart and i'm a BIG fan!</p>
<p>Hi Sporti,
I'm not PSUCat, but my daughter auditioned at PSU on Jan. 20th and Cary Libkin did answer that question. He said they anticipate auditioning over 350 kids and they hope to yield a class of 14. He said they would probably make about 20 offers to yield the 14. He said they do try to keep a gender balance more or less, so to expect about 10 girls and 10 boys to receive offers. He did say they use both a deferral (in which case a final decision would be made after all auditions are over when they have seen everyone) and a waitlist in which case you would only be called off the waitlist if their yield was too low from the original 20 offers and then they might go to that waitlist. Hope that helps! And good luck!</p>
<p>I just wanted to reiterate what someone mentioned earlier here regarding 'callbacks' for Penn State... meaning students audition for them at Unifieds, then can be asked to visit the campus for a subsequent audition often with little notice.</p>
<p>I asked this specific question today, and the answer is no. That's not how they are handling Unifieds this year. Also, my daughter reported that they videotaped her audition - I don't know if they've done this in the past, but perhaps it gives the auditors what they need in order to avoid the trip out to campus.</p>
<p>They videotape every year I believe so that the rest of the faculty can see the tapes as well, even though half the faculty was at Unifieds. They also tape the auditions on campus. This way, they can go back if they feel there was something they missed. I have to say, this weekend was a whirlwind and I know that the faculty didn't get to spend as much time as they probably would have liked with each student. It feels so rushed under a time crunch! I felt bad having to make all of the auditioners cut their songs down haha.</p>
<p>They did spend a long time talking to my d...we took that to be a good sign...we hope.
xx Joan</p>
<p>Woo i'm off to Penn State for my LAST college audition :) :) :) We are seeing "Parade" on Friday and I'm auditioning Saturday. Hope all goes well, can't wait!</p>
<p>Audition at Penn State - Feb. 24</p>
<p>This was Penn State's last audition day, so this post will be for next year's auditioners!!! :)</p>
<p>I arrived "between 8:30 and 845" as the letter had told me. We were in the upstairs lobby of the Arts Building (lobby of the Playhouse Theatre), and I walked in and it was PACKED! I was so surprised, but there were 60+ people auditioning. I filled out a form (w/ vocal training, dance training, music theory training, etc) and turned in headshot/resume. They also told each pereson which of the 2 groups they were auditioning in. Then I changed into dance stuff quickly. </p>
<p>At 9:00 (they wanted to start right on time), we were split into our 2 groups to start the dance portion. First we did a short warmup, then one of the students taught us as ballet combination. It was not too long, and we went over it a bunch. We performed it in groups of 3 (w/ no student in front of us). Then another student taught us a jazz dance which was a lot of fun (and funny). It had a storyline to it which was also cool. Both combinations included a pirhouette (single,double,triple, whatever you could do - it was like this at all of my auditions). I have had no dance training (just from being in tons of shows), but neither of the combinations seemed too difficult. If you are a dancer, you should have nothing to worry about. It was so much fun, and we went over each combination many times.</p>
<p>After a quick vocal warmup, we started the vocal/acting part of the auditions. The 2 groups (of 32 or 34 each) waited in a holding room as people got called to audition. There was a posted order in the room (I was 16). For my group, I got called a few numbers ahead of time, and was able to listen to 2 people audition, and during one of their monologues we could quietly go over the music with the accompanist. When it was your turn, you announced your material and you could go in whatever order you want. For songs, they told us 1 in its entirety and one a 16/32 bar cut. And one 90 second monologue. After you were done, your student 'escort' told you whethter or not you needed to stay for an interview (i got a yes! :) ).</p>
<p>We still had a ways to go so my Dad and I walked to lunch 'downtown'. When we got back, they were just finishing up auditions. Then all of the people called back were in a room (there were 17 of us out of the 60+) and they brought us in 1 by 1. We were to bring our music just in case they wanted to hear something (I assume because the faculty was split up in the 2 groups for the audition portion??). I didn't have to sing anything, & the interview was really chill and simple. Normal questions, why MT, why PSU, etc. They were very nice.</p>
<p>After the interview, a student escorted you to a short Ear-Training /theory session. He would play a melody, you would repeat it, asked you to spell a chord, and also tested harmony and rhythm. Nothing too hard, don't sweat it!</p>
<p>I left feeling great about the audition day, I felt very accomplished because we had done so much, lol (And because this was my LAST auditioN!!!!!!!). It seemed to take a long time, but there were 60+ of us on this last audition day for PSU, too. Overall, everyone was very nice and most of the students seemed very energetic.</p>
<p>We left at 4:00.</p>
<p>HOpe this helps, good luck!</p>
<p>Anyone see Parade? Really wanted to see it.</p>
<p>I did! I "messaged" you about it. I'm so glad I got to see it - I thought it was very good.</p>
<p>Side note: I loved the Playhouse theatre!</p>
<p>Kyle--I wish I could have stayed and chatted with you after I was finished with my "monitor" and organizing duties. My mom and brother were in town to see my boyfriend in Parade and my mom spoke with all of the parents at the talk-back, so we went and spent time together after I was finished. :-) I'm glad it went well! I look forward to seeing how everything works out for everyone. No more deferrences since this was the last audition (and it was a crazy busy one) !! YAY!</p>
<p>Hi. My d auditioned this last weekend at PSU. I think I met you at the parents Q and A. My daughter and I were both very impressed with the program and with the students. We also really enjoyed Parade. Unfortunately, my d did not get a call back/interview. My d took it well but I was devasted. </p>
<p>If you saw her audition, I would really appreciate any coments/ suggestions as we still have 2 auditions left to go. She was from the Chicago area if that helps to remember her. Also, do you have any sugestions for kids that do not get a spot. Please feel free to PM me. Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Salty, I emailed you :-)</p>