<p>I have been seeing your name under the acceptance thread for a long time now Judy and wanted to say something but didn't know how. I really hope that your son gets in and that we have a chance to work together. </p>
<p>The letter that they sent is pretty strong about not wanting any new info or any questions about position, but I am still freaking out. It has been exactly one month since I recieved that letter.</p>
<p>The other thing that kills me is that I know that as the days tick by my chances go down. So needless to say I have been eating up bandwith checking my email.</p>
<p>A friend of my D's is in the same position for lighting design. She is going crazy wondering if they are going to go to the list. I feel for her. She has already tried to move on to her other school choice but it is difficult. best of luck to you guys! and if you hear anything...</p>
<p>JudyL: I hear you when you say your S is getting emotionally attached to the school to which he applied, was accepted, and then accepted their offer. With enrollment and housing deposits, you will become financially attached, too! I know my S, who is in the same situation, answers questions about where he will go to school everyday, and, by chance, it has been published in a local newspaper, too! His high school seems to make a big deal out of college acceptances, and Class Day (which is coming up) will highlight them. At some point, there will be no turning back! I would suspect that the programs who find themselves trying to fill spots late in the spring or summer worry a bit about finding students willing to switch.</p>
<p>Good luck, though, to everyone who is waiting. Know that you are not alone!</p>
<p>My son was accepted off the waitlist to DePaul in sound design. He received an email the end of April and was given until today to respond. His acceptance letter said the school still has a "number of well qualified students on the waitlist" and they would go to that list if his reply was not postmarked by 5/15. My impression is that they still will take students off the waitlist if offers from this round are not accepted. Good luck to all of you waiting to hear. I don't think the process is over yet.</p>
<p>Just an update. D got another letter from CMU today. Remember we got a phone call last week saying they were not going to the priority waitlist. This letter says that too, but also asks if she wants to stay on the waitlist (which I think becomes a regular waitlist) through the summer in case spots open up. She has to fax back a form in order to stay on the list. We have very mixed emotions about this.</p>
<p>lauriemom - I can totally understand that you have mixed emotions; CMU offers a great program (but in all fairness so do many other schools). Is this form binding in any way? Meaning, let's say a spot opens up, and you have faxed back this form, do they fully expect you to attend, or else? And if so, what repercussions are there really? Otherwise, there is probably no harm in faxing back the form, and "crossing that bridge if you have to".</p>
<p>I agree with MTgrlsmom (though if your D wants to just let it go, that also would be a viable option). But while CMU tends to indicate that they only want you to stay on that wait list if you intend to enroll if admitted (the way I recall it with the Priority Wait list compared to how other schools state it), there truly is no binding commitment because no money is involved. What I recall with them is that IF you are admitted off their wait list, they give you 24 (or it may be 48?) hours to commit with the deposit and so you'd have to have some idea of how you might lean if that happened as you will have very little time to send in the deposit. But there is nothing binding without that deposit and you truly could stay on it even if they stipulate that by doing so, they expect you to attend if admitted. That really cannot be enforced until you sign up to enroll with the deposit. I do not think it is binding without the deposit to enroll. </p>
<p>So, like MTgrlsmom says, if your D has ANY interest in considering CMU on the slim chance that an offer is made, there is no great harm in keeping it alive. By the same token, if she is sure she wants to go to her chosen school no matter what, she really can just end it now. But if she does stay on the wait list, she should still consider the matter pretty closed and if by chance it ever happened, cross the bridge then or have some inkling in mind of what she would consider doing in that case. After it is decided to keep her name on the list, move on as if it will never happen and embrace the current school.</p>
<p>Updating from a few weeks ago, when I posted that my D was waitlisted for the BFA acting program at Rutgers/Mason Gross School of the Arts. She got a letter from Rutgers yesterday letting her know that admissions are now closed and they don't have a spot for her. The news was not upsetting at all, since in the meantime she has accepted an offer from the U of Minnesota/Guthrie (where she was first waitlisted, then accepted in mid-April) and she is very happy with that decision. Anyway, we can now officially "close the books" on this audition season. And because of how everything has turned out, being on the Rutgers waitlist feels like a compliment, rather any kind of disappointment.</p>
