@Jenny1993 And @chenggang idk if this helps but we submitted to umich on 10/1 and received the decision on 11/1 so maybe it will take a few weeks?
@chenggang, Thanks! Could you let me know once you hear from them? I wish we could hear from them soon.
Submitted to Ithaca on 11/10 and received a pass this morning.
Still waiting on Oklahoma. CCM, and Illinois Wesleyan
I am going to assume that CCM is a no. We submitted in September and I know many people have heard yes. There have been no No’s that I have heard, so they probably go out in one big email.
@NYYFanNowMTdad - I assumed the same thing last night when my S got the BOCO waitlist email.
We have been working with someone to help us through the audition process and when I gave her the update she said that this is their first year doing prescreen waitlists (Penn State too). she agreed that based on the email saying they will let you know by mid-Dec about a live audition, that the assumption they will wait to see who they know they won’t offer spots to, then start inviting kids from the prescreen waitlist, is probably right. She is also guessing they may have been burned in the past by saying no to some prescreens and then had to offer spots to people that they may not have, had someone they previously said No to was still in the running.
I also know they said they had a record number of applicants this year - my S reached out to his admissions person a few weeks ago to followup about receipt of his transcripts and he told him they are backed up this year processing because of the volume.
Waiting another month does nothing for my anxiety - but I’ll take that over a flat out no!!
Here’s a question…has anyone actually gotten a no from BOCO?
@WDWMom I haven’t seen one personally, but during our conversation today, the coach I was speaking to said a lot of her clients have received Nos
sadly few people post the negatives, so you sit here thinking everyone is getting yesses but you, the math however says only about 1/3 ( or less) of total applicants pass a prescreen at each school and less than 10% get accepted into the BFA/BM programs in nearly every school, the people who post their stories that share all the negatives have been most helpful over the past 2 years but human nature is to share the good news not the bad, I have another child applying to a NON MT program and the posts on that thread would make you think every kid getting in to this State school has 1400+ SAT scores 30+ ACT scores and 3.9+ GPA, but then you look at the average acceptance scores for that school last year & its around 3.4GPA & 1200 SAT/27 ACTS…I value all i have learned from CC but its not the whole picture,
we had very mixed pre screen results and got a BFA MT acceptance from Belmont, so hang in there we are still just in the 3rd inning of the 9 inning game
PS I thought I said I was leaving this thread & heading to the venting thread LOL, but trying to be helpful…
@NYYFanNowMTdad I am so glad you said that. I would encourage people on this thread to post the NO’s as well. No one is here to judge - we are ALL in the same boat and will celebrate the yes’s and commiserate the no’s together. This process is not for the feint of heart, but I for one value the openness and honesty of everyone here.
YES!!! My S only applied to 3 schools requiring prescreens:
Pace - Pass
Coastal Carolina - No
BOCO - Waitlisted
We celebrated the Pass, were at peace with the No (because he was accepted academically, so if he is shut out of a BFA program, he at least has a school to attend for a BA in Theater) and we hold hope in the waitlist!!
When speaking with my S’s coach today, we were discussing his final audition schedule now that we have heard from everyone (with the exception of Wagner, but that isn’t prescreen related so I did not lump it in with during our talk) and when CCU came up, she mentioned that she has heard of no one who had passed CCU, but by all accounts on this thread - my S is the only kid who didn’t!!!
We are all in this together and we will survive!!
@theatrekidmom We have not heard from CCM either, so you’re not alone!
For those who have auditioned at Baldwin Wallace already: Did you need to provide headshot and resume? Also, wondering if there were interview questions thrown in as part of the audition process and if so, what were the questions?
My daughter is 5 and 5 on the pre-screens, still waiting on 7 more.
NO: Coastal Carolina, Syracuse, Pace, FSU, and Rider
YES: Ithaca, BoCo, Emerson, SUNY Fredonia, and Point Park.
Still waiting: Michigan, CCM, Indiana, Miami, Penn State, Elon, and USC.
Auditions scheduled or completed at all YES schools plus Hartt, Baldwin Wallace, Muhlenberg, and University of Utah. Also planning to attend Combines in NYC in January.
I am relieved for all of the nos, because I think they give her a lot more focus on the yeses and provide a stronger sense of direction. I’m especially glad for the ones like FSU that would have required an extra trip and expense.
We aren’t trying to decode or understand any of it. These prescreen results are not measures or reflections of her talent, effort, or potential. They’re only reflections of what sort of freshman class these schools are trying to build and what she brings to the table may or may not be part of that vision. She’ll fit somewhere and thrive!
All I can say is don’t try to read into anyone’s results (looking for trends) as I don’t think you can find them. Very random. Just in @Dance3Looks3 's post, we’re matching and criss crossing. Who knows what they’re looking for? I think Dance is hurting my D as that’s way below her talent in acting / singing but who knows? Just hoping for one strong MT program admission so she can compare that to other acting programs.
@rickle1 Yes, there is no rhyme or reason to any of it. My daughter is a strong dancer, but her pre-screen results don’t reflect that. We aren’t discouraged. Even if the remaining 7 all come back NO, she’s still got 9 auditions scheduled and 5 schools (plus Rider) at Combines. She’ll probably try to fit some walk-ins into her days at Unifieds, too. She can only go to one school in the end!
Edited to add: she’s also academically very accomplished, with high SATs, GPA, and a great class rank after a fairly rigorous high school schedule. She’s a great writer and enjoyed the essay prompts. I suspect most of the students we’re supporting here in this community are similar, with incredibly strong work ethics, self-motivation, and charisma. I am so confident that they will all be just fine!
@WDWMom, we didn’t apply to BoCo, but know some others who did. I haven’t heard of any outright no’s among that group. Only a couple yes’s and a number of waitlists. Not sure if that’s helpful, but it’s a datapoint.
@chenggang For what it is worth we submitted end of October and heard from CCM -Pass three days after submitting via Email. U Mich also sent us a NO rather quickly lol via email like 10 days after actually and got the official No letter again via email today. The U Mich No came quickly, so I am thinking not hearing can only be a good thing at this point!! BAL!!
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In case you’re wondering about CCU BA Theatre students, we just went to CCU this past weekend for S’s first production, which, believe it or not, as a freshman BFA MT, was in the play The Crucible. It was a truly amazing production, and Tituba was played by a BA Theatre student.