<p>Son's top two schools he prefers both have him on their waitlist. Fortunately school #3 is a good school, so there will be a happy ending to this.</p>
<p>I've heard that if a school calls you to pull you off their waitlist, that often they will only give you 48 hours to decide. Is this true even if it is before May 1? Slightly worried that if waitlist #2 calls this week and asks, "Yes or no?", then what happens if waitlist #1 calls next week with the same question? </p>
<p>Am I overthinking all this and the only thing at risk is the housing deposit we put down presumably on May 1?</p>
<p>My S was waitlisted at CCM. Aubrey Berg emailed him asking if he was still interested but didn’t give him a deadline to reply, only asked if he could reply promptly (S removed himself). So I’m guessing…as with most of this each school may be slightly different. </p>
<p>I’m not sure, but I really don’t think they can require you to reply before May 1st, any more than they are supposed to require non-waitlist accepted kids to respond early. It helps them to know, of course, because of the whole domino effect of other kids waiting to find out, but I don’t think they can pressure you as long as it’s before the uniform reply date. </p>
<p>In Otterbein’s acceptance letter last year, there was a kindly worded request to please let them know as soon as possible if you were declining an acceptance, out of courtesy to the kids on the wait list. That’s appropriate, and smart, but it didn’t come across as pressure. </p>
<p>Sounds like your son will have good options no matter what–best of luck!</p>
<p>Most waitlists are not looked at until after May 1st, very often it might be during the “summer melt” which is when there’s a domino effect when one kid rejects their accepted school (could be for a variety of reasons) and then waitlist offers go out. I’ve known this to be as late as August. Generally schools give you about 48 hours to accept but I guess if you should accept waitlist 2 and then get an offer from waitlist 1 you could switch again just like you did the first time around. Hope this makes sense, I haven’t had my coffee yet!</p>
<p>I would think each individual school is different. I know with Utah if you did not apply by Dec 1 and did a walkin at Unifieds the money was already gone. Some schools have already sent you a financial aid package with merit money I would hope you would still get that.</p>
<p>Per Ken Martin (kjgc) at Coastal Carolina:
“The merit and VPA Scholarships are not time sensitive. At least not for theatre students.”</p>
<p>You may want to check with each program while still on the wait list for their policy especially if the lack of talent/merit scholarship would be a deal breaker even if admitted off the wait list.</p>
<p>What about housing? My son’s school opened up housing registrations February 1 and we didn’t have a decision until March 28. Housing told us he may not get a room because they might be full.</p>
<p>Housing can be an issue at some schools the later you send in your deposit. What is available will really vary school to school. It seems most MT programs usually help students find someplace to live. But it may not be the dorm or type of room you want.</p>
<p>Housing may vary by school. At D’s school it said housing was guaranteed if you got the housing app & deposit in by May 1. Might not get your preferred dorm, but would get in. Others may approach it differently. </p>
<p>@ikemom, we didn’t put a deposit down until May 1 last year, and my S got housing. (So unless it’s really different this year, you should be okay.)</p>
<p>We put the CCPA housing deposit in by May 1st as well. There was one MTDance girl who ended up in the University Center. so a different dorm from the rest of the theatre kids, which was not ideal for her. But since the theatre kids spend most of the day and night together in class and rehearsals, she did fine, I believe.</p>
<p>Also, after you register, they do a kind of match.com thing where you answer a survey, write a paragraph about yourself (where you can request a theatre student roommate if you wish). Then you read others profiles and pick one or two choices. Or facebook stalk them like we did! D ended up with a wonderful roommate!</p>
<p>Thanks for the good information. I have been worried since I spoke to the housing gal. She says we’ll know about placement by May 1st. S was approached by another theatre kid from Facebook - he told S they were a good match which probably means they’re both sloppy:) I really like the way they have the student rate themselves on a continuum regarding Neat/Messy, Early Riser/Stay Up Late and so on. So Exciting!
When I went to college as a freshman, I didn’t know a soul and my dad dropped me off in front of the dorm, unloaded my stuff, kissed me goodbye and left. So much nicer for the kids to meet each other on Facebook. S says all the girls are pretty - that doesn’t hurt. </p>
<p>The answer is yes, yes kids DO get off wait lists! D was accepted into Rider’s BFA MT program today (April 21) so for future wait list people, do NOT give up! Write your ad com, the head of the department and let them know this school is your number one choice, have an extra person or two send a very strong recommendation, re-visit the school, etc. It DOES work! </p>
<p>Congrats cellomom51! I’d been wondering about your and your D. Rider seems like a fabulous program. My D trained at TexArts for a few years with Robin Lewis. He is a wonderful teacher.</p>
D ended up with a wonderful roommate!</p>
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