<p>I know I haven't been posting here for long but you guys seem really cool and you have been great to me so let me tell you real quick about my story:</p>
<p>I am a very nontradional BFA Acting student. I went to Sauk Valley Community College for four years (slacking off for two and really hitting it hard for the last two!) and graduated with an associates in the arts. In the last semester I began looking at colleges in my area, and I really really wanted to go to school in Chicago. So I researched and came up with UIC, Roosevelt, DePaul, and Columbia College. Of those four Columbia was probably the only one I could get into realistically (open admissions). But I really wanted to go to a conservatory. So I applied at DePaul as my first choice, and Columbia as my second choice. I got in to Columbia a few months ago and visited and it really seems like a cool place to go to school. I see a few people are going there and I really thing you guys are going to like it. Very hip campus.</p>
<p>So anyway I didn't start coming here until after I had auditioned for DePaul in January. Most of you and your kids auditioned for at least eight schools! I was so scared! (Although I felt a lot better after Columbia became official) Anyway long story short... today I got off the waitlist at DePaul. My mom and dad are so proud and so is the rest of my family. I will be attending one of the top acting conservatories in the country! I come from a small town thee hours southwest of Chicago. Went to a regular high school. Let me tell you I am waiting to be pinched.</p>
<p>Let me tell you guys something else also. Someone posted a few days back that they were nervous about auditioning for BFA MT because they were 22 and it seemed that the odds were against them. Well I say phooey on that! If you want to do something bad enough, you owe it to yourself to at least try. Never give up even if life has handed you some set backs. (or in my case if you hand yourself some setbacks.) Never stop believing! </p>
<p>I am walking on air.</p>
<p>Jacob
the 22 year old BFA major at DePaul bloody University!</p>
<p>Yay Jacob! I am so glad you posted your story! it is a good example of never letting a setback keep you from your goals. Perserverance usually pays off. Believing in yourself also helps. Life is full of setbacks and it is how we handle them that can really make a difference. Kudos to you. I am happy for you and can see what a bright day this is in your life!</p>
<p>Good for you, Jacob! Congrats! You are going to be a classmate of two of my D's best friends. Please promise to come back to this list and tell us hwo you are getting along.
BrownEyesMom: kudos to your D on Minnesota/Guthrie. GREAT program with amazing teachers. Your daughter is going to love it there.</p>
<p>Today must've been DePaul day. A friend of my D's was waitlisted for lighting design (they only take 5) and she was notified of her acceptance today! She is beyond thrilled and we are excited for her - AND my D will now have a flying buddy back from IL!</p>
<p>DisneyDirector, Today is definitely DePaul day! My son was also accepted off the wait list for Stage Management. Now he is not sure what to do. Back in March DePaul was his first choice. After hearing he was wait listed, my son accepted Syracuse's offer and we sent in the deposit. As the weeks went by he became more and more excited about going to Syracuse. We all have such mixed feelings. Anyone have an opinion?</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who just heard from DePaul! I hope the wait was worth it. I know how excited I was when my S came off the waitlist. Looking forward to meeting some of you (or your friends and or children) over the next four years.</p>
<p>I'm wondering how long the summer melt process lasts? My D is still on 2 waitlists and although she is unlikely to change her mind moving off one of these with a generous Financial package could change things up. Has anyone out there had this happen?</p>
<p>Jacob--
Your story is really inspiring and it's great how you made things happen for yourself. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing this story with us.</p>
<p>I guess the Wait List process could go on until school STARTS! Something could happen to one of the students accepted that would interfere with him/her starting college as scheduled, and the domino effect could begin. However, Juilliard has contacted it's Wait List students to indicate that they will not need to go to their Wait List, and NCSA recently sent letters indicating that their freshman class is full, there is very little possibility of going to the Wait List, and feel free to try again next year.</p>