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<p>I liked the one where they couldn’t remember what school they were auditioning for. Proves how overwhelming this is!</p>
<p>It has been so overwhelming, especially since it is the first time we are going through the college admissions process. I keep remembering what the Boston reps said in the presentation…something to the effect of: “Please don’t take any of these schools rejecting you to mean anything at all about your potential. There is a lot of rejection in this business and you have to be able to take it. They are all good schools and don’t let them make you think that their school is the best and you have to go there. They might be looking for a certain mix of students that you don’t fit.” That made the first rejection easier to take. Also made the acceptance the very next morning feel like we won the lottery…I haven’t screamed that much in a very long time.</p>
<p>AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! So happy at our house this morning. At the end of my son’s scholarship interview at USC last Friday, the panel informed him that he had been accepted to their BFA and when we arrived home last night, the confirmation letter was waiting. Then my son just walked upstairs this morning and said, “It will be so hard to decide between two of my top schools.” And I said, “Yes, I know…but we will cross that bridge when we come to it”, and he said, “No, we’ve already come to it…just got the email from CalArts that I’m IN!!!” Doin’ the hula here! So fun to finally have something to share. The wait has been excruciating. </p>
<p>SO AWESOME!!! What a wonderful feeling!</p>
<p>Wow! Both great schools and on the same day. Congrats to your son! Fun to see more acceptances coming in :).</p>
<p>Thanks, connections…CC has been my lifeline. I have never encountered a more wonderful, gracious, generous (and hilarious) group of people.</p>
<p>CONGRATS! That is great! Both are incredible schools!</p>
<p>Thank you, bisouu and compadv! This was a wonderful day for my family. I have to admit I was skeptical about my D’s decision to pursue acting. I read everything on CC about the process of applying to BFA programs and I was so scared that my D won’t get into any of them. Now I am so happy for her! She has something to look forward to. Her confidence has grown so much even in one day! Such a great feeling to see your child being happy and reassured. Good luck to every parent here, I hope all the kids will soon hear wonderful news! I wish everyone to feel the happiness that I did this morning!</p>
<p>MsMommy, congratulations! USC BFA was my favorite of all the schools my daughter applied to. We visited the campus last spring and I was so impressed by their theater school. CalArts is a great school too, so your son does in fact have a very tough choice. But it’s a joy to be able to choose from your two top schools!</p>
<p>@notactingmom thanks! S had toured it (twice, actually) with his dad, but I had never seen the USC campus, because auditions were at a nearby hotel. I loved it, too. Congrats on The New School…just this morning it popped up on a list of BFA’s I was perusing…and I was thinking he should have applied there…and kinda lamenting some that we didn’t apply to…and doing the “what if” thing…and I just had to tell myself to STOP IT! JUST STOP IT! Time to take a deep breath and let things unfold as they may. And thanks everyone else, too. Josh…can’t wait to see you get off some of those wait lists. </p>
<p>So happy for everyone’s good news…so sorry for the disappointments…and so excited to see where everyone ends up. NOW it’s getting nerve-wracking, no?</p>
<p>So happy for notactingmom and D and MsMommy and S!!! Keep the good news coming!</p>
<p>Excellent news msmommy. Sounds like his guidance counselor was right after all! let us know what he decides. and congrats to the other folks too! </p>
<p>Big congratulations notactingmom and MsMommy! Such exciting news!!! </p>
<p>LOL, ctl987. It has been such a whirlwind that I had to go back and read the BFA vs BA thread to see what I was even THINKING in Dec/Jan. You are right. I could have just let him go with his original “BFA only” list and everything would have worked out the same. Or would it have? I would have missed many “teaching moments” both for me and my son. Or are those “learning moments”? Anyway…I can laugh now…so thrilled to know that my son will be able to go to school somewhere he thinks he will love. How it will really turn out is…the REST of the story!</p>
<p>This silence is deafening….</p>
<p>I agree bisouu - it’s killing me! </p>
<p>I feel so bad for these kids. My poor S is so anxious! Hang in there everyone 
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<p>I have to say there MUST be a better way to do this process. I am sure the schools don’t like announcing that information will be released on such and such a date, because they are afraid they will not be ready, but if that happens they could always post that there was going to be a slight delay.
It’s not knowing anything that is so difficult. I would think if they gave us all some general guidance as to what was happening it would alleviate a lot of phone calls and emails to them!!</p>