@KaMaMom–Congratulations! I hope you and D get some much needed R and R now! I wish D much happiness and success! I personally like that she already has a friend in the program, too! Breathe! Celebrate! Enjoy!
@KaMaMom open the champagne and enjoy a weekend at home! Well deserved and congratulations!
Congratulations @KaMaMom. We still have a couple more weeks of visits and weighing options. I am soooooo looking forward to having this whole college decision settled!
I talked to Hartt and they said they sent out the last decisions today in the mail. :-S
@jewel15, thank you for checking.
We haven’t gotten a letter but look at your child’s MyMadison page and their test scores. Should say 100 for their audition score…
All JMU decisions have been mailed and/or emailed. If you have not received it call or email the Theatre and Dance office, so it can be resent.
D struggling to decide between 3 very different schools. Head is saying that she’d be crazy to turn down super prestigious conservatory, but I don’t believe her heart is engaged at said conservatory…what to do, what to do?
Heart is important, but take your time. There’s a whole month left to decide.
@limbo2019, can you make another visit to the three schools so she can sit in classes? Seeing an actual “day in the life” might help a lot.
@limbo2019, all other things being equal, like the song says, “follow your heart”, or your D’s in this case! My S knew from the moment he set foot on the campus of his dream school in his junior year that he’d go there in a heartbeat if he were lucky enough to be accepted. He was, and he did, and it’s indeed turned out to be the perfect fit for him.
Has she already done a “class day” at each of her 3 choices? My S took a full day of classes, had a voice lesson, stayed in the dorms, etc., as part of the due diligence we insisted upon, just to make sure. He fell even more in love with the school, which we hadn’t thought was possible.
Good luck to your D in making her choice!
We are indeed visiting all 3 schools, so that she can attend classes, spend time on campus…last weeks visit was very impressive, and several parents told us that for their kids it was a no-brainer- DONE! I almost wish that had happened. Talked to D last night, and she said that she knows everyone will think that she’s crazy if she doesn’t accept the opportunity, but right now, she’s just not feeling it. We visit the other 2 schools this coming week, so I guess we’ll see what happens…
My daughter chose a BA over a BFA option because she wasn’t feeling it either (the school is a tough one to get into) and she knows she made the right choice. Family and friends thought she was crazy, but she followed her gut and is so happy. This will be a good test to see if she can stand up on her own and make those tough decisions without outside influences. Just one of many life choices she will have to make. Good luck 
The only opinions that matter when choosing a school are those of the student and their family (since are likely helping to fund the education). Unless “everyone” are going to spend the next four years of their lives at, or pay for a particular school they do not get a vote. It is difficult to block out the opinions of others. Particularly when they are people you respect, but college choice is about finding the school the feels like the best place for the student to spend the next four years. There are so many different paths to a similar outcome. No right answer, only the right answer for the student.
Oh, limbo, what a perfect name for you! And I feel your pain! We were in the exact situation. And my child did not choose the well-known conservatory. And said conservatory cost an arm and a leg, which I would have paid had it been her dream school, but watching her ambivalence was painful…
I envy kids like MaMTma’s kid who fall in love with a school, get in, and it’s over. Our path was the exact opposite. In spite of a diligent college search and college visits starting Freshman year, my daughter ended up at the school that a year earlier she might have said was at the bottom of her list. Why? Because she hadn’t visited and didn’t know much about it. Didn’t audition on campus, didn’t know anyone who went to school there. And yes in the end, she turned down the well-known conservatory (and 4 other very good options that had originally been way higher on her list) for this school! We visited twice, two whole days spent there, the second to see if how much she liked it and how well it seemed to fit her the first time was a fluke. We asked a million questions of a million people. In the end she followed her gut that this school (Montclair) was the best choice for HER.
Struggling to decide between choosing a vocal performance and opera major at an awesome conservatory with a dance minor and on the side theater classes, or a BFA MT at a regular university. I didn’t even think this was going to be a choice and now I have no idea what to do. Even sat with my Voice teacher for an hour because she got her opera degree and I still am not positive what I want more. Changed everything. So I feel your pain 
@limbo2019
I’m choosing between a BA theatre and BFA MT and it feels like I’m going to have to sacrifice either strong connections in the field or a strong liberal arts background…all the schools I got into were the extremes of my list and that’s making the choice really difficult. My dad is also not super keen on the conservatory BFA but it is likely the cheaper option. And I would be thrilled to go either place. AGH!
@limbo2019, if she’s just not feeling it, let that school go. She should follow her gut something so many people don’t do, but really never lets you down! Good luck to her.
A happy child is more likely to be a successful child.
Three words: visit, visit, visit!!! As much as you can, visit!! You have a whole month. Do it if you can. Take classes, voice lessons, meet faculty, see dorms, eat the food, hang out with kids at the school. It made ALL the difference for my daughter. Your gut and heart and brain become one at the right place.