<p>Yes, it does snow here usually from November to April! I moved here from California to attend SU and I'm still not used to driving in the snow 24 years later! However; there are many other excellent reasons for being here.
If I had been able to figure out how to post here sooner, I would have offered shelter to anyone who needed it. For those of you still planning winter travel to Syracuse, you are very welcome to contact me and I can always provide a warm, safe place to stay!
Harriet</p>
<p>could someone explain how their audition for SU went?
...what they had to do and all [that jazz (I didn't say that)]?</p>
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I was noticing on the map how close you are to Canada. Is French a popular language in your city? My D is pretty good with it, though she has not had the opportunity to use it much here in CT. (Spanish is big here.)
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<p>For all intensive purposes no one here speaks French in their daily lives. I've never heard a word of French here outside the classroom. However, French Language radio and TV broadcasts are possible to recieve from Toronto</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that the vast majority of people in Canada do NOT speak French. Syracuse is relatively close to the Ontario border but Quebec is the French-speaking province. Outside of Quebec, very few people speak French. And even inside Quebec, most are bilingual. This appears to be a common misconception in the U.S., as evidenced on The Amazing Race the other night!</p>
<p>Yes all ths s true I've never heard the native Syracusans speak a word of French. Although we are close enough to Montreal that my D's french class is going there for a weekend this spring.
Harriet</p>
<p>Bill<em>h</em>pike & evasmom & alwaysamom,</p>
<p>Oh well, guess she'll have to cross the border...or have a semester abroad in Paree....thanks!</p>
<p>Hey do you think that you syracuse guys could post your stats....thats my dream school and i just wanna see if im comparable to you at all</p>
<p>I auditioned back in October. The auditin went like this.
I had to attend one of the "Fall Fridays". Not sure how all the auditions work, but first I had to go to the studnet center for a general Syracuse University presentation about the school. Then they broke us down into each college. So all the School of Visual and Perofrming arts kids went to that schools main building where we got a presentation by them. Then they broke us down into majors. All the Drama and MT kids got onto a bus which took us down to the Drama building. Once there, we recieved yet another orientation from the Drama department. We could ask questions and what not and if you were staying to auditon, they gave you some forms to begin to fill out. Then they escorted all the MT auditionees to the locker rooms where we were allowed to change into dance clothes. Then we did a very basic wark-up and some very and I mean very basic barre work. He basically wanted to see your flexibility and your lines and very very basic stuff. Then he began to teach a short routine. It was almost a funk ballet. But he said he was mainly looking for turnout, turns, jumps and lines. So the routine was simple enough to cover all that. After that they called us one by one into another room where we could sing and do our monos. They asked me if I had any other songs prepared and I did. I prepared more, cuz I knew my one song that was written before 1960 sucked and I learned it like 2 days before my audition. So I sang some more and did my monos and they they told me to sit down and they asked simple questions like...why syracuse...and what not. It was a very relaxed and simple audition.</p>
<p>For what it's worth, I grew up in a small town/village near Syracuse and the only French I ever heard spoken was in the classroom of my junior high school! :)
And snow, well, heck yes! Some of my childhood memories feature snow on the ground on Halloween, and certainly snow until April! I think the average yearly snowfall in Syracuse is 100 inches, which is quite a contrast to where I live now. If you are going to live in Syracuse, get yourself some good, sturdy snowboots and some warm outerwear. Of course, the natives take it all in stride. It's the way it is. But I am sure the weather comes as a shock to students who come from balmier climes.
LD</p>
<p>Hey i know i already posted this but once again... just wondering if you syracuse attendants could please post your stats...i really want to see if i have what it takes to attend school there.. thanks</p>
<p>to the stage - I'm auditioning January 21</p>
<p>oo! IM me when you get a chance! tothestage468 =)</p>
<p>has anyone here auditioned for Syracuse yet?
I'd just like to know what to expect and in what order haha....</p>
<p>check out TheatreGuy120's comment on 12/26 just a couple up from yours</p>
<p>Hey, I'm auditioning for Syracuse on the 21st, and I have a serious problem- I am not the best dancer. I can learn routines fairly quickly and can do them "well", but I never really took a ballet class in my life, so doing those triple pirouettes and leaps are not going to be probable, let alone easy, for me. I have been working hard to get better, but I can't get to my "potential" before next Saturday. Will they automatically reject me because I have a "dancing impairment"? My academics are pretty good, and I've got my other stuff set. What do you think?</p>
<p>Dont worry about it!</p>
<p>I have a friend who tripped during the dance audition, but got up and finished. She's never been trained or anything, either.</p>
<p>She's now a freshman studying MT at Syracuse. </p>
<p>They told me when I auditioned- they look for teachabilty and POTENTIAL, not training. There'a a difference.</p>
<p>And syrcacuse, like most MT programs, doesn't use the dance audition to reject people. It only serves to help you if your singing or acting isnt quite as strong as they would like.</p>
<p>And about the actual dance. It was not difficult at all. The gave you options. When the dance called for a pirouette, you could do a single or a double if u felt like it. and the jumps we had to do was a just a like a saute from 5th into 2nd or something. It was really nothing and im not an advanced dancer...i have had ballet training, but he shows you what to do if you dont understand the terms.</p>
<p>Don't worry girl. A lot of the incoming Freshman from last year had no dance experience at all. Just show the teachers that you can be easily worked with and that you will try and be open to anything. That's what they are really looking for. Good luck!!!! :)</p>
<p>does syracuse have a cut policy??</p>
<p>No, it does not.</p>