<p>mtdog, oh, yes, I realize. My post was NOT in reply to YOUR post. It just happened to come after your post but were just some thoughts I had on this topic!</p>
<p>Soozievt - tried to PM you a question on questions unrelated to this thread, but your mailbox is full. Your comments are always very inciteful - I’m sure you get tons of questions so may not want to take more. If you are ok with an off-line exchange, please feel free to PM me. I don’t know how to contact you otherwise. Thanks much.</p>
<p>Villagesongbird, </p>
<p>My PM box fills up and I prefer to not use it on top of email and FB accounts, etc. You can click on my member name and a little menu appears in a window. Go to: “Send email to SoozieVT,” and that will send an email to me through CC’s system. I will admit that I have trouble keeping up with the many PMs and emails sent to me by members on CC and try to post on the boards to occasionally help others and reach many at once. I’ll see if I can get to an individual situation type email and so try emailing me. I try to do some, but otherwise help individuals as my job.</p>
<p>PS, congrats to your son on his many great acceptances!</p>
<p>Visited both ONU and PPU last weekend. The faculty and students at ONU could not have been nicer. I can tell they really love their school and program and feel very comfortable where they are. But as much as I wanted to love it, I just couldn’t bring myself to being happy there. I was less than impressed with their production of Millie (especially after I saw a show at PPU) and the fact that there is only one acting professor on staff kind of three me off. It just reminded me of a really strong <em>high school</em> program. My patents are really insistent on me going there next year anyways an just transferring, but I talked to two seniors who had had the same plan ad freshman but just ended up staying. I just really want a program that is going to challenge me and make me EARN my way to the top, and as much as I loved the family environment at ONU, I don’t want to be so comfortable I slack off. Not to mention the town was so small, I just think I’d feel trapped being so far away from everything.
I left the next day to visit PPU, which was probably a bad idea because I absolutely loved it. I ran into some other MT’s who are prospective freshman and they were just awesome. As much as I feel like I should hate PPU right now, I want to go to their school ten times more now. So I guess I’m just gonna be persistent and stay on the waitlist and make it clear that I am very determined on going there. If worse comes to worse I’ll just take a gap year, reaudition and <em>hopefully</em> get in. This whole thing is just so much more stressful than it was supposed to be. The worst part is seeing everyone excited about their plans for next year, and I literally feel like my heart is breaking.</p>