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It's midterm week. SO I'm writing a blog that has nothing to do with my AP Music Theory and English midterms tomorrow. Woo.
Oh, so the title is not saying this POST is subject to change, it's saying my LIFE is subject to change. This PROCESS is subject to change. Yeah.
Here's what happened with my applications that were due 12/1:
I wrote my BU essay in approximately 20 minutes and decided to audition on February 21st. As it turns out, the Theatre Arts program is really exactly what I'm looking for, and I already have 2-minute contemporary monologues I'm using for Emerson. And it's only 4 hours from my house. So it's day trip material. I can practically get home in time for work at 4.
Submitted to Northwestern (favorite supplemental essay I've written so far except maybe the Emerson one which asked what the title of your life story would be!).
Submitted to Brandeis (terrible supplement--it had good moments but I ran out of words so my concluding sentence was dumb as heck).
Submitted to NYU (pretty OK supplement...I got really really really excited about NYU as I was writing it and shook and cried with longing). And then a week later they e-mailed me to schedule my audition and the dates were less than convenient. See, they do weekdays. They really do weekdays at NYU. So, book really really early. I mean, it's understandable because they audition people from all over the country and do their Artistic Review Tour thing and end up taking a lot of people because studios. But yeah. The only audition date I could get was...dun dun dun dun....NEXT TUESDAY!!!
So I will be auditioning for Emerson in Boston on Sunday, taking the bus down to NYC, staying over at some place TBD (we have friends we are staying with next weekend during Unifieds but haven't talked to them about this weekend oop. Worst comes to worst I'll airbnb it), spending A WHOLE FREE DAY IN NYC (it's MLK day so I don't have school!) and auditioning for NYU Tuesday morning! This way I will only be missing one day of school, instead of auditioning the Friday before Unifieds or Monday after and missing two :) yayyy!
I technically don't even have to miss for Unifieds because--here's the subject to change part--Ithaca just e-mailed me saying they can't get the theatre management people down there so I have to come to campus! This means the first audition I will have is UArts at 3 on Saturday. So yeah, we can easily leave Friday night. [EDIT: I fucked up. My first scheduled audition on Saturday was totally NOT UArts. It was Webster, as you will see in the recap.]
Here's what else has changed: my intended major at American University. Here's what happened: Webster e-mailed me about a full-tuition scholarship opportunity when they accepted me. It involves writing an essay so I was like "nah." But my mom made me do it. Only if you get into the next round of people (30 from which they pick 5), you have to go to campus to interview. On the only audition date for AU. So if I get that I will also interview for their Theatre Studies & Dramaturgy major that weekend, and plan to major in Business and Entertainment with a minor in theatre at American.
Whew. There was a lot of stress surrounding that scholarship app because it was kinda due today and I kinda decided to do it today. I wrote the second-fastest essay of my life (BU being the fastest) and submitted A MINUTE before the deadline. I doubt I'll get the interview but we'll see. (That of course would mean flying to St. Louis...where they have an audition for MT the day before...but I'm auditioning at Unifieds...it's so complicated AGH.)
Here's what else has changed: I got into Indiana University academically! Yay! It's in, you know, Indiana, so I'm not sure how I feel but I did plan to go for the BA there originally so it's pretty cool. Somehow it is the first one that feels like a real acceptance. Which makes zero sense because it's not that hard to get into but oh well. I have options. I've felt like I have options pretty much since I got my SAT scores back in November. I'm very very lucky in that regard.
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