poohie57

My main point in the last thread, the kids have done all they can do. Now real life stuff happens and no matter what, they will be okay. Very fortunate kids to have these opportunities and I am proud of all for taking advantage of them!

soozievt

Sarasmom,

AlwaysAMom already answered your question. I would say the same. Nobody got the official letters of acceptance from NYU/Tisch yet. Those come out around April 1 or a little before. All that has gone out are the invitations to this open house event for selected admitted students (called Saturday in the Square). As she mentions, not every accepted student will get this invitation. They can't accommodate everyone on that day (they accept a very large number to yield the final number) but have this event to attract some who were admitted to enroll. So, it is quite possible to still be admitted when decision letters come out even if not receiving such an invitation to the SIS event. I agree with AlwaysAMom, that I have never heard mention of what percentage of admitted Tisch students receive this invitation, sorry.

That said, I feel for you and understand the stress and anxiety if peers are getting in and your D is still waiting and so forth. These schools are so highly selective and you can be very qualified and still not get in. (example, I have a student who just got into Tisch who was denied at UArts) And so, realistically speaking, one has to come to EXPECT rejections in this process and look at the overall results come April 1 and hope to have at least one acceptance in hand and hopefully a choice. That usually DOES happen if one's college list is appropriate and balanced. And so while we are in the thick of it now and all this really feels like a very very big deal, I can tell you that usually a child does land somewhere and usually they can be quite happy at where they land, even if that is not the school that was their initial "wish" school. Things have a way of working out in the end. I know it is hard to see that big picture now in the thick of this, but truly if a student liked every college on her list for one reason or another (and she should have if she applied), then she will go to college next year and things will work out. Keep the faith. All is not riding on a couple of schools. And not getting into certain ones is not necessarily a commentary on your talent. Look at the big overall picture when this process is done.

poohie57

Soozievt, You are always so helpful and I sincerely thank you for your continued responses. I have read most of your posts (well not all 9,000+ but this year's) and you are my expert. I only wish I had known about this before to assist my D more and possibly open up more choices. But she was committed to the 5 schools she auditioned and truly wanted to do it that way. She has several friends in colleges all over the nation that she corresponded with for her information. I guess you are at a performing arts high school? Or college? You could be a therapist as you seem to be providing a level of comfort now.

soozievt

Poohie, I am glad that you have found some of my posts to be helpful. I do like helping people and volunteer to post. I also post wearing my mom hat too.

No, I am not at a high school or college, nor am I a therapist! I am a college counselor who assists students and their families with the college selection and admissions process, including those seeking theater/MT programs, but not limited to that field. I am a college counselor here at College Confidential.

As I said, I am also a mother and so have been through this experience of college admissions twice with my own two daughters (one of whom is pursuing a BFA in MT) and now again with one of my Ds who is a current applicant to graduate schools of architecture (and we are in the thick of it this week too and so I can relate to all of you!!)

poohie57

Maybe some day we can meet and have a cup of joe....I sincerely owe you more than that. Your gifted D's did not fall far from the tree! My D has state literary tomorrow and she is still on clear liquids. As a performer she knows it won't be sharp and her best, but she has accepted that. The show must go on...(She is doing a dialogue from 'Night Mother....mother/daughter. Not intense at all!!) HA

plsys

I called Tisch and was told by the person answering the phone that they invite the top 10%, based on GPA, of the students for which an admit decision has been made as of the time of the invitation. I am not sure I totally trust that number but the person was explicit that the invitations were sent to those admits whose GPA's were the highest in an attempt to encourage them to come to Tisch when the process is all said and done. She was clear that a substantial number of people for whom an admit decision has already been made, will not receive invitations.

poohie57

Well I see it says that and you are amazing at this. Truly wonderful for you. And thanks for the posts. Cool job but I am sure 24/7 right now.

soozievt

Good luck to her and break a leg wishes! I don't know what state literary is as we don't have it in our state. But I can tell you that attending your child's final senior year events is rather emotional. Enjoy these moments. Like you say, the show must go on and I am sure your D will rise to the occasion. A mother/daughter scene? Oy, that might make ya tear up right there!

soozievt

While I don't think everyone who will be eventually admitted to Tisch gets the invitation, I find it hard to believe that it is only 10% of those admitted who get it. I also find it hard to believe that one SOLE criteria (GPA) would be how they are picked. However, I do believe the event is to attract some of the top students admitted (more broadly defined) to enroll.

plsys

What I would believe is that each division within Tisch has an event. The size of each event varies with the size of the division and the event location's capacity. So each event has a capacity and the invitations go out to the top students ranked by GPA based on the capacity and that this represents only some and not all of the students for which an admit decision has been made.

