| Forgive my my ignorance, but do all schools who have a cut system not let students who they are deciding to cut know about it until this late in the game? It seems to me completely bizarre that students would be told in May -- when it's far too late for them to audition for other programs -- that they won't be attending that particular college next year. Perhaps this is how they all do it. I don't know. But if it is, well, that seems extreme to me. Clearly, there will always be students in programs who don't do the work or who the teachers decide simply can't cut it, even if they try. But cutting people in May just seems extreme to me. I know theater and MT are harsh worlds: judgment of who has "it" and who doesn't can vary wildly from one director/teacher to another, etc. But college is not the real world; it's a learning environment. It seems to me that any student who is doing the work and trying and attending class (and who made it into the school) ought to be allowed to develop over four years to the best of his or her potential, and then let the market decide if that person has what it takes. In any case, it would be useful if someone from U of A came on this board to clear up the questions surrounding so many students being cut. It looks bad from several vantage points: either they made bad decisions in auditions/admissions or a very questionable decision to have to cut so many kids. |