Audition/college search advice?

mommafrog
Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:13:52 +0000

With recommendations – yes – sooner is better for all involved. Once the list was finalized, kiddo made a writtem grid for each person she asked (some schools wanted 2 artistic refs AND 2 academic, etc) and customized for each person (so the sheet said exactly what she needed/wanted). She gave school name, contact person (if there was one), deadline, the date she was auditioning, whether the letter was to be mailed or hand-carried by her to the audition (a few had that stipulation), mailing address, phone number of the program if there were questions. She also gave enough stamps for the letters to be mailed, and asked when she should pick up the hand-carried ones. Some schools ask that the recommendation be in a sealed envelope with the writer’s signature across the flap, so that kind of rules out having the as-needed stack, but none of her teachers had a problem writing the letters, as she gave them plenty of time, and all the information they needed.

After all completed application packages were in…she returned to each recommender with a personal, handwritten thank you letter and homemade cookies.