@yellahamma - was your D accepted ED? So studio assignments are not released earlier for ED and EDII applicants? May be important info for future readers to know if that is the case.
NYU website has been updated, kids aren’t getting studio placements till mid may
Yes. D was accepted ED, @NYDreammom, and Studio placement was not issued at the time.
So @MTMomma13 points out that the website says studio assignments will be emailed mid-May. Since that’s a big switch from prior years she’s going to have her daughter call and confirm. I hope for everyone’s sake that the studio assignment process hasn’t changed that greatly this year. 
I know this view will be unpopular but except for those students specifically looking to only study MT (in which case, it would probably have been best to audition for MT only rather than all studios), I can understand why NYU does not feel that they need to release studio placement before a student needs to commit. The student is supposed to be committing to Tisch, not to a particular studio. The school is the one with the expertise in placing students where they feel they fit and will grow the most, what do our students know about what the best place for them is in terms of studio training? My D was placed in Playwrights Horizons. It was absolutely not the studio she would have selected nor was it the studio she wanted. She couldn’t see how she fit in there at all. Well, it turned out NYU was right! She grew and thrived and learned in ways she didn’t know was possible. And except for maybe one or two students in her freshman class, everyone felt the same way about their studio placements. So, if your student wants the excellent training that is offered by Tisch in all and any one of their studios, trust the process.
@jbtcat - I just typed a very similar response on the MT thread. Even with reading the curriculum or visiting - it is HARD to know the difference between Playwrights vs ETW vs Adler vs Meisner etc… until you are there. I think it’s why NYU put everything together as “all studios” in the first place. So the question becomes “do you want to study at NYU” vs “do you want to study at X studio”. Also remember - it is INCREDIBLY common for students to study at more than one studio during their years there. (My D did 3 placements). You build a foundation for 2 years - then you have opportunities to explore. that is not something you find at many other BFA programs where you are LOCKED into one curriculum
Though, in all fairness - this would have really stressed me in 2014 - so I totally get it. If they were planning change, I think NYU should have told auditioners this up front. Not that my opinion matters…
I totally agree this should have been in big huge bold letters on everyone’s acceptance letters. Honestly feels like a bait and switch and that’s unkind after all the stress of applications. I hope everyone that takes Tisch off their list because of no Studio assignment calls the School and lets them know why. It will be a favor to next year’s applicants.
@jbtcat, I respectfully disagree, and here is why. It’s up to parents and students to decide what factors are most important for them in choosing a school. If the specific curriculum or style of acting technique is important to them, that’s their right. Given how much money we pay for these schools, I think it’s only fair for them to have all the information available before making their decision.
I do agree that NYU should not have made this change to apply to students who have applied this year. Going forward, students can choose to apply knowing that they will have to accept not knowing their studio placement. I also think that this makes clear the type of student Tisch wants to attract: they want students who are open minded and willing to take risks. Not every student is like that and that’s okay. If a student feels they want to know what acting technique they will study or what a specific curriculum is, they have every right to make a decision based on those factors. I think this change might help in the process of students choosing where they will feel most comfortable.
As already stated, I think this was badly handled (esp in terms of timing) by NYU. But Kids do check “all studios” when they apply… shouldn’t they mean it?
@toowonderful , IMO, checking “all studios” means that you would like to be considered for all studios. It isn’t a guarantee that you will go to Tisch over every other school regardless of which studio it is. That’s like saying that if a school has both a BFA And a BA and you indicate you would like to be considered for both, you should be willing to commit to the school without knowing which one you got into.
Well that “check box” only pertains to MT applicants, anyway. If the admissions folks gave the same spiel this year as they gave last year they said checking all studios wouldn’t hurt your chances of MT but opened up the chance of an Acting studio if you were turned down for MT. If they wre honest this year and told MT applicants “if you DON’T check this box and you’re admitted in April you’ll know it’s for the MT studio, if you DO check it you’ll have to commit to NYU to find out where you’re placed” they would have MANY less “All Studio” applicants. And from what I can tell, the MT applicants outnumber the Acting applicants - in the past NYU has gotten a lot of Acting students from that check-box.
@actorparent1 - of course not - “I will go to NYU no matter what” would be ED. But they don’t offer the option to say “I am only interested in Adler and Strasberg Studios” for a reason. While AGAIN saying that I think they handled this in a LOUSY way - I think there is merit to the idea that they understand their studios and fit far better than the parents/students do for placement. And every studio has merit. After all, there isn’t just one way to learn acting… otherwise every program would be teaching the same thing…
@CaMom13 - I agree, and wouldn’t be surprised if that is exactly what NYU wants… a smaller number of people who are trying for multiple bites at the cherry by checking all studios - but only REALLY want MT
But a. the All Studios option only pertains to MT and b. the parents are paying for the privilege of sending their kids to NYU. It’s not unreasonable that they would want to know what they’ll be studying. For goodness sake… at other schools you can sit in on lessons, meet teachers, shadow students… and at NYU an applicant is supposed to commit without even knowing the curriculum? SMH.
Well it’s a weird way of gettting it @toowonderful - all they’d have to do is accept MT applicants only to NSB Then all the MT wannabes who didn’t get in would go elsewhere.
@CaMom13 - I have ZERO knowledge on what NYU’s reasoning here is… like you in earlier posts, I figured this was a rumor until today. Just thinking “out loud”.
If I had to guess, I’d say a NYU was tired of placing all sorts of kids who ended up not going. Then, they maybe had imbalances if they got more rejections from students in some studios than in others. This new process enables them to only place students who are committed so it results in much less work for them. They don’t seem to think their students will go elsewhere.
I think you have to look at MT separately than the acting studios. There should always be a decision on the MT studio by mid-April. If the student doesn’t get into MT, but was still accepted for Acting, then and only then should they be in the same boat as the other acting students who do not get to know. I can see this as not being a big deal (for the acting kids) after this year once it’s a known expectation. But I honestly think they’ll lose their most talented MTs with this.
This decision will force students to check MT only if that’s all they want. So the yield will probably go up overall, because those who check all studios will have to want NYU regardless of placement. I guess this is what they are shooting for. Plus it will be easier on an administrative level. People will have to research all the studios and accept that they’d take any of the options at NYU vs. going to another school all together. D graduated from Steinhardt as a VP major with s concentration in MT. They are assigned their studio placement ( voice teacher) the first week of school. Students generally are expected to stay with that voice teacher all 4 years. It is a whole process if you want to switch.
I can understand why they are doing it so that they can consider placements only for students who are attending. However, I still much prefer how they used to ask applicants for a studio preference during the audition, which forced kids to do some actual research.