<p>Hey!</p>
<p>So my friend had Natalie Weiss as her audition coach last year, and she and her partner both said it's nice to send a quick thank you letter after your visit/audition. Basically just a letter saying thanks, I had a wonderful experience, etc.</p>
<p>I'm not so sure though. I wouldn't want to seem like I'm sucking up or anything. Then again, they are the audition coaches, so I would assume they would know what they were talking about. What do you all think?</p>
<p>Natalie is right! Send a “thank you” note! Especially handwritten if you have the time. In my opinion, it couldn’t hurt, as long as you are simple and professional (and gracious) when writing it. I just finished Strawhat auditions in NYC and I wrote to the three theatres I was most interested in who had called me back- it shows that you are really interested.</p>
<p>For example, we just moved someone up from the “No” pile into the “maybe” pile from Chicago Unifieds: One, because the other faculty saw his tape and liked him, but mostly because he sent us this wonderful e-mail telling us how excited he was about Coastal. We’d much rather have someone a little rougher around the edges who really wants to train with US, that someone a few inches more talented that isn’t as enthusiastic or driven.</p>
<p>totally agree with AlexaMT…a thank you is NEVER a bad idea :)</p>
<p>Yes. Send a handwritten thank you note. My S’s did for all schools. (So ask the door monitors for names of all auditors.) Good manners are never out of style ;)</p>
<p>Agree, accept I prefer email. Its easier to pass around to the entire faculty and keep track of.</p>
<p>I agree with the above several statements. Except I think an actual card is preferable.
Good luck!</p>
<p>I wished this was posted a month ago. I was intending to send thank you notes to some colleges who did their auditions quite nicely making it more relaxed, informative and positive for my D and I last February. But not sure, though, if it was OK. Anyway, accepted or not, will drop a note after all the results are in.</p>
<p>Well the thanks note really should come from your kid. I think if you want to do one after they are accepted it’s fine but before should be from the student.</p>
<p>I agree. As a parent I found there were some programs that just did a better job of making me feel I wanted to entrust my kid to their care for the next 4 years. </p>
<p>Once all the decisions are made, I intend to send a separate note to them. But D did her own thank you notes. She didn’t send one to all the auditors, though. Just the ones where the audition experience was great or she felt she really connected with them. She just ran out of time!</p>
<p>Faculty will read the thank you notes and they might make a difference in a case of “all things equal”… so just make sure they are well written, too! Use of “texting” shortcuts such as no capital letters or no punctuation marks will not help!</p>