MTgrlsmom

plsys - hm, may be soozievt can shed some light on this as her D attended some years ago. I was under the impression that these events are "school events", not studio events, so Tisch, Stern, CAS etc.

soozievt

When my daughter and we attended Saturday in the Square in 2005, it began with ALL those who were invited for ALL of Tisch at an opening remarks and welcome in the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. In other words, all invited students and parents whether it was Drama, Recorded Music, Film, Dance, Photography and Imaging, or Dramatic Writing were at the SAME reception. At this ALL Tisch event, there was a performance by current Dance students and the Dean of Tisch also spoke. However, then there were concurrent sessions for each department at Tisch. Students only (no parents) broke into these sessions for their department (all of Drama....all studios....is ONE department). Parents could attend workshops on various topics to do with their students entering this school. Following these sessions, there was a reception for all parents and students for ALL of Tisch at the Tisch building. There were current students at that reception with whom you could chat. There was Tisch merchandise for sale. There was a financial aid session if you wanted to attend that. Those who were selected as Tisch Scholars, then had a luncheon and presentation to attend (that is a separate invitation).

poohie57

Soozievt...congrats to your D I understand? Sorry I missed that. State Literary is a competition that includes Boys and Girls categories, individual and group. Dramatic Interpretation, Essay, Extemperaneous Speaking, and On the musical side, Solos, Boys Quartet (the most fun one), and Girls Trio. Points are accumulated and awards to top 4. The only people at state are region winners from Georgia. The Speaking competition is amazing. My D has to perform a very intense dialogue in less than 10 minutes. She has competed in trio also the last 2 years but we don't have one this year. It is fun and exciting. More fun when one is healthy!

Thanks for the clarification on the early NYU invitations. Will try not to worry.

soozievt

Poohie, that competition sounds like a really great experience and kudos to your D for reaching the state level fo the competition. We don't have that here. My niece had something like that in her state, but it was called Forensics. It is a great achievement to make it to the state competition and good luck to her.

My child who goes to NYU is in a competition too but of a different sort....collegiate a capella. She is the musical director (and singer) in NYU N'Harmonics. So far in each of her three years at NYU, including recently, her group has won the Northeast Quarterfinals. My D actually had to miss the competition recently because she was performing in the Tisch musical, but her arrangement she wrote for the group won for best arrangement at the recent Quarterfinals (she personally won at Semi Finals for another arrangment she wrote last year at Yale but also missed it due to being in a show). They now go onto the Semi-Finals at MIT which we are going to attend (this is equivalent to the Northeast Championship). This will be hard to win but the winner goes to the International Championships next month at Lincoln Center in NYC. For all of you MT kids out there, look into collegiate a capella. It has been a signficant experience in my D's life at college. And for those of you entering NYU/Tisch this fall, think about auditioning for the award winning NYU N'Harmonics! They are a hot group. They have performed various places and will be performing at Joe's Pub (well known venue) in NYC in May again.

Not sure on the congrats you mean to me, but thank you. Perhaps you are referring to that I have a daughter who is a grad school applicant and she has had some very positive news so far but it is coming in daily and she has more schools to hear from but any acceptances (with scholarships!) is a thrill. I can't emphasize enough that one can feel excited and successful in an admissions process if they do not tie their hopes on ONE or TWO schools when it is ultra competitive (as her process is). Thus, I have a happy camper so far because her happiness is not tied to one specific school and she knows she is lucky to even have acceptances to fine schools no matter what happens with the others. An open mind really helps.

poohie57

Amen to the open mind. Yes I was referring to the good news on your grad school D. I really am not stalking you , it just seems that way!!HA! The NYU N'Harmonics sounds amazing. Is your D a junior at NYU? We have a very talented friend from our county that was accepted into Cap21 3 years ago. She and my D keep up on facebook. They probably know each other, she has an amazing voice. I think she is in a different studio now...or maybe Steinhardt? Is that possible. Her initials are HC. Mean anything?

Literary is fun. Georgia also has an amazing summer program for gifted hs students, Governors Honors. A lot of states have modeled programs after this one. My D went for Drama after her sophomore year (that is when she knew for sure she wanted Acting over MT). There are auditions, region, then state for that also. About 3% chance so hopefully since she did it once....? Several of her GHP friends (they were a year ahead in school) got in top MT, Acting and Dance Programs. She has been one of two from our county in the last 8 years to go for drama/theater so it was quite an honor! And free as the state paid for the entire 6 weeks!