<p>Does someone have experience with the Univ of Minnesota callback weekend? I know the program only admits 20 students per year. It's a major expense to attend, and I'm just wondering if they invite hundreds of kids to this or whether it means you have a good chance at admission.</p>
<p>Hi there. I'm a junior at the Guthrie BFA program. Callback weekend is DEFINITELY DEFINITELY worth it. They call back usually about 40-50 kids that they are interested in...so, roughly half of them will make it in. If you can afford it, go! I fell madly in love with the program when I attended callback weekend, and returned on such a high. I knew it was the place I was supposed to be - and I ended up being right! Our program is incredibly unique, so it really is a service to yourself to be able to check it out. Usually, when you come to a callback weekend (at least mine, and the years since) you:</p>
<p>have a meal with all the prospective and current students
orientate (what groups your in for auditions, ect)
see a show performed by the junior company (my company this year! we're doing Electra)
*this is really important. I saw the sohpmores do Midsummer Night's Dream when I went to the callback weekend and completely blown away. I knew that's what i wanted to be doing</p>
<p>the next day (saturday)
more auditions (you get seperated into groups and rotate throughout the day)
some sort of movement workshop (we ended up having to do it for the movement instructor, Marcela, as part of our audition)
financial aid orientation
dinner at the Guthrie
see a show at the guthrie</p>
<p>Sunday
callbacks from the previous auditions (just if they need to see more of you. the callbacks are usually for voice and for acting)
some sort of workshop with our acting instructors
final wrap up/questions ect.</p>
<p>plus, if you are coming in from out of town, you can stay with the students for free. we're never really around, but that really saves an expense.</p>
<p>i understand that it is expensive, but it has been my understanding that nearly all kids invited for callback weekend come. i know Julliard just started a callback weekend and that is all expense paid, but our program is new and doesn't have the same sort of financial backing as Julliard (doesn't mean our training isn't badass though). but you get all your meals paid for and housing, so it's just the plane ticket that you have to shell out for. </p>
<p>the callback weekend really exists so that they can get to know you. it's astonishing how perceptive they are - they truly find diamonds in the rough, but it takes getting to know people to do that. if it is impossible for you to afford it, don't beat yourself up. there are some people that still get in if they can't come. but if you can at all, DO IT. it a really valuable experiance. if you have any questions, feel free to ask :)</p>
<p>I am curious when the Guthrie callback weekend is, and how soon after auditions they notify students? My daughter auditioned in Chicago in early February for Guthrie (plus 5 other programs - Michigan, Illinois, BU, Ithaca, UCLA - straight acting, not MT), and is on pins and needles waiting to hear back. I was not aware that some of these programs also held callbacks, so that is all new to me (and just one more thing to worry about!) Anybody know which other BFA programs rely on callbacks, and when they start sending their callback and/or admissions decisions out? Do they wait until all auditions are complete, or do they have rolling notifications? This waiting is really nervewracking, to say the least. . .</p>
<p>I could be wrong but my d (who also auditioned for Guthrie) told me that if you have not been notified by now, you did not get a callback...Of course, she could be wrong....</p>
<p>Guthrie callbacks are in a week (March 3-4) and I think it is safe to say that if you have not heard by now you have not been called back. I dont remember hearing that any of your other schools have callbacks but I could be wrong. Thier web sites will tell you if they do. Julliard does as well and it is in three weeks from now.</p>
<p>Callback notifications tend to come out quickly, admissions vary by school and tend to take longer since many schools are either still holding admission or have just concluded doing so.</p>
<p>Anyone going to College of Santa Fe? My D got in, don't know alot about it....</p>
<p>travelling, I know there is alot of information about Santa Fe in the musical theater forum. Congrats to your d!</p>
<p>I have a question as well. Any input would be IMMENSELY APPRECIATED!</p>
<p>Which school has a better theatre program: Evansville or the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign? Also, how would Brown compare to these two programs?</p>
<p>thankyouthankyouthankyou!</p>
<p>Jana:</p>
<p>Evansville and Illinois are both fine programs. Evansville is a medium-sized university with a strong commitment to the liberal arts. Most students go abroad sometime in the junior year. Because the faculty is relatively small, they focus on production work and preparing students for graduate school. Their track record of getting graduates into the best MFA programs in the country is incomparable: NYU, Yale, American Conservatory Theatre (in San Francisco), UC San Diego, etc. They also have a long history with the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. They were among the very first schools to participate, and they have sent more productions to the Kennedy Center than any other school, I believe.</p>
