@minicp Yes, I do know of a handful of “no’s” received for Shenandoah MT (including my D).
@mtdreamz Nexus is TSU’s summer musical theatre program.
Thanks so much @Divamamacita and @MTdreamz!
@MTdreamz Ball State (going to start putting this at beginnings of posts to clarify). I think BSU may have had a meeting on Sunday as well and started making calls on Monday. In any event, if it is the same as in years past, they will make acceptance calls and then let people know if they are on the WL. During my D’s year, it took a little time for the WL notifications to come out. Once we knew she was on the WL, we decided to revisit campus and my D sat in on classes and met with students and faculty. She let them know she was very interested. After that trip, she decided that BSU was her fit and she actually committed to the BA before being pulled up off the WL a few days later. This all happened toward the end of March for her. I think there were a handful of kids in her class who ultimately joined the MTO from the WL. Best advice, let them know you are still interested and then take a deep breath and a couple drinks and wait for everything to shake out. It is a trickle down game - kid who gets 10 offers can only accept 1, that leaves 9 open spots at the schools he declines etc. Unfortunately, this all takes time and programs don’t want to extend too many offers and have too big a class. It is maddening, but it really works in the end. I have said it before - it is just a really slow version of the sorting hat from Harry Potter.
@NewMTDad — this is what post-grad life is all about: audition lines before dawn; hoping for a callback; working as a waitress, walking dogs, doing odd jobs to make the rent; constant rejection mixed (hopefully) with moments of sheer joy; looking for subletters because you booked out of town; having a nomadic lifestyle because the gigs can be anywhere - and loving every minute!
@Divamamacita all initial calls were made the first week in March last year, and several of the kids in the freshman class are off the waitlist. But you are correct - all you can do is wait! I do agree that visiting if you are the waitlist is a good idea there - one girl got called in her hotel that night after her visit!
@Divamamacita I think they try to get out notices in time for people to come see the show! LOL I think I will be there opening weekend
My D who is only a junior but has friends in this years class , a girl she went to CMU with last summer got a call for UM MT tonight, not sure what time but my D found out at 9:30PM EST hope that helps someone?
@2019wolves LOL wouldn’t we all! They were siblings and someone they found at a summer camp.
@mtmom3girls so sorry- that was for someone else.
@typhanileigh she auditioned at IWU last weekend and was called last night
UM MT Decisions are up on the portals!
@MTDramaMama Sad day in our house… lots of hearts broken today, but we are looking forward to a new day tomorrow!!! Lots of amazing schools on D’s list that we haven’t heard from yet.
@MTDramaMama I am so sorry! This process can be rough at times. But these kids do great at mourning and moving on. My D has only had no’s so far. She did great until she got the redirect from the program of her favorite audition. But it’s onward and upward now!
@MTmama42 I’m sorry. there are a lot of schools and room for everyone. you are just waiting for the relief of knowing what is happening next. it’s the lack of control of their own destiny that’s hard to handle, but it’s almost over - be hopeful and positive! your kids will learn and grow where they feel wanted and appreciated.
Wow…sadness in our household tonight. S has already received some absolutely wonderful offers, but the news on the UM portal was pretty hard to take. Here is the trick…not necessary because he only dreamed of attending there, because he truly has other wonderful options, but because everyone around him just “expected” that he would get into that program and have the opportunity to attend there…even his teachers and the adults he works with on a daily basis. They all have been telling him all along that it is where he would be, and to not worry so much. Knowing he has to go to school tomorrow with the information that he does not have that option any longer is daunting. I just have to try to keep reminding him that he is very fortunate to have what he does, and that he has a number of schools he still has not heard from, and that his resiliency in the face of temporary sadness and adversity will help him overcome. Tomorrow is a new day…but tonight is very hard. As a mom…I truly HATE this process with every fiber of my being! Oh well…hugs to all!
@luvbloominroses I’m so sorry he is hurting (my D too - really hard night for her). Tough news, for sure. Umich was the top school for so many kids, but to hear from his peers and teachers they just knew he would get in must be the worst! Sending hugs back to you and your boy. On to a new day… and the next yes… and all those wonderful choices he has! He will land right where he’s supposed to be and a year from now he will be so thankful!
@luvbloominroses Same thing in our house last night. Lots of disappointment. But these programs are so competitive. There is never any sure thing. For a program like UM, I’m surprised that your son’s advisors would have given him that much certainty. Still a few left to go. Just grateful to have what we have. Good luck with the remaining ones!
@luvbloominroses so sorry that he is hurting. Hopefully he can grieve and move on to see how many amazing schools he can choose from. I remember seeing that he got into Texas State. D attended Nexus this past summer and it is an AMAZING program. Kaitlin and the staff are so incredibly talented and nurturing. I can’t believe how much my daughter grew as a performer in 2 short weeks. Unfortunately, she didn’t pass the pre-screen (TSU has a girl who sounds, acts and looks so much like her who is a sophomore, so we knew she wouldn’t). Kaitlin softened the blow personally and still found my daughter at Unifieds every day to give her hugs and ask about her auditions and Unifieds experience. Kaitlin also sent a personal email to her Nexus kids that auditioned at TSU to tell them wherever they landed they are always part of the Bobcat family and offering to help them with the decision process if they need it. If my child had received an offer to TSU I would tell them to run and accept it immediately 
But that is just me…lol!
@luvbloominroses if the high school classes of the future could take away something from this forum (other than getting their applications in as early as humanly possible to secure their audition spots), it’s your experience, which is extremely common. So many of our kids are so talented and our family members, community, friends, and teachers constantly tell them that they’ll get in to any school where they apply. With acceptance rates in the single digits and thousands of kids applying, the odds just aren’t there. This is my third kid going through the college audition process and there are very few kids who are going to have unlimited success in this process. But I also want you to know that, after the heartache wears off, your son will bloom where he’s planted. One of my kids bought me a sign that says that because I say it so often. 
My older two are actors and they ended up in amazing programs that were so perfect for who they are as people and as performers that they can’t imagine having gone to the schools they originally thought were ‘the ones,’ so As stressful and heartbreaking as this whole thing is, I trust that my MT ‘baby’ will feel that way too. And so will yours <3