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freedom_fri911 · 04-22-2008, 08:19 PM

Hah, I bet I fooled some of you guys on this one. I bet you all thought if "To be or not to be" would be a good monologue for auditions :P

Well, with that aside...

About a week ago I got a call from Barry Bradberry, the admissions councelor for the Virginia area, returning my message (and email) I left for him. I told him that I wanted to reaudition for the MT program and whether I needed to reapply to the University to do so and that this year I was academically waitlisted (still haven't heard back yet). Well he said that he had to do some research on this, but in the end that, academically, a year of "inactivity" would be "tragic" to my admissions. He made it sound like the only way I could get into Elon next year would be if I had enough (24) credits to be a transfer student. I told him that I would if I could, but I don't have the time to take 24 credit hours with my need to work and audition prep. He said that I almost certainly wouldn't get in academically if I had a year of this so-called "academic inactivity".

Of course I will most likely take a few classes, especially in the spring semester, but it would not be enough to come in as a transfer. He also told me that, even if admitted to Elon's MT department, I would still need to get in academically, which, he reinstated, would be almost impossible for me. Now I remember my mom talking to someone at my audition saying that Elon's Perf. Arts department has a sort of "override" capability. That if a student is average, the department can tell the admissions people that they want the student and that student will get in. But that's not what Barry said.

Well now having wrote this I realize I need to talk to the head of the MT department. I put a request in to see my guidance councelor, who I'm good friends with and Barry apparently knows pretty well, but she still hasn't given me an appointment...

But my question is (after that great, big spiel): Should I even bother spending the time and money auditioning for Elon if it doesn't seem likely that I even have a chance?

04-22-2008, 08:19 PM	#1
freedom_fri911 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Threads: 43 Posts: 308	To be or not to be? Hah, I bet I fooled some of you guys on this one. I bet you all thought if "To be or not to be" would be a good monologue for auditions :P Well, with that aside... About a week ago I got a call from Barry Bradberry, the admissions councelor for the Virginia area, returning my message (and email) I left for him. I told him that I wanted to reaudition for the MT program and whether I needed to reapply to the University to do so and that this year I was academically waitlisted (still haven't heard back yet). Well he said that he had to do some research on this, but in the end that, academically, a year of "inactivity" would be "tragic" to my admissions. He made it sound like the only way I could get into Elon next year would be if I had enough (24) credits to be a transfer student. I told him that I would if I could, but I don't have the time to take 24 credit hours with my need to work and audition prep. He said that I almost certainly wouldn't get in academically if I had a year of this so-called "academic inactivity". Of course I will most likely take a few classes, especially in the spring semester, but it would not be enough to come in as a transfer. He also told me that, even if admitted to Elon's MT department, I would still need to get in academically, which, he reinstated, would be almost impossible for me. Now I remember my mom talking to someone at my audition saying that Elon's Perf. Arts department has a sort of "override" capability. That if a student is average, the department can tell the admissions people that they want the student and that student will get in. But that's not what Barry said. Well now having wrote this I realize I need to talk to the head of the MT department. I put a request in to see my guidance councelor, who I'm good friends with and Barry apparently knows pretty well, but she still hasn't given me an appointment... But my question is (after that great, big spiel): Should I even bother spending the time and money auditioning for Elon if it doesn't seem likely that I even have a chance?