<p>I had to cancel my audition for NEC because of all the flight cancellations last week and I won’t be able to make it to NEC if at possible.
So the faculty told me to send in a tape if it is impossible for me to arrange a different date for auditions. And so I was wondering, what are the chances I will actually get “accepted” with the snow tape?</p>
<p>Auditioning via any type of media never affords you the same chance as a live audition.Your personality can’t shine as brightly as it might in person and there’s no “connection” when you’re not in the room with the panel.
But, there is no one here who can offer you odds, one way or another, any more than we could give you the odds on an “in person” audition since we have no idea of your abilities. Assuming that you are of the proper caliber to make admission to NEC a realistic goal, know that a lot of others were negatively impacted by the snowstorms and resulting cancellations too. If NEC has offered you an opportunity to be heard at another time and you are seriously interested in attending the school, then I would do anything possible to get there for an “in person” audition. If you can’t or won’t do that, then do sent them the very best recording possible, in the format which they have requested (I’m saying this because you used the word “tape”, which may just be a generic term you use, but I don’t think NEC will accept anything other than a DVD or CD), and sit back and wait- you can’t be the only one doing this, so I’m sure that they will make the best decisions possible under the given constraints. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>Is there no way at all you can get to Boston? I don’t know where you are now, but there is no snow in Boston right now that would prevent travel. </p>
<p>I wish you a lot of luck. Try for the best tape, and if you’re still amazing, they’ll still take you!</p>
<p>From what I see, NEC will only accept DVDs and they have this on their web site, relating to cancellations:</p>
<p>Applicants who cancel an audition for documented unforeseen difficulties (e.g., illness, inclement weather, injury) may request placement on a waiting list should audition openings occur at a later time. However, due to the large number of scheduled auditions, few openings usually occur.</p>
<p>This being written, if they have offered you a change to be heard in person, the school is going above and beyond what they are required to do, so if you are really interested,it is in your best interest to move all obstacles in your way and get to Boston!</p>
<p>I don’t have any experience to add here, but I’m jumping in with a bit of logic: Everyone experienced the same snowstorm. There will be those that will send DVD’s and then there will be others that will jump through hoops to work out anything to get back to Boston. If you are being compared to another student with equivalent talent, which one would you want to be?<br>
Give it your best shot. If you absolutely can’t get there, then make sure your DVD is breathtaking. Good luck!</p>
<p>DD got into a top program as an undergrad with a CD. She just sent in another copy of her prescreening CD along with one new piece that demonstrated her best work.
The snafu was not weather related. She had originally gone to a regional audition and the adjudicator had recorded over her audition.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the reply.
I called them the minute the plane was cancelled, and they said if you absolutely cannot come to other audition dates, then do send in a CD.
Since I couldn’t get any of the refund for the plane tickets and hotel fees, my mom decided not to support me for another schedule 
So I will have to send in a CD.</p>
<p>Why couldn’t you get a refund for the plane cancellation? Usually, for a change fee, they’ll let you rebook.</p>
<p>Plane cancellations: Unfortunately, change fees are often $150, then you have to pay the difference in the cost for the new ticket, which can be substantial, especially if the first ticket was bought well in advance. This can easily total more than the original ticket!</p>
<p>Airlines have different policies, but here is a link to the regulations re. the Big Storms:
[The</a> Big Snow Storm: If You Were Supposed to Fly, Act Now!](<a href=“http://rickseaney.com/2010/02/10/the-big-snow-storm-if-you-were-supposed-to-fly-act-now/?utm_source=A+Note+from+Rick+Seaney&utm_campaign=69a21de5aa-ANoteFromRickSeaney&utm_medium=email]The”>http://rickseaney.com/2010/02/10/the-big-snow-storm-if-you-were-supposed-to-fly-act-now/?utm_source=A+Note+from+Rick+Seaney&utm_campaign=69a21de5aa-ANoteFromRickSeaney&utm_medium=email)
ALL of them waived the change fees, and I would strongly suspect that the hotel would have done the same.The hotel should have been notified as soon as it became clear that the plane was not going anywhere, but the large chains were not charging customers who were not able to make it due to weather. wktk222, did one of your parents attempt to handle the rebookings for you? If not, I wonder if this was a case of the " powers that be" brushing off a young person? Given the info in that link, you were definitely allowed to rebook, but it might have had to be within tight parameters.</p>