<p>Howdy out there in musical theatre land..I'm a new poster person and have yet another,(I hope, unheard of question about the unies).</p>
<p>After you have done all your MT auditions at lets say, Chicago, does anyone have the experience that the colleges may not see your kid as a MT, but do like their acting and offer that program to them instead?</p>
<p>Hi Warbler and welcome to CC and I hope to see you here more in the future. </p>
<p>Your question isn't really about the Unifieds because the admissions practices are not different at Unifieds than at on campus auditions. </p>
<p>Rather you are asking if when a student who auditions for a BFA program in MT, who is not admitted for MT, might be then considered for the Acting BFA at that same school. </p>
<p>The answer is that this differs from school to school. At SOME schools, they will consider you for either the BFA in MT or the BFA in Acting automatically. Example: Carnegie Mellon. At some schools, you can stipulate if you wish to be considered for either or just one. Examples: Syracuse, Ithaca, NYU/Tisch. At some schools, you can only apply to one option and will not be considered for another BFA option. Example: Emerson. At some schools, you can do two separate auditions to two separate programs, either BFA in MT or BFA in Acting. Example: UMichigan. Some schools only offer a BFA/BM in MT or only offer a BFA in Acting. Examples: Penn State, Boston University. </p>
<p>Confused yet?? LOL. Best is to read up on each school's site and if you can't find an answer there, call or write the program to find out the information.</p>
<p>Sooziviet,
My question was specific to unifeds, my kid is going only to unies not to campus auditions, so I was wondering if any other parents or kids could respond if they have had an experience where they auditioned for MT and didn't get in, but had the college offer them a spot in their theatre program. Just wondering how common that might be.</p>
<p>Warbler....my point is that whatever a college's policy is with regard to your question will be the SAME whether at an on campus audition OR at Unifieds. Also, most schools do not make offers on the spot. But in any case, the situation with regard to your question, differs from school to school. I gave you some examples. But it does not differ from Unifieds vs. on campus auditions. </p>
<p>So, for instance, at CMU, if you don't get into MT, you can be considered for the BFA in Acting. In fact, my D auditioned for the BFA in MT and was priority waitlisted for the BFA in Acting at CMU. At Syracuse, you can stipulate if you want to be considered for either program or just one and was admitted for the BFA in MT. However, she has a friend at Syracuse who wanted MT but was willing to accept Acting and was placed in the BFA in Acting and attends. My D has friends at Ithaca and Tisch where this aso has happened (student was trying for MT but was placed in Acting). However, at Emerson, they will ONLY let you apply to one of their theater programs and NOT be considered for others. At UMich, if you don't get into the BFA in MT, you won't be considered for the BFA in Acting. At that school, these are two different applicatons/audition processes, but I believe you can apply/audition to both separately. There are some schools, if you don't get into the BFA, you can still be accepted to the college and do a BA in Theater....I think this is true at Elon or OCU. So, you need to check with each school because I have just explained how this differs from school to school. NONE of this is vis a vis the Unifieds. The answer would be the same whether the student auditioned at Unifieds or on campus. As well, the offers would come later, not on the spot.</p>