Looking at last year, kids were still getting offers till end of April!!!
My daughter got a rejection and it was within 3 days of NY Unifieds, so it could be any time. The school from which she was rejected (she knew it wasn’t a good fit going in) had rolling admissions though - so that may be why she heard so quickly.
@4gsmom was that this year or a previous year for your daughter?
This year.
That’s good that they responded so quickly so that she can move on. Best of luck on with your other schools!
How are you notified (time-wise) when you do a walk-In at unifieds for a school that you haven’t formally applied to yet?
Depends on the school I think. My D heard right away from one, heard from one they were still discussing the walk-ins, and the rest she was told March.
@BarbaraD - I would think if you haven’t applied you wouldn’t hear anything. After all, you are not in “official” for the school until you submit an application- so you wouldn’t be a part of the notification system. But to be fair- I have no direct experience, my D didn’t do walk ins
I guess I should clarify- D was told to inquire about where she was in regards to the walk-ins- then she would know whether or not to apply- if that makes sense.
Last year, my S did a walk in and then was contacted and asked to apply. He did not apply so he heard nothing further.
D had two walk-ins last year where she heard that at the auditions and again that evening via emails that she would be admitted artistically, and so she was encouraged to apply. Two other schools strongly encouraged her to apply at the auditions, but did not give any indication of her artistic standing. Obviously, she was admitted to the first two; she was ultimately waitlisted at one of the latter and rejected at the other.
I did a couple walk ins this week but am hesitant to toss in more money and apply to the schools until I know my artistic standing. Some of the walk ins, and scheduled auditions, they auditors said hi had me do songs/monologue then said thank you and that was that. Of course it’s unsafe to assume what that means but considering they didn’t ask any questions or encourage me to apply, it doesn’t seem like it would go anywhere if I did. Perhaps they had really good poker faces and just wanted to get through people.
It would be nice if like a week or two after the audition the would let us know how we stand artistically so we can decide to apply to the school.
D had two schools encourage her strongly to apply from unifieds. She did so after. Two others told her to apply but she didn’t get the feeling they were being more than nice. One gave her nothing.
Haven’t heard anything yet from the two applied to.
@ParachuteBoy, put yourselves in the shoes of those schools where you do a walk-in for a second. Here comes a student who apparently did not think highly enough of their program to apply and schedule an audition, for whatever reason. They are, if you will, an afterthought. If you were REALLY interested in the program, you would have applied and scheduled an audition, right? Because you cannot afford to assume you will get a walk-in to a favorite program.
Except for the rare cases of on-the-spot acceptances, I can’t imagine a lot of schools would happily pass a bunch of walk-in kids artistically (before they see all their other choices) because they know that before the walk-in audition, their school was not really anywhere on those kids’ lists. If you did a walk-in, and fell in love with their program, let them know. Send an email or a note and tell them…if they liked you, AND they know that you are really interested in their program, I think they might be more likely to let you know whether you should apply or not.
Thanks for the advice.
I would figure they have at least some positive consideration toward walk ins because that’s why they would be advertising free walks ins on posters and signs. What you are saying makes since though and I plan on emailing because I do have genuine interest in the school after the walk in.
^^^ Yes, definitely let them know! And if it is a matter of cost of applying that is holding you back, maybe ask them if they can waive the fee? The more interest you show, the better, and applying definitely shows interest! Break legs.
Yes I agree with you monkey13. I am just skeptical that a school advertising free walk ins would have much negative prejudice against the people that took them up on the offer.
I agree @ParachuteBoy … Why on earth would it be looked at as negative to do a walk in if they are offered? You just may not have had that school on your radar before etc.
Again, I have no experience with walk-ins, but I would imagine it would be smart to show interest in them (by applying, or at least emailing etc) rather than expect it to just fall into your lap. The school might be thinking - “if the kid liked us they would be getting in touch…” Right now the burden is on the applicant- while different schools attract different types of applicants, I don’t know if there are any BFA programs who can’t get people to fill up their spots
I get it that it seems like the BFA process is an endless $$ drain - but if you like a program, not applying until you hear from them (unless they told you to wait) seems penny wise and pound foolish. JMHO
I didn’t say the walk-in schools are prejudiced against you. But they do know where it’s at. They know you were a walk-in, which means, for whatever reason, their school was not on your radar when you applied to schools and scheduled auditions. So, as @toowonderful said so eloquently, it would be smart to show them that you are interested rather than expect it to fall into your lap. Remember, this was all in response to @ParachuteBoy saying he wished the walk-in schools would let them know you were in artistically before you decided whether to apply or not. That, actually, would give the walk-ins an advantage over the people who took the time to apply and make the conscious advance decision to audition for this school. They aren’t being told whether the school is interested in them artistically before they apply. (I think, 3 years ago, Otterbein was the only school on my D’s list of 16 that told you NOT to apply until you had heard whether you passed the prescreen. Not sure if they still do it that way, but I think most schools make you apply before you get your audition.) So I guess my response is twofold: 1) why should walk-ins get an advantage over regular applicants; and 2) it is smart to show them you are interested (by applying) if indeed you are interested.