@duxellen I will share one Syracuse experience. I will preface by saying I really enjoyed my visit to Syracuse, and was very impressed with Ralph Zito and the kids I met. Syracuse was originally in my D’s top 5 schools and because of that, she wanted to audition on campus. She was hoping to get a certain faculty member for her dance call that she had worked with at a Summer program. He was largely the reason she was even interested in Syracuse. Instead she was in a dance call with another faculty member and he was very abrasive and rude, barking orders at the kids and yelling at them. We all know how hard it can be to fit information on a resume, and she thought she had included all the most relavent information about her education, training, and performance history. He pretty much told her she was stupid for not including some cute special skill (ex. Singing a high C while doing an aerial) and that her resume wasn’t going to catch anyone’s attention. She is currently in a great MT program with a guy who was in her same Syracuse dance call, and who had a similar experience. Both kids left that audition feeling terrible, and funny enough, both were shocked when they were accepted into the program. In the end, Syracuse was not even one of the final schools my D ended up deciding between because the audition experience was so negative for her. I’m just sharing this with you so that you can prepare your child, and make sure they put some “quirky” skill on their resume and be able to share it if called upon to do so in the audition.
@limbo2019 Syracuse was our worst audition experience as well. We also found them to be rude and abrasive and D walked out of her audition with zero interest in attending their school. Interestingly, a friend of hers is in the MT program there and he loves it. To each his own 
Just more proof that each students needs to find the place that is their best fit.
Fascinating how things go. Syracuse could not have been more welcoming to my D - but with Ithaca we almost didn’t stay around for the actual audition the parent session was so hostile, and I know there are several kids on this board with kids there who love it.
Wright State: I think this is a great idea! Can still audition without but I think good idea to know …
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