@bfahopeful Oh no, I haven’t got a call (yet) but people on The Troupe have stated they have gotten calls
Yep - no call for us, but D has a friend who’s in…Male 1 of 7 for MT at CMU!! Good luck & congrats to those who get the golden ticket!!
Who is the Troupe comprised of? Various high school kids from around the country or a group of friends from an acting group, or???
High school kids around the country.
And Congrats to everyone who “wins the lottery” today! 
I would not let an admission or redirection from any program to dictate whether you are “on the right track” or not. They are creating an ensemble. If they’ve already got a mezzo 5’ 3" redhead and that happens to describe you as well, you may not get an offer. I think college auditions are most kids first opportunity to learn that it’s not personal if you get cast or not. Purely business.
Re: post #2125:
I agree that a rejection doesn’t mean you don’t have what it takes. The odds are that even the most qualified and talented applicants will get rejected at many programs. But I disagree that acceptances are not affirmations. I think they ARE affirmations.
On the CMU topic, I recall at the time my D auditioned, I didn’t realize the acceptance rate was about 1.5% and I did think afterwards, wow, that was a lot of money to travel there and audition for very very very slim odds. It turned out in her year, they only took FOUR MT girls! Yikes. However, my D got a Priority Waitlist (this is a short list) for CMU Acting. I found that affirming of her acting considering that was the one area she really did not have formal training, like she did with voice and dance. However, it didn’t matter as NYU was her first choice and she got to go there.
I know someone who got into CMU with a low key resume- It is always worth a shot. He also didn’t attend and is on broadway with no college. go figure
A boy from Northern Virginia just got the CMU acceptance call! Good for him!
@monkey13 --Our kids have learned so much about passion, dedication and sacrifice just from the process of training, auditioning and waiting. I feel good about what I can give my kids, and even better that I believe they have learned very valuable skills for success–whatever fields they ultimately choose, now or later.
@theatermom2 do you know if the boy was MT or acting? I am trying to figure out which calls are being made?
A boy from my school got a call from CMU for acting.
@VaTheatreMom2020 He is MT.
Is it over? I know of 2 girls who got in.
All this discussion about CMU & lotteries and "golden tickets " & admissions being an affirmation of your talent is unsettling to me and my D’s auditions next year when she won’t be auditioning for those upper tier schools…sigh…
My D’s ex-boyfriend got the call from Carnegie for Acting. He called me right away and we all screamed about it for awhile as it was quite unexpected.
@theaterwork Admissions from 2nd (and 3rd) tier programs are also affirmations of your D’s talent. 
Thanks @austinmt …the whole thing is beginning to depress me lol. …
@theaterwork - you have to take YOUR journey. IRL I am the queen of 2nd guessing (shoutout to @halflokum who has talked me off MULTIPLE ledges vis a vis college issues in the last 2 years) and it is easy to get stressed about who is doing what. You have clearly been working on a plan- and have good reasons behind it. Trust it, because at the end of the day- there isn’t a right (or frankly a wrong) way - there is only YOUR way
@theaterwork There’s a lot that’s unsettling about this process, the least of which should be chatter about schools you’re not even interested in! Many don’t see a CMU offer as a golden ticket, but the fact that the grads last year had a total of something like a combined 130+ offers for work/representation…feels like a golden ticket to a parent like me. Since I made that comment, I thought I would explain. It’s a metaphor…nothing more. My D is lucky enough to have incredible options that don’t include CMU and I couldn’t be more excited about her future. Your D’s journey has to be her own and it will be great - enjoy the process! It’s hard, but it’s special.