<p>Illinois has a conservatory-style BFA program similar to those at North Carolina School of the Arts and Carnegie-Mellon. Lots of voice and speech work, and movement work, in addition to acting. Their core acting teachers are excellent.</p>
<p>Both schools have very strong production programs, with decent budgets and excellent technical support. </p>
<p>I don't know enough about Brown to comment, sorry. But my impression is that, like many of the old-line Ivy League schools, it's the extra-curricular opportunities that are the strongest aspect of theatre there. Others should be able to speak more directly to that.</p>
<p>My best advice to you is to visit the schools. One will fit better than the others, almost inevitably.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>We too are considering the Acting program at Evansville, particularly because they offer 'tuition exchange'. Has anyone visited? What's the campus like?</p>
<p>So I know there has been some confusion on this, does Purchase have callbacks or not? And if so, when did people find out?</p>
<p>My D auditioned for Purchase at the unifieds in Chicago. They did not say anything about callbacks. One of her friends that auditioned also said they told her letters would be sent after March 2. The only program my D has heard from(also that she auditioned for in Chicago) is AADA and she was accepted at that program.</p>
<p>I received my rejection letter from purchase a few days ago and i was at the chicago unifieds.</p>
<p>Does UCLA have callbacks? My daughter auditioned on Jan 28th and then when we were out of town last weekend she got an email reminding her of an audition that she didn't have:
Dear Theater applicant, </p>
<p>You are confirmed for an audition/interview this weekend at UCLA. Please arrive
15 minutes prior to your appointment time for check-in. Remember also to bring
your headshot and resume. You should plan on spending 4 hours here.
We assumed this was just an email mistake, what should we do?</p>
<p>Nope, UCLA does not have callbacks. This was most likely an e-mail mistake. However, if you want to double-check that they haven't misplaced your D's files, you could always call or send a quick e-mail and they can look it up.</p>
<p>Hello!
I was just wondering if there was some way that we could make this forum more like the MT forum with separate tabs and diff topics (ie: individual "theatre schools" tab, acceptances, rejections, schools w/ good reps, questions/tips, etc) instead of one big never-ending thread. </p>
<p>I think that would help people find info and not ask a lot of the same questions. This would be much better in terms of efficiency and organization, and I think that our site would be much more active (many people in drama just go to the MT site because this one's not as active).</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Sorry for interrupting the thread flow. Are there any University of Southern California BA of Theatre applicants in this forum?</p>
<p>Does the conventional wisdom re: early decision and early application apply to BFA acting programs? Or is it the case that, because programs want to see many auditions, that they prefer regular sdmissions? Any recommendations as to whether ED/EA helps or hurts the probability of acceptance into BFA Acting programs would be appreciated. Also, if not accepted ED/EA, do they then put you in the regular decision pool?</p>
<p>Brian, I am far from an expert (but as you probably have noticed, that doesn't stop me from putting in my proverbial two-cents!): I do think that auditioning/applying ED <em>is</em> a distinct advantage in admissions at the BFA schools that offer that option. But as I understand it, there are disadvantages to the student, including those applying for financial aid. Being accepted ED at your first choice college is great, except it means that the student cannot compare merit/talent scholarships and financial aid offers from various schools. The student has to take what he or she is given. Your ? about whether BFA schools move ED candidates who have not been accepted ED into the regular applicant pool is a good one. I don't know. But I expect that others here probably do.</p>
<p>We are confining our application to 'tuition exchange' (colleges radically reduce the tuition - 85=100% - for kids with parents from other colleges)colleges and public universities. There is a top-flight acting program that grants tuition exchange to anybody accepted to the university (which means getting into the BFA program). Some other top flight BFA/BA programs give 60% tuition exchange grants to accepted students, some 40%, and some 10%. Its a deal that's hard to resist. Obviously, I am attracted by the program in which the grant is automatic (100%), if he is accepted. It sounds like we may want to apply to this place ED. Some high-grant BFA programs include Tulane, Syracuse, Univ. of Florida, Otterbin, Evansville, Webster, Marietta.</p>
<p>sorry for the bad syntax in above statement. Tuition exchange means automatically getting reduced tuition. What complicates matters is that some colleges, say Fordham, only accepts 40% of those who apply for tuition exchange the grant. Otterbein, for example, provides tuition exchange to almost eeverybody accepted to the college (regardless of what program it is).</p>