@CentralOHmomof4 that is for kids that are going to be HS seniors next year 
OK sorry - this process! No thing that I could have forgotten, overlooked or gotten wrong would surprise me at all… I should have it down pretty well by the time it’s all over in May, lol!! I’ve been trying to stay off the board - was becoming an every day habit!
Current status for D: one acceptance, one waitlist, a bunch of rejections, and 5 more schools to hear back from (most are reaches so we’re feeling torn between realism vs. optimism), and I feel like at least four of those schools have been notifying millions of folks on this board, except for D.
The waiting…
As I am second guessing EVERYTHING, I keep thinking about the thank you notes my D didn’t write that I nagged her about. She did some but not all and I am hoping that is not really a contributing factor to the No’s. Any insights would be appreciated- it’s too late to send them now:(
My D was admitted to Mo State-BFA Acting. She hasn’t decided where she’s going yet, though. @preppytheatre
@momadrama audition and fit are the only thing they are looking at. Don’t worry about what you should have could have done. It will drive you crazy. Your D will end up in a great place. Hang in there.
Anybody here going to Western Michigan University in the fall?
Thank you @bisouu !
@momadrama don’t think twice about thank you notes. While nice to send and probably appreciated they (in my opinion and experience) have no impact on admissions.
My D wrote none and did pretty good overall with results. It is just what each school is looking for in the room and that is it.
We will never know why my D got in or didn’t get in certain places -but I 100% know thank you notes were not a factor. It is often decided in the room -before any note can be sent.
@mayra_13 still waiting to hear anything from western michigan! have you heard anything?
@mtmajorpls I think I posted in the wrong thread. My major isn’t musical theater. I got accepted in Biological Sciences two months back.
Jeez, if thank you notes are an expected thing, then shoot me now. As if this process isn’t difficult, particular, and nit-picking enough, we can’t have another self-imposed hoop to jump through. Yeah, this has to stop.
I was never on board with the thank you note thing. I had my D write notes to thank teachers who wrote recommendations and to one school that auditioned her out of a regular audition day as we were going to be in the area and it was a long drive, etc. so we thanked them for making an exception and taking the time to do that. Otherwise I thought it was sorta silly to thank them for auditioning my child. I mean its their job as they impose the audition requirement. I always of course made sure she knew to thank them when leaving the room and always having manners etc which of course she already knew.
I agree @MReader we could not add one more hoop to jump through!
@MReader A friend of my D got an early acceptance to Weatern Michigan’s MT program. My D is still waiting to hear (for acting). We heard that they still had auditions on March 17 and would make decisions sometime after that.
My MT daughter did not write thank you notes for her auditions and had a positive outcome overall.
My kids DID write thank you notes to their recommendation writers.They also wrote thank you notes with follow up to any interviews they had and any people they met with on campus visits unrelated to the auditions.
Congrats to all the amazing talented kids who dare to dream and see it through no matter what. BAL!
You know, as a regular audition practice, the kind of school that would consider a thank you note in accepting a student is the kind of school that I wouldn’t want my student attending. Because that’s some kind of BS. Honestly, I don’t think it matters to the schools, but this is where the coaching services and parents could be establishing new norms, and it’s just not okay.
Since auditions here are some things I’ve worried about: Was the song cut too long? Was the monologue too short? Was her dress too short? Should she have worn the fancier blue dress? Was her resume good enough? Why didn’t they look at her resume to see how good she was? Was her dyed hair too red for MT? Was her hair not red enough to stand out? …and so on. If I add thank you notes to this, I will lose my flippin’ mind. 
Here’s the approach we took on Thank You notes - if there was some extra time or interest displayed in the audition that seemed to merit a follow up email of thanks than yes. For example in one instance an auditor handed my D a card and encouraged her to follow up with any questions. In another they spent a good deal of time actually interviewing her. In all out of 20 plus auditions I think she sent 4-5 notes. For most auditions that followed the standard pattern she felt a note would have seemed odd or overkill. In the few instances she did feel it made sense she got very nice replies. But I certainly wouldn’t sweat thank you notes - just do what feels right and natural based on each interaction.
A quick comment to say that a thank you note to the person who wrote the recommendation is much appreciated. I do them for up to a dozen kids each year, and it takes a fair amount of time…PLUS, at this time of year, kids often come back for another copy (slightly tweaked) for outside scholarships. It’s not a requirement by any means, it just feels nice to the teacher
I don’t think that my d was admitted to any program that she wrote a Thank You note for, and she did not write a Thank You note for any of the programs that she was admitted to. Since two of her admissions were “in the room” acceptances, it couldn’t have made any difference. Hence, for programs that make quick decisions, it definitely won’t make a difference. For those programs that take a lot of time to work with students during the audition and take months to make decisions, it may be a good idea to send a Thank You note.
Thank you notes are very much appreciated by teachers. They are asked to do so much which is outside their scope of duty. Definitely send a nice thank you and maybe include a small gift card for an ice cream or Starbucks.