@CATenorMom On the kids private Facebook page it was noted that 4 kids received calls last night. Or at least 4 kids in the group admitted to getting calls,
And…did Pace send rejections yet?!?
@LAM2017 Don’t give up! That may be a good sign!!
No snail mail for us…(Just ran home to check. I just couldn’t resist). I saw that someone received email from Webster. I am wondering if they are emailing acceptance and just snail mail rejections? Any insights?
For lurking Canadians 
- Sheridan College’s acceptance calls started early this year. My d’s friend got his call today.
Sorry @momtojoss! St Louis traffic, heat & humidity are easy to pass on. Keep the faith!!
@daughtersdreams,@cariauth I am in same boat. Daughter in first year at a highly rated BFA MT program and re-auditioned to transfer. I will tell you my daughter received 1 MT acceptance as a transfer along with a decent schoalrship and we were very surprised because that’s not usually the case with transfers. It’s heartbreaking to see them go through this whole process last year, choose a school then not be happy. She only did 4 schools this year, 2 rejections, 1 acceptance, waiting on 1.
I find it interesting that a few kids are in highly rated BFA MT programs and leave. We didn’t really get caught up in whether or not a program was a BFA or BA - my D visited the schools she was interested and really chose which ones she felt she could live at for 4 years. Curious for the folks who have kids leaving these programs - was it the teaching, the environment? Other factors? I’m sure it is highly competitive - but it would be interesting to hear what made them want to leave.
@muscialmama Same here. Only one college recognized academics and gave her full tuition scholarship - and she was artistically accepted too! So that is probably going to be her “fit” school.
@LBSMOM Last year when all was said and done my daughter had 4 acceptances and 1 waitlist she never came off. She had a very diverse list of BA, BFA, big and small schools, in the end she chose what she felt was going to give her the best training. The current school has great training ( according to her) but the environment is not right for her. She did not feel that way last year when she visited as an accepted student, she felt like it was her best choice.
I don’t think 1-2 kids leaving a program after Freshman year is alarming. Kids change their minds, realize the major isn’t what they thought, or realize the program is not the fit they assumed. We are talking about 18-19 year olds…they do and can change their mind. My S had a friend decide he wanted to be on the other side of the table and chose to leave his program after Freshman year. I would say you will want to be alarmed if you see half a program dropping off in first two years. I wouldn’t even be alarmed if one person said they had the worst experience of their lives, if they are only person leaving, because I also don’t find that to be hard to believe for an unhappy 18 year old.
@daughtersdreams Congrats! That’s wonderful! Best of luck to your daughter! I hope they all land someplace where they can thrive personally and artistically.
@LBSMOM My D was at a small college in the South that offered an auditioned “BFA” but not accredited. Last year I thought any BFA was as good as another. Seems audition was for scholarships–not admittance. Live and learn.
I’m not alarmed at all - I know in a lot of cases kids don’t get to go to their top choice, or maybe even their 6th top choice and need to make a decision to go where they think they may have the best chance of getting a good education. I was just curious 
Once CMU makes their calls the domino effect comes into play. Things start moving. Those kids usually have several acceptances and once they start notifying the programs they are not going to attend, the waitlists start moving! Hang in there everyone!
My daughter’s program is losing a few this year. Seems like most of it is due to regular reasons why kids leave a school. Missing home, not feeling like it’s a fit for them, harder than they thought. A lot of students have difficulty with the curriculum - which is very tough and time-consuming. At her school, to get into shows is highly competitive … they have all MT and VP students audition (including grad students) in addition the BFA Acting kids audition for musicals as well as all their Dancers in the dance program. Most of these kids were at the top in their community - so I imagine it is hard to not even get a call back your first year - and that happens to a lot of them. I know my daughter had to readjust her mindset to remember she was there for four years of intense training - not necessarily to get into all the shows.
I have said it before - being a BFA major is NOTHING like doing shows in HS/community theater- which may be the only experience many kids have had. It’s one thing to enjoy an activity- another to study it. Lots don’t like it- better to decide that early rather than late.
Pursuing a BFA is certainly not for the faint of heart. I have an older daughter in a highly academic major and then a freshman in MT. They are equally demanding for sure! I am continually astonished by the amount of work, study, personal rehearsal, and practice my freshman puts in. Not to mention that the 16 hours they pay for is really 20 in class because dance is credited as 2 but is actually four and the same goes for voice. Can’t even begin to count the extra hours beyond that! My daughter was very lucky to have lots of AP credit, as I have no idea where she would fit in the non-major courses. All of these kids are absolutely amazing and inspiring.
@KnightGrad My personal favorite are the 0 credit classes! My S entered with APs and a year of college (he took 8 college courses his senior year of HS). He still needs to take a certain number of required gen eds the school requires (regardless of what he came in with) and, as is often the case for BFAs, the track is 4 years regardless. My D is struggling to figure out how to fit in her gen eds. She is working with the school to see what summer courses she could take at home this summer for credit at her college. She entered with NO APs so was not able to waive any gen eds.
@FourFoxes @owensfolks I just saw a post tagged #advancedweatherforever - My S is an advanced weather kid too I love the connections they’ve made and how they’ve supported one another in this whole process.
Re: thin letter from BW, got permission to open it. It is a letter confirming that S is still on WL. That was terrifying for a short while.