| Poohie, that competition sounds like a really great experience and kudos to your D for reaching the state level fo the competition. We don't have that here. My niece had something like that in her state, but it was called Forensics. It is a great achievement to make it to the state competition and good luck to her.
My child who goes to NYU is in a competition too but of a different sort....collegiate a capella. She is the musical director (and singer) in NYU N'Harmonics. So far in each of her three years at NYU, including recently, her group has won the Northeast Quarterfinals. My D actually had to miss the competition recently because she was performing in the Tisch musical, but her arrangement she wrote for the group won for best arrangement at the recent Quarterfinals (she personally won at Semi Finals for another arrangment she wrote last year at Yale but also missed it due to being in a show). They now go onto the Semi-Finals at MIT which we are going to attend (this is equivalent to the Northeast Championship). This will be hard to win but the winner goes to the International Championships next month at Lincoln Center in NYC. For all of you MT kids out there, look into collegiate a capella. It has been a signficant experience in my D's life at college. And for those of you entering NYU/Tisch this fall, think about auditioning for the award winning NYU N'Harmonics! They are a hot group. They have performed various places and will be performing at Joe's Pub (well known venue) in NYC in May again.
Not sure on the congrats you mean to me, but thank you. Perhaps you are referring to that I have a daughter who is a grad school applicant and she has had some very positive news so far but it is coming in daily and she has more schools to hear from but any acceptances (with scholarships!) is a thrill. I can't emphasize enough that one can feel excited and successful in an admissions process if they do not tie their hopes on ONE or TWO schools when it is ultra competitive (as her process is). Thus, I have a happy camper so far because her happiness is not tied to one specific school and she knows she is lucky to even have acceptances to fine schools no matter what happens with the others. An open mind really helps. |