Brrruno

yeah.. ill calm down... obsessed is really the word Liz...
Linda, from the theatre dept told me it usually takes 4 to 5 weeks for a decision...

hcpss

Brrruno, I hope you are right about the audition being successful, as my son's audition is listed on the received list. When did you talk to admissions? We just assumed that he had auditioned and thus completed everything with the exception of final grades.

Brrruno

That's what I understood when I called in the last week of January. I might have gotten it wrong though... they were so confused with my application material, couldn't find me in their system so I didn't call to ask that but to sort all that out =S

They told me today the video auditions were reviewed today; myIthaca doesn't show mine as recieved. Ill wait until tomorrow then stop expecting anything... there's always next year :'(

NotMamaRose

If you guys go back through the Ithaca College threads from last year, you will see that many kids (most?) don't hear anything from the program and college until the beginning of April, and sometimes, a week or so beyond that. So hard as it is, try to hang tight! Best of luck, everyone.

MomOfAPrincess

I spoke with the Theatre Dept mid February and with Admissions this week. At that time the Theatre dept said it would be reviewing all applicants after the last audition on March 1st. Admissions said that as long as the audition remains on the "what we still need" list, it just means that the Theatre Dept has not made a decision that has been sent over to Admissions. They said that when the audition appears on the "received" list it means Admissions has been informed of some decision (they didn't indicate this meant a yes, no or maybe) and that the fiile was being reviewed by Admissions.

Since rejection letters as well as acceptances come from Admissions, I would think Admissions would receive word on ALL auditions whether favorable or not since they would need to issue the letter. So I wouldn't read anything into Admissions putting it on the received list...one way or the other. It will be interesting to see how long after someone sees that the audition moved to the received list till when they get notified. I hope someone posts that.

MomOfAPrincess

NMR - I read those posts and discussions last year. Do you think that hurt Ithaca and resulted in them getting less students accepting? If so, you'd think they would step up their responses this year.

soozievt

Well, I hope that Ithaca did make some changes because there is NO excuse to send out notifications PAST April 1. It is entirely fair to wait until April 1 as MANY MANY colleges send out admissions decisions on April 1. But since students must weigh their options and send back their intent to colleges by the National Reply Date of May 1, they need at least that month to do any return visits and weigh their decision. By not notifying candidates by April 1, Ithaca cannot expect to be equally considered by students. Ithaca needs to either render an acceptance, denial, or wait list by April 1. A deferral is fair and reasonable PRIOR to April 1 and while they are seeing all remaining auditions. But a decision should be mailed by April 1. Hopefully, this year, this will happen. I have no way of knowing but am just voicing my opinion and sharing what colleges normally do procedurally.

MomOfAPrincess

Soozie....Cornell, Dartmouth, University of Chicago - I believe some if not all of these post they do not notify until April 15th.

It does make if very impractical. We have found that campus visits are CRITICAL - my daughter has some campuses that no matter what the program she just wouldn't want to live there for 4 yrs. 2 weeks or less to make flight arrangements, etc in case you have never seen the campus (such as those from unifieds) would be real hectic along with expensive with last minute fares.

NotMamaRose

MomOfAPrincess, you can say that again! And at the info session we attended for the IC auditions, Lee Byron himself urged kids to visit Ithaca if at all possible before accepting their acceptances. He did say that they have had kids come to the program, sight unseen, and do well there, but he also emphasized that Ithaca is not a big city environment and not for everyone.

soozievt

MomofAPrincess.....when I read your post that Cornell, Dartmouth, and University of Chicago said that they do not notify until April 15, it did not sound correct to me and so I looked into it. Perhaps you have read that they don't notify until then because perhaps the schools put that date out to allow time for mail to reach people all over the world and to cover themselves as the outside date that someone should have their letters in hand but I KNEW this was not when people TRULY get notified at those schools because almost every school I know, sends decisions by April 1.

So, I looked this up on CC because CC is a wealth of information as we have forums on all those schools and people have posted their admissions decisions as they receive them year after year.

For CORNELL...
CALS, Hotel, and ILR applicants get notified no a rolling basis starting in Feb. and students posted of acceptances to those schools on Feb. 27, March 1 and March 13. Applicants to all other schools at Cornell hear on APRIL 1 and indeed people posted of their decisions on that date in the past. Cornell also holds events for accepted students. Someone posted that these are held on April 10-14 and April 17-21. Therefore, they would have to have their decisions in hand by about April 1 in order to make plans to attend events for accepted students. Most Ivy League schools send decisions in the final days of March or on April 1 (I have a child who applied to four Ivies in the past).

AT UCHICAGO.....last year, numerous students posted their decisions on March 29. Most colleges of this caliber notify students in the final days of March or on April 1.

At DARTMOUTH.... last year, numerous CC members posted their decisions on March 29. Again, this is typical of colleges in this range to send out all decisions close to April 1.

