Time Line for Audition/Application Process

College Majors Theater/Drama Majors
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<p>Would it be possible to set this up as a tacked up or saved item at the top of this thread?</p>

<p>I wish I had a time line for my daughter for preparation. So, I will start and anyone else jump in. This is just a set of opinions!</p>

<p>If it is affordable and works in their time frame, I would suggest having your child do a summer theatre program the summer before junior and senior year in high school. My d did a one month college program before senior year and wishes she had done one the summer before. Even though she has been active since 6th grade she felt that she learned so much more about various techniques than at any other time in a school or community program.</p>

<p>In the junior year I would buy the book , "I Got In" and begin to understand what is required. If you are going to use a coach I would start researching that in the second semester junior year. My d began looking at plays toward the end of junior year and finished up this summer. I began scouring college websites the summer before senior year and in the fall to find out the audition monologue requirements of her school choices and also if they require that the application be in before you can schedule the audition. It seems to change each year. In the past, NYU required the application to be in before you could sign up for the audition- but not this year.</p>

<p>I didn't realize that you have to set aside a half day at Unifieds for each audition. I wish my d had finished her applications by September 15th so that she would have been able to get everything scheduled by the opening audition date of October 1st. Some of the schools snail mail you your time or access for scheduling. We have set up a schedule on paper that we hope to get if the times are available with the schools. She may end up not getting all the ones she wants. I am sure there will be more advice for Unifieds- we are staying at the Palmer House in Chicago, I will have snacks for her, we are getting flu shots and we will pick outfits that don't wrinkle!</p>

<p>I look forward to others' advice!</p>

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<p>If they did, in fact, do that recently, it wasn’t always like that, so it must have been the recent past! :)</p>

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<p>In the past 8 or so years, I have never known NYU to require an application to be filed in order to sign up for an audition. I don’t think you have that correct, lorilynne. Not only did my own kid attend Tisch, but for the past 9 admissions cycles, I have advised applicants to Tisch for the BFA in Acting and Musical Theater and every applicant was able to schedule an audition before submitting their application. The application is typically not due until Jan. 1 each year.</p>

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<p>I now understand that I was incorrect about NYU ever requiring application submission prior to audition sign up. That does not negate the fact that MANY schools do require application submission prior to audition sign up. In my Ds case those schools include U of Miami, USC, UCLA, BU, CM, and Emerson.</p>

<p>The point of the OP was to help sophomores and juniors (and their parents) on this difficult path for college application to have some good input on time lines and tasks to help them. I know there are many people that frequent this forum that have far more knowledge than I do. I hope they will chime in to help!</p>

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<p>lorilynne, my daughter was able to sign up for an audition at BU last week prior to completing her application.</p>

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<p>Although BU allowed you to sign up for the audition, they do say that you are not to sign up until after the application is submitted. They also say that you will not receive confirmation of your spot until after the dept. has confirmed with admissions that they have received the application. So, how long they hold the spot is unknown.</p>

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<p>I would assume BU would hold the spot until apps close on January first And you will get a confirmation for your date and time you request which is finalized when you send in the application.</p>

<p>And speaking of confirmations…I notice my son never received one from Guthrie. Is this how they do it?</p>