MyIthaca- Audition? - Page 2

abparent · 01-22-2007, 09:36 PM

Sarahsmom42,

Our son was one who auditioned in Nov and didn't receive his M/T acceptance until well after the April 1 date last year. It was quite a long wait. It's not unusual to not have heard yet. MyIthaca info was not very helpful either except for acknowledging he had applied. He did apply for some scholarships and did receive some mailed notes about them. However, he had received all of his acceptances (including his two favorite schools) well before the Ithaca acceptance, and his mind was already made up. In fact, he'd accepted the offer from his school before hearing from Ithaca. I will say that the scholarship (very generous) and M/T acceptance info came all at once. For your daughter's sake, my own two cents to be added to your probable millions - don't let anybody's actions or lack thereof control your confidence. Your Ithaca audition is complete. Now you can approach any other auditions with as much or even more confidence. This is the part of the puzzle you CAN control. I know it's so difficult. If you ever feel like venting to someone who's been through the process, I'm sure our son would like to hear from you. Let me know and I'll put you in touch. Otherwise, Yes - no news is good news!

Ericsmom · 01-22-2007, 09:39 PM

Hi, abparent! You knew I was referring to your son! I hope everything is going as great for him as it is for my son this year. Aren't we glad it's someone else going through the process and not us this year?

abparent · 01-22-2007, 09:53 PM

Hi Ericsmom,

Quite right, sorry about the posting at the same time. Not that we need to hear about the anxious moments any more than necessary! Yes, our son is thriving, lots of work, but loving it and learning so much! It's good to be past the audition year. Only now, his 12 year old brother says he wants to do the same thing for college! All that we read about Eric and school sounds wonderful, which we knew would be the case. Thanks for staying in touch!

AlisMom · 01-23-2007, 09:03 PM

My daughter and several other girls she knows auditioned for Ithaca at a regional audition in November. Of the two girls that she is aware of, one has received an acceptance letter. My daughter and the one other girl she has spoken with have heard nothing. They all three take from the same voice teacher and I their voices are fairly comparable. My daughter has a much stronger theatre background than the other two. The other two girls have exemplary grades and test scores. MyIthaca still shows my daughter needs to audition. We haven't sent in her midyear transcript yet because the school sent the transcript right before the midyear grades came out. Sarah's Mom, I think that if our girls were rejected they would have heard something by now. I wouldn't let the fact that your daughter hasn't heard anything get her down. It sounds like no news is good news at this point.

Sarahsmom42 · 01-30-2007, 02:06 PM

Thanks for the encouragement. My D had a great performance/audition week and it has boosted her confidence. She auditions at Elon next week and I think that she's in a really good place right now. We're both really looking forward to Elon because we are meeting another CC mom and her D to see a play and have dinner. This has been such a wonderful resource for me over the past few months and I thank all of you who have been so kind and supportive!

abparent · 01-30-2007, 02:43 PM

Sarahsmom42,

Tell her we said to Break a Leg! I'm sure she'll enjoy her time at Elon. Our son thoroughly enjoyed all of his involvment with Elon. CC certainly has enough contacts for her to make the most of her visit!

Sarahsmom42 · 01-30-2007, 04:50 PM

Thanks! D has a five day break before rehearsals start for Miss Saigon. She's hoping to spend some extra time working on her audition pieces. What would you say the focus of the dance audition was? Jazz, ballet? Did they have anyone tap? Is Elon focused on more classical vocal training or MT?

Ericsmom · 02-01-2007, 05:24 PM

Sarahsmom - this is an Ithaca thread, but I'll try to answer your Elon question. They have a good mix of classical and MT voice training, and my son has a wonderful voice teacher. Elon has many good voice teachers.

They didn't dance the year he auditioned, but I have a feeling that the audition is more jazz based. Hopefully someone else can answer that. They have great dance teachers in all areas of dance in the college program.

Hope you have a great audition day there!

Sarahsmom42 · 02-02-2007, 10:42 AM

Thanks so much!