My D is at her waitlist school as well
My daughter was on 5 waitlists last year and came off 3, was released from 1 and removed herself from 1 after she made a commitment to her top choice school. So waitlists are a very good thing!
Waitlist does mean they think you are of quality to be in their program. It is disappointing to not have a clear cut yes, but it means you are qualified in their eyes to be in their program. The kids that get waitlisted at Stanford or Yale are phenomenal students. An MT kid should feel the same.
^ditto on a happy kid about to graduate from her WL school. Didn’t commit to a program until April 28 or 29… the auditions are the easy part… it’s the next 2 1/2 months that are the hard part! D was one of the lucky ones to get resolution from both her WL placements before the end of April… many WL offers can continue to come throughout the summer. Wishing you all many distractions over the next couple of months… and lots of happy news!
@PaMTmom S auditioned at New York Unifieds, January 21, and just got a no last week. He saw it on the portal first then snail mail a few days later.
@kategrizz That sounds torturous! LOL. How can it go through the summer? I’m new to this and thought all schools needed to know by May 1st?
@PaMTmom We got a No from Penn State in the mail last week! My D auditioned at NYC Unifieds.
@MTplayer I think that sounds so hopeful for Wright State! Do you mind me asking when you auditioned there? My D auditioned 1/21. I am curious when we should start watching for mail- although I think they told the kids at the 1/21 audition it would be around March 1st? (rejections perhaps sooner than 3/1).
@savedrama4momma Thank you. We were also there on 1/21–that bodes well for your D if you haven’t heard anything yet!!
@mtplayer you commit to one of your non WL choices by May 1… and if you get a Summer call, you decide whether to stick with the plan you made on May 1… or you forfeit your deposit and accept the WL spot. I’ve known several CCers that switched decisions when that WL offer finally came through… and others that have fallen in love with the school they committed to, and decline the WL offer… it’s all personal choice.
@kategrizz Wow, what a process! Thanks for clueing me in. 
Guess we’ll buckle up for the ride!
Long time lurker (since DD decided sophomore year to go into MT in college) but first time poster. I have a question about scholarships.
DD is very fortunate to go to a high school that has an excellent showcase week with admission directors in attendance so she got a few acceptances and wait list notifications back in November. I went to a seminar late last year and this financial advisor warned against waiting too long to accept a schools offer as sometimes scholarships can go away. We have no choice in the matter as MT parents.
DD has a merit and talent scholarship at LIU Post, accepted to MT program.
Merit scholarship at UNC, accepted to MT.
Merit scholarship at Coastal Carolina, accepted as acting major/ waiting to hear about MT.
Merit scholarship at Point Park; waiting to hear about MT.
In addition to being worried about housing deposits since she was accepted into several honors program who want deposits NOW for honors housing, I’m also worried about possibly losing any scholarships. Is that a thing?
We want to see what kind of offers she gets after Chicago Unifieds before we commit but it’s still such a long haul!
And is it driving anyone else crazy that everyone is posting pictures of their non-MT kids committing to this school or that and knowing we don’t get to do it for quite awhile?
@fairlyoddmom - If you have scholarship notification in writing you should have until the deadline to accept. If you apply late, sometimes the scholarships might be gone but shouldn’t be an issue if they have already been awarded. Check the requirements on your award letters.
@savedrama4momma , my daughter auditioned at Wright State as well on Jan 21, and got a rejection letter at the end of the following week…so I think it is a good thing that you haven’t heard yet!
@mandidnam @MTiskillingme Thank you for your replies. I’m sorry to hear of the ‘no’s’
Interesting…I just was looking through paperwork and realized GMU wants $40 cash to be paid to their accompanist. Has any other school asked for that? That seems pretty steep. I wonder if they’d let students bring tracks.
Now that S is done all his auditions (23 in total though only ended up applying to 19), I am trying to come to grips with how variable this process is. Meaning: of those 23 auditions, he felt he delivered his absolute, unqualified best in two or three of them; near his best in several more; good in a few more; okay in a few; and “I wouldn’t accept myself” quality in about four of them.
@DramaMan I hear you! Add to that the variable of - “If our best 5 auditions were tall brunette bari-tenors, we can only take one of you”. Ugh. The parents who have gone before and said that the auditions are the easy part are so right. I am already obsessively checking CC and our shared college-ap email account even though I know we won’t hear anything for 2 weeks to 3 months depending on school. Agony…
@catznpigz I’m sorry your D got a no! Thanks so much for telling me this though! My D got different a rejection today from a school she really liked- so I’m trying to encourage her a little.
So this leads me to a question- if you get a “no” for BFA musical theater but they tell you in the letter about their BA degree, is that considered a “redirect”? If so…Have any CC members from last year had to decide between a BFA at a “safety” school that we are unsure about or a BA at a school she definitely loves? I guess we would need to research what the BA entails and what opportunities she would still have?
@savedrama4momma, she is well aware they are pretty much long shots, so luckily she is not the slightest bit phased. It helps that she is doing a gap year, which has really helped develop some perspective–she knows that there are many paths that would all work out fine. It ALSO helps that she has had one “yes,” so she knows she can go somewhere (and she liked the school, too).