NONE of those schools send out on April 15, even if they say you will hear by then. They maybe gave that date as the "latest" you should have your letter in hand. But in reality, MOST schools, including the three you mentioned, DO notify students by April 1. I hope this is helpful to you.

MomOfAPrincess

THANK YOU SOOZIE !!!!!! As you pointed out - they probably say we'll hear by April 15th to cover mailing time and Int'l applicants.(and to avoid having people call them on the phone bugging them) This is really a relief. I thought all this was going to be spread over a full month of waiting. I rather have it all come at once - the good, the bad, and the ugly. THANKS AGAIN for this insight to the way it really happens.

soozievt

MomofAPrincess....you may also want to check to see if these particular schools notify only by snail mail or if they have an online notification of decisions as well. Some do but I don't know in the case of those three particular schools. When my older D applied to college four years ago, almost all of her schools notified applicants close to April 1 and so we found out pretty much all at one time within a few days of one another. Actually, a few had online notifications on their site at a particular time of day. I recall this quite vividly. I recall that three schools were going to post decisions on the same day at 5 PM. On that particular day, I was tied to driving younger D to and from dance classes (which for us is 25 miles away and so I must wait at the studio). I wasn't going to be home at 5 but would be in the car as older D learned of those three decisions. Cell phones do not work on the drive or in our town and so I knew she was finding out, including two of her favorite schools, but had to wait until I walked in the tour to hear what happened. It was a very joyous moment because she got into one of her favorites (where she ended up in fact) and into another top school and rejected after a deferral at another favorite. The rejection didn't really matter because she was receiving acceptances at the same time! My younger D who applied to BFA programs heard from a few sooner than the others but many of her schools notified around April 1 or a little before and so we just waited that out.

I realize that people have been posting results here on the MT forum for a while, but actually there are whole bunch of schools and programs that do not send out any of their decisions until very late in March or on April 1 and so basically, I see this period as a waiting period and holding pattern and just a time to focus on something else until the decisions roll in almost all at once.

Just to give some perspective, when my daughter applied to BFA programs, she did 8 auditions and one week following her final audition, she was in a very serious car accident that landed her in intensive care as well as eventual surgery and ten days in the hospital and another ten days in a hospital bed in our living room and so at that point, it was about survival of a much bigger nature. She was receiving her acceptances in the hospital and everything. So, things could be a lot worse than merely having to wait out decisions. You guys will all survive! It is not that much longer. I have a child awaiting grad school decisions which all start to come out beginning in about another week for her. We just put it out of our minds as much as possible during this waiting period. Things usually do work out for every kid in one way or another....keep the faith.

MomOfAPrincess

I hope your daughter is ok Soozie. At that point I would care less about college notices too. My daughter was in a car accident in January right before her first audition when she hit black ice one night. Luckily she was ok and there were no other cars involved. She called home crying - and worrying about the reaction to her car being ruined. I told her I could care less about the car - cars can be fixed. Within a week her friend hit ice and went into a brick wall - car totalled but friend ok. And also within a week another Senior Girl - a very promising dancer - hit ice and is now dead. I felt very fortunate and lucky before that happened - after it happened it really hit home exactly how fortunate I was. They will all live through this process and as long as they are alive, all is good.

soozievt

Yes, it puts things in perspective VERY fast. We had just finished traveling to 8 auditions and thought we'd be in a nice holding pattern with college stuff and then this happened. My D was very very lucky to not be dead considering the nature of this accident. However, clinging to machines in intensive care is not anything I ever want to go through watching again for as long as I live and not knowing what would be and all that. Also, she is a dancer and had also fractured her hip and now has five metal screws in it. There were lots of scary moments during this experience and a major recovery of six months, just in time to go to college and also luckily having gotten to do all the auditions. She got accepted to NYU while hooked up to all sorts of stuff and on morphine in the hospital and cried for joy. It was the best medicine of all. Thankfully, she has made a full recovery and so the joy of getting into a dream school, along with other schools, was a happy experience at the right time but truthfully, just surviving was where it was at. However, now seeing her on stage, as I did this past weekend, and knowing what could have been (as it has turned out for others in the severity of the kind of crash she had) is chilling and makes one just feel very lucky to have a child who is living. The college acceptances and casting and other stuff is very exciting but in the end, survival is way bigger in the scheme of things. So, for all who wait out college decisions, yes, it is difficult but it really is not THAT big in the scheme of life. It feels big while immersed in it but it is rather small and things do have a way of working out. Try to keep perspective. I sure know that my perspective has been forever altered by this terrifying experience for my child. Try to enjoy this waiting period, as nervous and anxious as you may be. At least you are alive and kicking and not in terrible pain. Surviving the wait is not that bad.

letsfigureitout

OK--I just checked my S's my.ithaca account, and his "audition" was moved from the "still need" column to the "received" column on either 3/4 or 3/5. Anyone know how long it takes Admissions to review the file and send out letters?