| Could it be that these "admissions" offers at these "audition" events (ie. NET auditions in Texas) are of the nature that..."we want you in the BFA program but it is contingent upon acceptance to the university." ? Such as....you passed the artistic/audition review but must now go through admissions? The difference here is the student is actually being told that as opposed to at an on campus audition, where the faculty reviewing BFA candidates wants someone and then submits those names to the admissions office who decides whether or not to admit. In the latter scenario (which is basically what is happening at many of these colleges), the student just never FINDS out they passed the artistic review. They simply get an acceptance or denial. What it sounds like to me in these cases that Mary Anna is discussing in Texas with MM or with USC or wherever, that they were told they would be accepted to the BFA programs (or whatever acting/MT program the school has) but they still must get accepted to the college. So, that is not exactly the same as "an acceptance" to attend. I'm inferring this from the various posts, though have no experience with these Texas auditions. It is not unusual to be "accepted" or to "pass review" by the artistic faculty but not to be accepted academically at a school, but it is just that most people don't find that out like these Texas kids who are in a two step type of process. But lots of kids have talent but not the academic qualifications. Otherwise, schools would not bother with the written applications and scores, transcripts, etc.
If you recall NewMTMom's D last year, whose D had been rejected at all her BFA programs, who then auditioned for the BA in MT program at American and she first was accepted by the MT faculty for the program following her audition but academically, she was not going to be accepted at one point. With various interventions that I do not recall, she eventually was accepted academically. At many schools my D auditioned at, they explained that following auditions, after they picked who they wanted, the names get submitted to the admissions office who then review the applicants. I recall that very statement at Ithaca and Penn State, as some examples. At NYU ,the artistic and academic review are each 50% and both processes are going on at the same time. At UMich, you pass academic review just to be invited to audition. At various schools my D did NOT apply to but are being talked about on these forums, there is a two step process where applicants find out if they are accepted academically sometimes before they even attend the audition such as Baldwin Wallace, Otterbein, Point Park.
In any case, using the word "accepted" at these Texas auditions, is likely not the accurate way to describe it if it is contingent on academic acceptance. Obviously some schools' academic review is at a very low bar and some students would practically "know" if they could surpass it but at others, there is more to the academic review, such as USC.
Susan |