Unifieds - NYC

<p>I have started scheduling auditions for my daughter and we will be taking advantage of Unifieds in NYC. Does anyone know how it works to schedule them. She has one at 9 am on Saturday and we have 4 more to schedule. I'm confused how you schedule each not knowing what each individual school will offer or how long they take. Their websites give dates but not times. I'm assuming it all works out but have no idea how this all works....it's stressful thinking how to fit all these in to a few days. Any advice/insight would be so appreciated!</p>

<p>I would contact the theater departments of the schools. My daughter is starting the scheduling process and so far it seems that when you actually schedule, you are given a choice of time, or rather, blocks of time.</p>

<p>What I have seen so far in scheduling my D’s auditions is that the school websites post the dates auditions are available. Then when you register, you are either offered a time slot or just the date. If you just get a date during registration, you will probably receive an email afterwards with an actual time slot or block of time.
Most of our schools explain their process somewhere on their website. It can be a little hard to find though.<br>
A couple schools say DON’T call to schedule an audition so check the school website carefully to figure it out before you resort to a call.
MT auditions usually do require a block of time. About 4 hours. Straight acting auditions will only be about 10 minutes unless they have a callback session or a workshop session.
You really do have to find the info for each school. They can each be slightly different.</p>

<p>My S is not auditioning at unifieds. </p>

<p>His experience so far when applying directly to the school is he selected a date, then he’s either received a phone call, email or letter confirming the date and the time he’ll audition.</p>

<p>He hasn’t received anything back yet from the two apps he submitted via the common application process.</p>

<p>MT auditions at Unifieds can take anywhere from 30 minute to 4 hours. If no mention is made on the website or in your communication from the school, I would suggest calling and asking. You can also go to the school threads on CC and post the question for the schools you are planning on. I bet you will get answers!</p>

<p>Nordeal- Basically I did one first thing in the morning one at lunchish time and the other near the end of the day. This gave plenty of time for walkins and sliding others in. The departments are really good about telling you how long theirs will take. Some would say 10 minutes or 20 minutes then I built a cushion around that. I found most were on time at Unifieds too. If you were there early and someone else wasn’t they took you. Also they do accommodate if you have 2 near the same time. You are scheduling early enough that you can switch if one school only has openings at a certain time. I ended up scheduling in November and only had problems with one and that still ended up working out.</p>

<p>Thank you so much for the input everyone. She has 11 applications done but only four auditions scheduled. it seems you have to wait to hear from many of the schools and then schedule but they are all different…a lot to keep track of. The schools for unifieds did have us submit a date but didn’t explain time but I guess I will get that when we get final word…it just seems tricky to not double book, etc. Sounds like it manage to work out in the end though! Thank you Broadway95…that made me feel better!! I will be happy when all auditions are scheduled!!</p>

<p>In terms of “it all works out,” here’s an example: When we tried to schedule my son’s Carnegie Mellon audition, there were no Acting slots left, just slots for Technical and MT. After taking their advice of checking their automatic system constantly in hopes of a slot opening up, eventually I gave up and booked him a MT slot. I e-mailed to explain, and was told that was OK. At the audition, someone called out, “Who is here just for Acting?” and there were a couple. At CMU, the acting part of the audition is the same, whether for MT or Acting. </p>

<p>They may have changed their procedure this year. I am just giving this as an example that it’s a little more flexible than it looks at first.</p>