<p>The only two negative observations I recall from the audition season with regard to students…</p>
<p>I observed something the OP mentioned and that was at one school, the waiting area was near the audition rooms. Some of the auditionees went right up to the door to listen to others’ auditions. </p>
<p>The more bothersome observation that my D told me about was at one highly regarded program where she spent some time visiting twice (once was the audition day itself) and spent a lot of time with the current MT students outside of auditioning, was that when she told them she was applying to NYU, her top choice, they bashed the school a LOT and told her not to apply. I thought that was in bad taste and I could not imagine my own kid doing that. Why bash a school? If it was not one that appealed to you, don’t apply then. Why bash it to others? My D ended up at NYU and she loved it and it is not for everyone (these other students obviously hadn’t attended). </p>