| kaysmom:
Sorry I couldn't get to this earlier today. I don't think students necessarily get a more thorough audition if they come to campus. We spend quite a lot of time with students at the unifieds, and (especially in Chicago) MTs are seen by me, our music director, and our head of dance. I think we get quite a good sense of each student.
But if students have never been here before, I think they get a much better sense of who WE are if they come to campus. They see the theatres and shops and classrooms (and the brick streets), they get to spend time with our students, they can arrange to see a rehearsal or performance; and if they come a day early, they can visit classes.
But statistically there is no advantage to on-campus versus the unified auditions. I was, once upon a time, a physics major (can you believe it?) and some of the math has stuck with me. We take proportionally the same number of students from the unifieds as from on-campus auditions.
Hope this helps.
Best wishes to everyone auditioning this weekend. |