<p>@kategrizz I might be wrong (my brain is at capacity at the moment so some things spilled out), but I’m pretty sure greyhairedman’s son was rejected from Texas State, accepted lots of other places including CMU, and was considering CMU when Texas State called to reverse the decision. TX State was his son’s top choice all along, though, I believe. It’s chronicled on a CMU thread (I think it’s called something like Phone Calls? started in March of 2013 if anybody wants to read an entertaining doozy of a thread!)</p>
<p>There was also a student last year who was “reevaluated” by a school that rejected her after she won a large state scholarship. And, yeah I also remember Texas State rethinking that student after CMU accepted him. So, it happens. But. there are extenuating circumstances. </p>
<p>When we were at Rutgers this year for auditions a current student was telling an auditioning student this happened to her. I overheard it all because she talked loudly and it was a small room. Actually it sounded like Rutgers messed up several times in her process and was not a story she should have been sharing except with close friends! It made Rutgers look very bad and disorganized. The secretary for the drama department was sitting right there too. I hoped maybe afterwards she kindly told this student that the story isn’t the best way to represent the school!!</p>
<p>AsstToTheMT, I remember that story as you tell it. The young man was accepted into Michigan later too, from the waitlist, which he stayed on even after committing to TS. It was complicated and it seemed like he kept a lot of irons in the fire!</p>
<p>Okay no-one else wants to point out the obvious so I’ll do it.</p>
<p>That young man had a coach with a very well known inside track to Texas State and he had affordability issues at the very expensive schools that accepted him. Clearly he is very talented and good for him, but it strikes me as unlikely that a school with 4 or 5 boy spots would randomly go searching through there rejected pile without some outside prompting. </p>
<p>Well, @AsstToTheMT … You were right! I went and dug through the old threads. I remembered it wrong. His S was wait listed at UMich and eventually got the offer… But by then he had already accepted the Texas state offer (which was, indeed a rejection turned into an acceptance.) </p>
<p>@actingmt - coach or no coach the boy got in Michigan, CMU, Texas State and many others… He is extremely talented. My understanding is Texas State felt they needed someone of his type to round out their class. And they didn’t see someone like that on their wait list but they remembered this young man from his audition because he had made a strong impression. From the start, this young man had made an impression on them and he had made them aware how much he liked their program. Yes, this boy was well prepared by his coach for his college auditions. But he was accepted to many programs because of his talent. No coach can get a student into a school. The schools have plenty of applicants to choose from. What good coaches can do is help their students know how to successfully navigate the entire audition process before, during and after the auditions. Coaches are helpful. But grayhairedman’s son was accepted for his abilities, not for who his coach was.</p>
<p>Where did I suggest anything else? Surely, it is odd for a school to reject a student (not keep them on hold, reject them) and them randomly change their minds after he gets into every other top program on the planet. I’m sure they had no idea. C’mon. They made a mistake, realized it somehow, and corrected it. I’m not complaining, but it’s pretty clear what happened. </p>
<p>i’m so confused!</p>
<p>@actingmt - I’m sorry if I misunderstood your intent. I do agree it is unusual for any school to say no to a student and then turn around later and make them an offer. It did happen in this instance so it is possible, but not likely, whether you have a coach or not.</p>
<p>@kategrizz And I totally spaced on the entire UMich part of it all. </p>
<p>My son finally heard from Point Park today— The last hold-out. He’s now officially heard from all schools. Now comes the agonizing part-- Making a decision!!</p>
<p>^ Same here SU88BFA for Point Park. Onward!!</p>
<p>@SU88BFA: the decision part is the FUN part! Once your S clicks the accept button at one school, you will be surprised to see how quickly you forget about the rejections that hurt at the time. THen suddenly the family’s focus in on ONE place paying deposits and setting up housing. FUN! FUN! FUN!</p>
<p>Actually, we’re realizing that the decision making is the absolute hardest part! My son is fortunate to have several choices-- and he visited a few of them this weekend-- but now it’s just confusion at our house. Son plays it calm-and-cool, but I know inside he’s quite conflicted. (As am I, and hubby.) We’re giving ourselves 1 week to sort things out and he’ll hopefully make a final decision next week.</p>
<p>@SU88BFA same here he is very confused. We are visiting one this weekend and one next then decision time. Hoping that will be it then for us too.</p>