| And at Emerson, my D applied EA and had a Dec. audition. In December, she was admitted to the school but deferred for the BFA. In April, she was denied the BFA. So, she could still have attended Emerson but had no interest in doing so as she only chose the school for its BFA program.
Even with MichaelNKat's story, which I agree his D's app likely was handled as an EA app.....you do not have to be accepted to the school to get an audition. To the contrary, the EA applicants all hear of their academic/BFA acceptance as one package deal in Dec. and the RD applicants hear of their academic/BFA package deal in April. However, some students at Emerson, like mine and Michael's D's, were accepted to the college but not for the BFA ultimately.
One thing not that related to this.....is that it strikes me when a school like Emerson will not take any BFA transfer students, even though they lose students in the BFA program (not talking of those who are not promoted in the program but some who choose to leave the BFA....which is something that happens at many programs). When I think of all the kids dying to get into the BFA programs who get turned away, and then all these "slots" that open up because kids change their mind about the BFA once in these programs, it is a shame to think that the slots are never filled again. My D's good friend from home got into the BFA in MT program at Emerson in my D's admissions year and has chosen to not continue with a BFA in MT but is still at Emerson studying related areas. But Emerson won't take transfers. When these slots seem to be at such a premium to those trying to get in, the class sizes dwindle at a lot of these programs after the first year and the slots are never filled again. |