MTnewbie1
Today at 4:17 pm in Musical Theater Major
I’m not sure if these questions can be answered but if they can (any of them) please share. Thank you!
on average how many students apply for a BFA audition program?
guesstimate that I can see based on a thread in this forum is there are about 600 spots svailable (in all) for the program’s listed.
do most of what I am understanding to be the “top” tier programs make offers to the same students? (Top tier in my understanding are: CCM, CMU, UMich, Penn State, Univ of Oklahoma, Texas State, Otterbein, Pace). If so, how can these small programs fill each year when, what it looks like to me, is only about 3-5 wait list kids?
Do these, or any, program have people hired to talk to the programs directly about students? It is my understanding that the college audition coach prepares the student for auditions but does not “act as a scout” for them and actually “peddle” them to certain schools. Is that true or do they?
are the performing arts high schools better connected with these programs than public schools are? Do performing arts schools actively seek out programs (talking to college program directors) and get individual face time with these programs?
now that the majority of auditions are over and rejections come in…what do you suggest can be done from schools thst haven’t been heard from yet?
Thanks, just trying to make some sort of sense of it all.
Points 1, 2, 3: there are many threads on this forum that have endlessly debated these questions - look for any threads with the word “list” in the title. CC posters represent only a small portion of those planning to attend/are attending/have attended MT programs. We debate endlessly with very limited/skewed/assumed data. Only thing we agree on is that it is difficult to get into an auditioned MT program.
This too, is debated. Look at all the threads with "coaching" in the title. There are apparently some MT college faculty who also "coach". Most coaches "appear" to have no direct ties to particular schools, but that too is debated. As far as has been posted to date, there does not appear to be a "scouting" or "agent" system for getting into an MT program - yet.
Depends on the school. My S's PA high school had no ties to any program - not even the top tier one two miles away - even though they "said" they did. There is a PA school in Georgia (??) that loads up a bus full of auditionees to attend the fall auditions at the program my S currently attends. Some are accepted. Some PA high schools help students with filling out applications, videoing prescreens, counseling them on "best fit" programs. My S's PA HS was NOT one of those.
6, Not sure what you’re asking here. There are many threads on what people do while they are waiting to hear - check mail boxes, email and admissions status portals 30 times a day, call the admissions offices, send “I’m very interested” notes, eat donuts, sip umbrella drinks, post on CC. Many veterans of this process agree that the WAITING is the worst part of the process.
“6) now that the majority of auditions are over and rejections come in…what do you suggest can be done from schools thst (sic) haven’t been heard from yet?”
There are many, many schools who have yet to complete auditions. There are many schools who wait until March before issuing invitations to join the program. This is the worst time for you. But as soon as invites go out, the tables turn, and it is the worst time for schools and those on the waitlist.
An email reiterating your interest in the school isn’t a bad thing. A call late in the process isn’t dreadful. But the waiting is very, very difficult. Rest assured that quite a lot of decisions (maybe even most?) come in March. Good luck.
I would say to leave the schools you haven’t heard from yet alone - the notification “season” really starts in March. As kjgc said- lots of schools still have auditions happening. If you really want to contact schools- make sure the contact comes from the applicant (your kid) rather than a parent, schools like independence
