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MTEast wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:06 am It’s very quiet here! Not degree or diploma - BTECH here, but I thought I’d reply since you aren’t alone. My daughter has her heart absolutely set on Emil Dale, so we are trying to gently talk about the benefits of the other options too! She does Associates and part time at EDA so has fallen in love. She’s autistic so I think the familiarity is also a factor. She has an open day in 14th Oct at Arts1 in Milton Keynes to see if that is ‘on the list’ and auditions for EDA on 24th and Stageworks on 12th Nov.

We’ve decided to go early for a couple of reasons - I figure if they are cohort casting at EDA as per their policy, she’ll do better if they haven’t already offered a place to someone similar to her. She’s absolutely miserable at high school at the moment, so I think having an offer and something to look forward to will help massively. She’s going to have to live away from home at 16, so the longer we have to prepare and make concrete plans, the better!

I am terrified!

Songs and monologue all ready so it’s just waiting now…

Where is your DC thinking of applying?

Lollipop1 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:08 pm Hi all, can I jump on please? I’ve lurked in the back ground for years but we’re now at a point of DS applying for MT degree/diploma and it would be nice to have a support network!! We’ve already visited Urdang and GSA both of which he loved as expected, went to LIPA today and if I’m honest we were both really unimpressed :-/
We went to a cdmt conference earlier in the year which I can absolutely recommend

MTEast wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:03 am Boring update from us, but my real life friends don’t get it, so….

Went to Arts1 open day yesterday and LOVED it. I think hubby and I may prefer it to Emil Dale, but H still says EDA is her top choice. Auditions for that are 26th Oct.

So 24th EDA
26th Arts1
12th Nov Stageworks.

Hopefully, by mid December, we should know if she has a place at any of those. I suspect that if it’s a no from all, we may need to gently steer her in another direction, but I am hoping it won’t be. She is prepped and ready to go. Final singing lesson and audition prep 1:1 on Monday and Tuesday next week and then she has done all she can.

I am terrified as, at the moment, there is no plan B, so I would really, really like her to get a place somewhere. Staying at school 6th from just isn’t an option for mental health reasons and the local college is terrible - kiss any plan of decent training goodbye.

Can everyone cross their fingers for her please. For her to show of her best in auditions and for results to come quickly so the waiting is over….

38ta wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:20 pm Good luck to her @mteast

I also get the other people don’t get it thing and it’s nice to share your stresses sometimes.

My ds applying for acting and mt degrees- people are being supportive by saying oh he’ll do great and get in no problem etc but I think that adds to the pressure. People just don’t seem to understand how competitive it is and nothing can really be predicted. I also think with some early rounds still being on tape it might be that you don’t even get to the in the room stage. He’s picking places with smaller intakes and realises it might not go his way and he’ll need to do it all again.

Oh and to add to that stress dd is auditioning to get into btec courses at the same time

biscuitsneeded wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:48 pm I'm a veteran of last year's thread (DS now at GSA doing BA Acting and very happy) but I wanted to hop onto this thread, firstly to wish all of you and your DC the very best for what can be an exciting, terrifying, painful and unpredictable journey, and secondly to say @MTEast that if your DD's applications don't come off, and you live anywhere near Cambridge, the performance school at Impington Village College is worth a look. The students can do BTEC performing arts alongside some IB options. Feel free to message me if you want to know any more.

biscuitsneeded wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:48 pm I'm a veteran of last year's thread (DS now at GSA doing BA Acting and very happy) but I wanted to hop onto this thread, firstly to wish all of you and your DC the very best for what can be an exciting, terrifying, painful and unpredictable journey, and secondly to say @MTEast that if your DD's applications don't come off, and you live anywhere near Cambridge, the performance school at Impington Village College is worth a look. The students can do BTEC performing arts alongside some IB options. Feel free to message me if you want to know any more.