<p>My friend's daughter was rejected from the dance program at her school of choice after auditioning (she was admitted to the university's academic program, however). The rejection letter states that she can reaudition for the dance program during her freshman year if she chooses to attend the university. Anybody know (or want to venture a guess) what the chances of admission to the dance program might be following a second audition? I can't imagine that the odds are good, but I wonder if anyone has any experience with this? Thanks.</p>
<p>Which school?</p>
<p>^Would rather not say. Not among the elite (NYU, e.g.), but a pretty good school.</p>
<p>That could be one reason that she wasn’t accepted…upper classman reauditioning and it had nothing to do with the quality of her performance. Find out how many freshman are really accepted; if the numbers are few, chances are they are accepting from the own pool of upper classman. Also how many studios do they have? How big is the program?</p>
<p>If it’s a strong dance program, with more/better performing opportunities for the admitted dance majors (including, possibly, separate classes for majors and non-majors), I’d imagine the chances of getting in on a second audition are not good. The majors will be training on a more intense level all year - how will the dancer who wasn’t admitted to the department be able to make up the lost ground with lesser training? I wouldn’t be optimistic. And there will be another crop of prospective freshmen next year.</p>
<p>This program might simply be a poor match for your friend’s d. I know some very, very good dancers who were rejected by well-known programs - the competition is really fierce, and sometimes schools are just looking for a very specific type that has nothing to do with future employability. Has your friend’s d been accepted at other dance programs? I see many benefits in a dancer enrolling where he/she is likely to get more attention, better roles, more performance time, etc. than at a bigger name school.</p>
<p>I think that if your D is going to be ok with the chance that she will not be admitted to the dance program, even after a 2nd audition, then it’s ok to attend. But I agree with frazzled1 that depending on what classes a non-major would be allowed to take, could be extremely difficult to be accepted later. Particularly when you consider that your D might then be compared with newly auditioning freshmen-to-be who are in outstanding shape. If dancing was the only thing I wanted to do, I wouldn’t chance it. If I was open to other things, then maybe it’s ok. It really depends on how she feels about it.</p>
<p>I know you’d rather not say which program, but quite honestly, if you were comfortable enough to mention it, I suspect you may get much more specific, relevant feedback to understand the chances. Good luck in this tough decision process.</p>
<p>This happened to my D as well (a state school, good program…possibly the only good state school dance program). However, she auditioned and got into top private programs after this - her 2 top choices- and one is affordable based on the merit $ bringing the price down. The first program was probably not right for her anyway…too much jazz/hip hoppy and my D is well trained in classical ballet. So…she was not right for their program (apparently) and the program probably not right for her.
Also, where was your D trained? We learned the hard way, after many yrs. of dance classes at our local studio, that the ‘recital’ dance school was not giving her proper training…at all. She had to relearn everything later at a pre-professional school where she has been for 4 yrs. now.(not sure if this is relevant in your case.)</p>