<p>Although it appears that there are no admissions advantages in general between the Unifieds and on-campus, do bear in mind that for an individual it might make some differences. If dance is your forte, it will not show up at Unifieds, if you do better with live accompaniment, remember you are not likely to get it at Unifieds. If you are the type of person that does better doing one audition at a time spread out through the day, again, Unifieds may not be the best venue. On the other hand, knowing my son, he would have prefered the quicker format of the Unifieds as he dislike sitting around all day waiting for each part of the audition.</p>
<p>At the NYC unifieds, my D had to dance for ALL her MT auditions (CMU, PSU and CCM). There were dancers with a broad range of expertise (novice to advanced) at every audition and she did not feel that these auditions were any different in quality to those she did on campus. Some of the unifieds had live accompaniment, some you had to bring a CD or tape. Strangely enough, even Tisch insists on a tape or CD. One would think that a large university like NYU could easily find a grad student to sight read sheet music for their auditions.</p>
<p>My Ds final results?
Four on site--two acceptances, one waitlist, one rejection
3 Unifieds--two acceptances, one rejection</p>
<p>I think on should do what is affordable, convenient and schedule-friendly. I tend to agree with briarbrad's sentiments. If a school is impressed with your audition, WHERE you are is not as important as WHAT they see and hear.</p>
<p>The best advantage of auditioning on site is that one can visit the school and get a true sense of the place.</p>
<p>Although it is true that there are less boys going for MT, I heartily believe that (at auditions) the girls are competing against other girls and boys competing against other boys.</p>
<p>Clearly, at most schools a boy is competing against the boys and a girl against the girls (although Baldwin-Wallace says otherwise). But a boy is competing against a lot fewer boys than the number of girls a girl competes against. There's really no comparison. Did you read Otterbein's numbers for this year, as an example?</p>
<p>I agree very much with Jamimom's comments. For an individual it can make a big difference whether to audition at the unifieds or on campus. But one also has to take into account what's "affordable, convenient and schedule-friendly," as Freelance says. That's only practical. Also, we can research this process to the nth degree, but there's still some serendipity involved-- the audition process is not immune to all the vagaries of life.</p>
<p>I will tell you that the quality of the boys seemed to me to be very high. I only know a few boys who went to the auditions as a sort of a lark. I do know a number of girls who did audition without the proper preparations. They had some great roles in local or school musicals and suddenly decided they wanted to do this, having no idea what the competition is. Most of the boys are pretty danged dedicated as you just don't see that many males in dance studios, and in most theatre auditions, there is a dearth of males. In the early auditions, there were a lot of boys, I can tell you and they had some extensive and impressive resumes. However, I certainly do feel that the process is tougher for the girls because of the sheer numbers. </p>
<p>And though it can make an individual difference to audition on site rather than at the Unifieds, you may not know which which way is more advantageous until you actually go through the process which is not very helpful to you personally. Also so many other unpredictable factors come into the process that even planning it out, can blow up. My recommendation is to spread out the auditions over a period of time, and start out with some schools that are not top choice and that give some early feedback. Then in December you can rgroup and cancel some auditions if you get into a school you like better than some later scheduled ones, or you can still add some non audition schools and research some other audition schools. And schedule the Unifieds as well. It is really leaving to much to chance just to do the Unifieds, simply because they are rather late in the process, and in the worst part of winter. Illness and inclement weather can really quash those plans.</p>
<p>i did all 10 of my bfa auditions at the unifieds. i was accepted by 4 (tisch, boston u, roosevelt, hartt), rejected by 3 (cmu, minnesota, lipa) and pulled out on the rest (rutgers, purchase, emerson) before i heard from them. i will be gong to tisch.</p>
<p>yes it is easier for boys than girls based on percentages but it is silly to dwell on it. it is easier for some ethnicities as well. silly to dwell on that too. it's even easier for certain "types" but it's uber silly to dwell on that. dwelling on things that are off topic is the silliest thing of all. the question was about unified acceptees.</p>
<p>Notarebel--</p>
<p>Great post. I keep telling my daughter with regard to next year's auditions that there are a lot of variables involved in the selection process, and that she can only go into the auditions prepared, dedicated, determined and ready to perform at her absolutely best. If she meets the needs of the next class at a particular school, she'll be accepted. If not, she won't be accepted. It's as easy as that. Because of numbers, an audition outcome isn't a reflection of her talent, but rather a reflection of how her talent meets the needs of the class.</p>
