<p>If you have 22 on your list right now, you probably have a number of very similar programs, many of which have low admittance numbers. Having been through the process with my daughter last year (who ended up at NYU Steinhardt) I would recommend the following:
1. Make sure you have 2 safety, nonaudition schools whose programs you like and who you are sure you will be admitted into academically and can afford.
2. Narrow down your list to 12-14 audition schools. Make sure you have a balance of top name very selective programs, programs that admit a higher number of students, and smaller, more locally drawn programs.
3. Audition for at least 1/3 of your schools on campus and the rest at Unifieds. You could comfortably fit 2-4 per day at a Unifieds audition, depending on how much time each required. Some ask for 1/2 day. Feel free to call departments directly and ask how long their audition will take. Personally, I would not recommend walkins - as there are now enough preregistered students who carefully considered each school beforehand to fill daily quotas, and it is very time consuming to apply AFTER you have auditioned as a walkin.</p>
<p>Carefully examine each school’s program and find out how many are admitted each year (we were shocked recently to find out that this year Webster only admitted 3 female MT’s) and dig down into their program requirements to find out if they are what you want. Make sure that you would be happy to be admitted to ANY of the programs to which you apply.</p>
<p>Also, try to find out by reading CC which schools are generous with scholarship money, academically and artistically and use that info to balance your list. For examples, Hartt MT students are not allowed to accept scholastic merit scholarships, and they save up their $ to offer to the students they think will be in high demand. (as conveyed to us by department secretary) My daughter was offered zilch by them, but received $20,000 combined merit and artistic from NYU.</p>
<p>I would say that 22 schools is way too many to appy to, considering $ and time it would take to both apply and to visit ahead of time, which I HIGHLY recommend for those not being auditioned to on campus.</p>