<p>I know we aren't supposed to read into anything regarding auditions....but does a handwritten thank you note from the auditioner mean anything? My D received one, I am wondering. </p>
<p>NotMamaRose I figure you might have an idea!</p>
<p>poohie, I wish I knew what that might mean or not mean!! It might mean that the audition judge is just a very polite person who sends notes to everyone who auditions (though that seems unlikely, particularly if the school in question is a very popular one that sees hundreds and hundreds of kids) or it might mean that they really liked her. The only thing to do, I guess, is to wait and see if an acceptance arrives in the mail. Best of luck!</p>
<p>In Chicago Purchase said that everybody should get a letter by March 1. The person will find out if they are rejected, accepted, or waitlisted. If waitlisted, the student needs to inform the school by March 15 to indicate whether they want to be waitlisted. The statement was informal - made to another party - but firm. Then again, this staffer may have mispoken.</p>
<p>We are assuming that Rutgers will take some time. They did their last auditions on the 17th.</p>
<p>poohie: my son was approached outside of the audition room by auditioners, though informally. Three different programs did it. Fortunately, we are glass half full types, so we are assuming that these individuals were just friendly or teasing types. True, the tendency is to interpret every behavior as meaning something. I assume that things are much more random and nonintentional.</p>
<p>I think that Rutgers still has one audition left in Miami this Saturday. Ahhh....warm weather! When my daughter auditioned last year we did not hear from SUNY Purchase until the first week in April...a rejection. So no news was good news until the letter came.</p>
<p>moviebuff,
My d received an email from SUNY/Fredonia this morning saying she was accepted into their MT program. I'm not sure if you were referring to Fredonia or Buffalo. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Thanks Cynth. I did not know that Rutgers was in miami. I thought that the on-campus auditions were the last ones.
The person at Chicago who made the comment about Purchase was the person managing the outside table. She was speaking to a group of auditioners/parents that were sitting there. But what one hears and what the program does may be two different things. Though well organized, I assume that all parties are frenzied to some extent. Something might be said when it is best to be vague.</p>
<p>What I said previously about Purchase came directly from a current student who was helping out at auditions at the NYC Unifieds. He said that a few "no's" would go out within a week or two of auditions and that the rest would not hear anything at all, likely, until early March, when acceptances, rejections and deferrals would go out. Thus, one was forced to conclude that not hearing anything within a few weeks of audition was positive (as you have not been rejected yet) but no guarantee of anything, either.</p>
<p>brian and notmamarose</p>
<p>thanks for the replies. She is either really organized and pilote or it is a little of each. It's not a NE school, one in California so we will see. When my S was being recruited for golf a handwritten note was always a good sign. So that was my only point of reference. I am trying not to read into anything....it is difficult though.</p>
<p>Regarding Purchase, this does begin to feel like many stories at once. However, my son auditioned this past Sunday at Purchase. The admissions counselor, who spoke to a group of kids and parents before the actual auditions, said that they would be making phone calls to accepted students the first week in March, perhaps extending into the second week of March. So, while keeping hopes in moderation, watch the mailbox AND stay off the phone!</p>
<p>oops I meant polite...made up a word! Your comments are helpful and reassuring. Good luck to all of them!</p>
<p>Curiouser and curiouser ... thanks, Tranquil!</p>
<p>Tranquil: Good point about calling. I assume that calling is ver uncool. You correctly point out that different staff and faculty say different things. Perhaps theatre faculty and staff are more organized, buy my experience is that academic universities are less organized than other types of organized. But its good to see people comming out of the wood work to communicate. I tracked such discussions last year at this time and it helped me and my son to comprehend what was to come his senior year. Imprtant5 is the information that it is difficult to figure out what is going on. The only thing we know is that most of us will wait, and wait, then wait some more. Also, for those of us that have no drama teachers or coaches or exBFAs to talk to, CC is the only place that we can go.</p>
<p>sorry for my intrusions today and my incoherence. Just went through my medical tests. I am AOK, but I took some drugs to get through the various intrusive scopes, etc. My students thought I was funny today, and they could hqve talked me into giving everyone an A for a year. I will be as normal as I can be in a few hours.</p>
<p>Glad you're ok, Brian. And best of luck to your son!</p>
<p>Regarding NCSA, when my son auditioned in New York, they confirmed they accept more boys than girls because their emphasis is on Shakespeare; thusly, they need more males.</p>
<p>Anyone audition for Boston U? My S absolutely loved the audition. Geez, can anyone love an audition?</p>
<p>My D and thought it went well. She auditioned in Chicago and they were stuck in the hotel rooms but the info session was great. She was toward the end of the morning with the audition but felt good about it. He didn't have her work it like a couple other schools had done but she felt positive about it.</p>
<p>My S auditioned for BU in Chicago, and, like yours, it was a very positive experience. The info session for students and families was GREAT, and the faculty made every effort to have the audition portray the best the student could do. My S left the audition feeling very good about his performance.</p>
<p>I did not accompany my S to the Unified auditions; my husband did. Did anyone catch any hint about when BU would notify students about their status?</p>
<p>letsfigureitout, my kid auditioned in New York at the Unifieds and I believe they said that no one would find anything out until March or early April. Of course, I am going from memory of what was said at the (excellent) info session. But the adjudicator said (as I recall) that the files from the auditions had to go also through the academic vetting process. (As an aside, he told the kids that anyone with less than a 2.0 average couldn't be accepted, no matter how great they were in an audition.)</p>
<p>I was there, but it was our first audition and did not realize parents were welcome in the info session, so I sat out in the hall. My S said March - which was the standard answer to most. Except Juilliard, which he did not get a call back and pretty much destroyed the rest of his Saturday. However, he snapped out of it thank goodness. And, as I said earlier, NCSA said rejects would be sent out in the next two weeks (his audition was Feb. 3), so if you don't hear within that period, it is a good thing. My S was auditioning for acting, not MT, which most of this thread seems to be about. He also liked DePaul's audition but I hate their cut policy. And they did say they cut half the class as the end of the freshman year. For some reason, that doesn't seem to bother my son as much as it does me! On a good note, he did get accepted to Shenandoah, a school we have visited twice and he likes it there. That took some of the pressure off New York. Our last audition was Saturday in Philadelphia at UofA. His audition was Sat., Jan. 19 at Shenandoah and they called that Monday to say he was accepted. That was amazing to hear so soon.</p>