hello friends! i am the student and here is my process!
context: i am a high school senior who started doing musical theater my freshman year, even though i had been dancing since i was 4. i started taking private voice lessons my freshman year and worked with a private audition coach (no big companies like cap or moonifieds). i am also very much an academic; i love to learn and i’ve been fortunate that i’ve always done very well in school. i go to a performing arts magnet program at a public high school in a decent-sized city and i “major” in both dance and musical theater.
all BFA mt unless noted!
schools applied to: baldwin wallace (BM mt), ball state, cornish, ithaca, liu post, nyu (BFA drama all studios), ohio u, roosevelt (mtd), syracuse, texas state, uab, uarts, ccm, u miami, wright state (acting and mt), rider, rutgers (BFA acting), elon, pace, penn state, uaz
prescreens passed: roosevelt, syracuse, texas state
did not pass prescreens: ithaca, ccm, rider (ended up auditioning for acting instead at chicago unifieds), elon, pace, penn state, uaz
straight to live audition: baldwin wallace, ball state, cornish, liu post, nyu, ohio u, uab, uarts, u miami, wright state, rutgers
final results!
nope: syracuse, texas state (ow), baldwin wallace, ball state, uab, u miami, wright state, rutgers
waitlist: ohio u, rider
yes(!):
roosevelt mtd
liu post mt
cornish mt
nyu drama all studios
uarts mt
a little narrative:
after not passing seven prescreens, i ended up throwing in a few more applications and doing some walk-ins at unifieds. i honestly wasn’t as hurt by the rejections as i thought i would be, possibly because my first decision to arrive was liu post, which was a yes, so no matter what other schools said i was going somewhere. except for texas state. as the process went on, they emerged as a clear frontrunner, so hearing a no from them was more painful than the others.
final decision:
nyu!!!
still a little scared as i have absolutely no idea what studio they will place me in, especially because my singing evaluation was shaky. my voice was exhausted that day and im unsure if my technique showed through. i decided to take the risk and commit without a guarantee for nsb. i hope that no matter what studio they place me in, ill be happy as new york city has endless possibilities, and there’s so much even just within nyu drama itself. so glad that even through a particularly rough admissions year, i walked away happy and with great offers. best of luck to everyone!!!