Rolling Admissions/Early Notification

broadway95 · March 16, 2012, 7:39pm

Maybe I am not looking in the right area but is there a list of the schools that make decisions after the fall auditions? Realizing all the craziness that will be going on next year for my D, she would love to try and get some early auditions in that she doesn't have to wait until March to hear about.

tracyvp · March 16, 2012, 8:01pm

There isn’t a specific list posted anywhere all together. People might have some suggestions, but honestly you have to check with each school individually. They change their processes from time to time and although one year they do it one way, the next they might do it differently. That happened to us this year. We chose a particular school specifically because they had always notified in the fall but they changed their process this year and didn’t notify until March, no matter when you auditioned.

But I’ll get you started with this:
Coastal Carolina has a November audition and they have traditionally notified by early December. (But be aware, although they do accept a few and release a bunch more, you COULD be notified that you’re “still in consideration” and won’t know until March!)

kksmom5 · March 16, 2012, 8:14pm

Oklahoma City University has rolling admissions.

halflokum · March 16, 2012, 8:51pm

Emerson has early action with a November or December audition date that nets a decision by mid-December. I’m sure there are other early action schools as well.

blueskies1108 · March 16, 2012, 9:11pm

This is a great list to start - Point Park and University of the Arts have rolling admissions.

santafedad · March 16, 2012, 9:14pm

This is a good discussion for those that follow. I think I’ve posted elsewhere that my son’s early acceptance (OCU in early Dec.) really made the rest of his auditions less stressful, gave him more confidence and provided me with a sense that maybe he was headed into the right direction, despite our doubts.
Of course it could have gone the other way as well - with an early rejection. In fact we got one of those as well with a pre-screen DVD sent in September (OU) that ended a few weeks later with a “No.” But that served as a wake-up call and my son changed much of his audition material as a result.
So getting right at it is good either way you look at it.
If you go back to the Acceptance thread…here is how it looked at the end of December…so these schools might be a good place to start:

Texas State (MT)
Coastal Carolina University (MT), Ohio Northern University (MT), Rider (MT), Texas State (MT)
Roosevelt (MT)
New York University (Tisch: NSB)
California State University Fullerton (MT), Elon (BA)
Muhlenberg (MT) (BA)
Ohio Northern (MT), Point Park (MT)
New York University (Tisch: NSB)
Montclair University (MT)
Rider (MT), Hartt/U. of Hartford BFA MT
: Rider (MT), Hartt/U. of Hartford BFA MT
Columbia College (MT), Loyola University Chicago (MT)
Harrt/U. of Hartford BFA MT
Point Park (MT), Rider (MT

Ewanes · March 16, 2012, 9:24pm

Thank you!!

broadway95 · March 16, 2012, 9:24pm

Thanks, what a great start. I am hoping that she can get a yes early to take some of the stress off but like you said santafedad even if it doesn’t come back in her favor we can learn from that.

blueskies1108 · March 16, 2012, 9:34pm

on santafedad post - I’m guessing that the NYU and Muhlenberg December results were Early Decision - locking you in to them if you get accepted. Very different way to go vs. a school with early action or rolling admissions!

classicalbk · March 17, 2012, 12:03am

Two more schools which recently anyway have had fall auditions and sometimes a quick decision: Elon, Shenadoah.
It is a great idea to audition early - especially if it’s not your first choice school so you can try out your material before you hit your first choices.

mtmomagain · March 12, 2014, 7:53pm

Early/Rolling Admissions for Auditioned MT Programs

PLEASE UPDATE THIS LIST BASED ON YOUR RECENT EXPERIENCES.

Based on this thread and others in the 2013/2014 audition season, it appears these audition programs offer early acceptances. I am classifying “early” as end of January because it is before Unifieds. When auditioning early, the result can be a Yes, No or Deferred. Some schools accept very few at their early auditions, while others start to significantly fill their class. Please do not rely on the information on this list: check the details with the schools directly!

(I did not include non-audition programs, since that can be determined by a simple check on the school’s general admissions page).

AMDA – Rolling – Year-round?

Baldwin Wallace – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling. Early audition dates: 11/15 & 16. First notifications: January

CAP21/Molloy College – New program – please update, may be rolling for both academics and auditions?

U of Central Florida – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling – Prescreen highly suggested. Early audition: ? First notifications: December

Coastal Carolina – 2013/14 information – Academic Priority Admission Deadline: 12/1. Prescreen required. If invited to audition, early audition date: 11/15. First notifications: December

Elon – 2013/14 information – Academic Early Action deadline: 11/10. Early audition dates: 10/25, 11/1, 11/15. First notifications: December. During audition season, the director mentioned they will be going to prescreens next year. This may change their early action notification policy.

Emerson – 2013/14 information – Academic Early Action deadline: 11/1. Early audition date: ? First notifications: December

Marymount Manhattan - 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling. Early audition dates: 11/?. First notifications: December

Montclair – 2013/14 information – Academic Early Action: 11/15. Early audition date: 11/9. First notifications: January

NYU Tisch – 2013/14 information – Academic Early DECISION: 11/1. Early audition date: 11/16 & 17. First notifications: December

Oklahoma City U – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling. Early audition date: ? (also allow video auditions). Notifications are rolling: 4-6 weeks after audition. First notification on CC: January

Ohio Northern – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling. Early audition date: 1/18 (also allow video auditions). First notifications: December (video) and January (on-campus)

Point Park – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling. Early audition date: 11/9. First notifications: January

Rider – 2013/14 information – Academic Early Action: 11/15. Early audition date: 12/14. First notifications: December

Seton Hill – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling. Early audition date: 10/12, 11/23, 12/21. First notifications: December

U of Southern Maine – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling. Early audition date: 11/22 or 1/17 (not sure) – First notifications: January

Shenandoah – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling. Early audition date: 1/18. First notifications: January

Texas State – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling. Pre-screen required. If invited to audition, early audition: 1/11. First notifications: January

UArts – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling? Early auditions: ?. First notifications: December

Wright State – 2013/14 information – Academic admissions: Rolling. Early audition date: 11/9. First notifications: December

PLEASE update this list as you see updates on school websites. Add 2014-15 early audition dates and inform us if there is an error here, a change in policy or if you discover another program to add to this list. You can copy and paste and make your change in RED or make a note and I will eventually update the list with your change.

Calliene · March 12, 2014, 9:29pm

I do know that there were some admissions to Montclair before January this year. We spoke to an MTCA coach in mid-December and a few kids were already accepted.

mtmomagain · March 13, 2014, 11:52am

Montclair is already on the list, but next person to update the list with a major change will update it to show first notification to be in December.

maMTma · March 13, 2014, 3:41pm