@AnxiousNovice Did your D stick to 1 min. cuts for her Point Park audition or did she feel there was some flexibility in the timing? Thanks!
@Abutilon my S did Point Park yesterday and they didn’t cut him off for any of his pieces. In fact they asked for more stuff, which made him late for his next audition.
So I think for PP it’s more of a suggestion than a rule. 
@LadyMjolnir You are awesome! Thanks so much! Did he audition for BU? I have the same question about timing.
He has not auditioned for BU yet, so I have no idea. However, in general he has found most of the panels to be fairly laid-back about the timing of pieces, especially if they’re close but not quite 60-seconds or whatever. Even CMU didn’t mind the slightly longer cuts.
@LadyMjolnir were any of his cuts closer to 90 seconds? My D has one at 60 seconds and one closer to 90.
For music, most of his cuts are closer to 90 seconds. For monologues he has one that is over 60 seconds, but it hasn’t been a problem. It’s probably only 65 to 70 seconds.
Rider runs their MT auditions like the real world. At Chicago Unifieds, my daughter has seen/heard people get offers. She has seen people not make the cut/callback and be rejected as they arrived for the callback. It is a tough dose of reality and setting to get rejected considering they are going into other auditions. My D got the “we are interested in you” email when she got back to her room from Rider. Whatever that means…
My S was accepted to BU last year and his cuts were only a few seconds over what they requested.
@stagedoormama Yes, we learned the hard way that no callback from Pace BFA means you are out. What was confusing is that my D also auditioned for BFA Acting in Film TV etc and they did announce that for that program they do not do callback sheet so failure to get on the day-of callback sheet does not necessarily mean that you are out of contention for that program. We shall see, though I am not optimistic.
@Abutilon My D did her monologues for Point Park exactly as she did them for prescreens so I think she stuck to the 60 seconds. I know that some prescreens allow for 60-90 seconds but I think that she submitted all 60 seconds so that one tape woudl work for all of the schools. At least that is what I remember. It is all becoming a bit of a blur. I can ask her in the AM. I put her to bed at 9:30 again to try to completely beat back her illness (and she has an 8:00 am dace call).
We heard the same thing about the BFA FTVC program.
Just for info, for Pace (at Chicago) my D only auditioned for the Film/TV BFA and she did get the callback. I did hear them say Film/TV doesn’t necessarily do callback though. So like everything with this process, it is as clear as mud.
@BFAMom2024 Ugh. Thanks for the warning. Sounds as if no callback, while not a complete cut for Film/TV BFA, is not a good sign. I will start bracing my D for yet another No.
Webster - they say you may be asked to upload a dance video. If you aren’t asked, does that mean you’re out of the running? My DS auditioned in Chicago and they were super nice and asked him to keep them up-to-date with where the school stood in his ranking via email. But didn’t ask for a dance video.
@LyricalMom No, not out of the running. My D got into Webster last year and was never asked to upload a dance video. When Webster, Lara Teeter in particular, says keep them up-to-date, I believe they genuinely mean it.
@titlemom Thank you!
@titlemom We knew several people who got into Webster last year, and, though I don’t know if they were asked to upload a dance video, all of them were contacted by Lara Teeter (don’t remember if by email or phone call) to ask if they were still interested in the program. Was that true for you as well?
@Mtdreamin Yes. D was given Lara’s card in the audition room and asked to keep in touch. She had friends in the program, who said she should reach out immediately because Webster is big on communication. So she emailed Lara right away. Lara then followed up with her the same day, and checked in two or three other times leading up to the acceptance call to see if she was still interested.
A note to all that this is something they might want to be prepared for. Webster was not the only school to send out feelers about interest level.
Even when the faculty was really nice, and vocal about understanding the kids needed time to see their options, my D found those questions really stressful. She was worried the schools were wanting her to say “yes, if accepted I’d attend,” which she was not ready to do until she saw all her offers, visited the schools, saw the financial package, etc. She was concerned that openly saying she was interested but undecided would lessen her chances of admission. We encouraged her instead to go back to her list of the specific things she liked about each school, add in any new details from the auditions. So that if a school asked her if they were still high on her list (and she was indeed still interested) she could just say yes, and list the specific reasons why she liked the program. Being honest about the ways the program was a fit, without any kind of implied commitment. In the end, she was accepted to all the schools that asked. So I think the schools really were just checking more for program fit, not commitment and students should express interest but not feel pressured that they have to offer a commitment to get an acceptance.
Also, not all schools do that, so don’t panic if you get radio silence from a school. The school D now attends was zero communication in the time between audition and acceptance. They didn’t even respond to her thank you email until after she was accepted. After her acceptance though, they sent her a very kind, very long, response with highly specific details they saw in her audition that made them want to work with her. So silence doesn’t mean they are paying any less attention or any less warm.
Daughter auditioned for Manhattan School of Music in Chicago last weekend. Dance call at 9:30-10:30. Half the time was learning the moves, and the other half the kids performed in groups of 3. MSM said to bring pointe shoes if you had them. She and another girl brought theirs and did some moves on pointe.
After the dance call, there was an info session. MSM only takes 25 freshmen for MT, and they try to balance 50-50 with gender. They gave an overview of the program and then talked cost. Glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I heard the $72,000 price tag. Their average scholarship is half the $48,000 tuition, so even if she’d get the average tuition, she’d still be paying close to $50,000 a year.
After lunch, she did her monologue and two songs. She said the people were really nice. I doubt she will go there even if she would get in. Way too expensive.
To add to the Manhattan School of Music post - they made it really clear in the information session I attended that they really only give need based aid. So that means my son too wouldn’t be able to go even if he were to be accepted. We expect to hear a decision on Feb 24.