<p>Based on the discussion so far, it appears that there are advantages and disadvantages to auditioning both at Unifieds or on campus. But it appears that the odds of admission might not differ between the two audition options. </p>
<p>Thank you DoctorJohn for sharing some statistics about this year's admissions at your school. That is helpful information. It would be great to have such information from all the programs.</p>
<p>When the audition process began, D had planned to audition at 9 schools....6 on site and 3 at Unifieds in Chicago. When she was accepted before Christmas to one of her top 3 choices, she opted to cancel several of the schools that were less of a "fit" for her. That meant cancelling the Unified trip to Chicago (3 schools) and one other planned trip. She auditioned then at 5 schools on site. She will attend one of these 5 schools (U of Michigan...for Vocal Performance...though she also auditioned for MT). Being able to cancel those trips loosened up her schedule a bit (although one would doubt it was anywhere NEAR 'loose") so that she wasn't QUITE so stretched during February-March. Looking back...February and March seems LIGHT YEARS ago! I cannot believe graduation is in a week...where did the year go!</p>
<p>Can someone "bump" the list of the schools that participate in the Unifieds? Now that schools such as Ithaca are accepting appointments for auditions for the 2006 hopefuls, it would be helpful to see which schools do and which schools don't participate in the Unifieds. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I think there are more schools present in Chicago than NY and LA, but here are the schools that were there last February:</p>
<p>American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Conservatory Theatre (ACT)
American Repertory Theatre Institute (Harvard)
Boston Conservatory
Boston U
Brandeis
Cal Arts
Carnegie Mellon
Chautauqua Schools
Cincinnati (CCM)
College of Santa Fe
Cornish
DePaul
Emerson
Evansville
Hartford (Hartt School)
Illinois
Ithaca
Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts
Miami
Michigan
Minnesota
National Theatre Conservatory
North Carolina School of the Arts
Northern Illinois
NYU (Tisch)
Oklahoma
Old Globe Theatre in San Diego
Otterbein
Penn State
Roosevelt (not at the hotel, but their school is across the street)
Royal Scottish Academy for Music and Drama
Rutgers
SMU (Meadows School)
SUNY Purchase
Tennessee
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC San Diego
University of the Arts (Philadelphia)
USC
Utah
Washington
Webster
Yale</p>
<p>I got the list from Doctorjohn's post from February 9 (#154 in "Audition Information").</p>
<p>Thesbo, also known as "encyclopedia brain" !!!!!!</p>
<p>Thanks to all for the links...will help with planning and scheduling.</p>
<p>Juilliard (for drama) was not in Chicago at the same time as unifieds last year (they were there one week before). In past years they had gone at the same time. They won't post dates until Sept., but they told me on the phone that they are trying to coordinate Chicago with the other schools this year.</p>
<p>Bumping so the threads will be together. </p>
<p>Scogor, I think some schools do dance at unifieds - example CMU.</p>
<p>I'm going to post this on a couple of threads, so that searchers can find it. But I'm pleased to be able to tell you where the Unifieds will be held this year:</p>
<p>February 4,5 - New York City
American Management Association
1601 Broadway </p>
<p>February 6, 7, 8 - Chicago
Palmer House Hilton
17 E. Monroe St.</p>
<p>February 11 - San Francisco
Marriott San Francisco
55 Fourth St</p>
<p>February 12 - Los Angeles
LAX Hilton
5711 W. Century Blvd.</p>
<p>And here's the link to the website with the contact information for the individual schools: <a href="http://www.otterbein.edu/dept/thr/unified.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.otterbein.edu/dept/thr/unified.htm</a></p>
<p>Please remember that you have to schedule auditions individually with each school.</p>
<p>I hope to see many of you on the road this year!</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Dr. John</p>
<p>Nice - AMA is a great space, I thought!</p>
<p>doctorjohn-</p>
<p>Will you be at the Hilton in LA 2/12 or up the street like you were this year?</p>
<p>I kind of have a question about unifides. I'm having scheduling problems, because I was originally planning to do the SF unifides on Feb 11. However, I may have to do Oklahoma City on Feb 10. Should I do LA unifides instead? (with lots of grumbling from my mom) Because I just don't think it would be smart to have them the exact next day, and although I wanted to do Oklahoma in November, I have championships for marching band the next day, so that looks like it's not a possibility anymore. So my question is, is it definitely recommended (and worth the complaining) for me to do LA unifides instead of SF?</p>
<p>We too are wondering about the closeness of two auditions. We are trying to minimize our traveling to individual schools. We already will be traveling to 2 other schools that don't offer unifieds. We would like to do S. F. auditons on the 11th then LA on the 12th. Has anyone else ever done this? Can we logistically schedule without going crazy? Of the schools participating, our D has an interest in 6. (I know, way too many for 2 days....we were going to just pick a few and worry about how to handle the rest some other way). Any thoughts by those who have gone through this already?</p>