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Hi Button! Thank you for your reply! Yes, it does help . I would be honored to be told that I was a "finalist" or "waitlisted." I've heard from multiple sources beyond this thread that your chances are better of getting in and that they do take notice and remember those that reapply. In fact, I sort of blurted that out when they were asking me questions about what schools and why I was applying there... "Doesn't it usually take more than once to get in?" Of course, if they'd have me, I'm ready to go, but we all know the odds. Still I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all of us! Wouldn't it be the coolest coincidence if several of us got in together?... might as well dream about it anyway . Thanks everyone for posting; I'm learning so much about the process. Let's all break legs!

I live in SD fairly close to USD and the Old Globe. I just got home and checked my mail, but nothing yet... so it doesn't mean anything yet. Still, I'm going to keep on hoping and enjoying this while I can. It will be nice to see someone post an acceptance to that program soon, even if it's not me!

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! Button and IMUnaware, glad if I helped put it in a positive perspective. I feel really good about this whole process. I'm hoping for good news, but if I don't I'm definitely trying again next year. If I feel disappointed, I'm going to allow it with no guilt-- after all that's the business we're going into right?--feelings! However, I also understand that not getting what you think you want is sometimes the universes way of saying that it's not the path for you at this time . Hey, I was wondering for those of you that got on the "Wait list" or were "finalists" for USD, how did you find out? Did they mention that in the letter they sent you? Thanks!

Hello Kindred Spirits! I called the office of Graduate Admissions at USD today. They said that they were told that they wouldn't have the names until next week... there's lots of ways to overanalyze that to be either good or bad. Thankfully, I got too busy at work to call the other numbers listed. I'm torn between hearing word naturally or taking action and getting it over with. I'm sure this weekend, I'll have a few moments of wishing I'd called every number listed until I got a definitive answer. However, I'm going to spend most of this weekend simply embracing this ride. I have grateful moments and I have some pessimistic moments. It's a mixed bag of nuts and that's life. Right now, I'm feeling pretty darn chill, but I've had moments of hyper-focusing on it to the point that I spent time looking up previous notification dates to calculate the most likely day of the week they'd call: It's Wednesday. I'm sure some of you have done that too and if not, I'm going to have extra-long sessions with a therapist. The bottom line-- is anything concrete? NO Are we about to find out soon? YES! If you think about it, this is the time to enjoy the excitement of NOT knowing. Now, don't start wishing to give me a "super wedgie" before thinking about all the fun you had looking forward to something as a kid. For me it was shaking the boxes under the Christmas tree and wondering what's inside. When I look back on it now, the feeling of anticipation was better than anything on the inside-- shoot, I sure don't have any of that stuff I got or even remember most of it for that matter. What I do have is the memory of feeling excited. So that's what I'm going to embrace this weekend. I only applied to USD, which is why I'm sharing this with all of you. I'm sure if I'd applied to more schools I would have been fried from analyzing my chances and forgetting to enjoy the excitement that's part of this experience. Curlygirl, thank you for the advice-- Will, I say to hell with waiting and call USD on Monday... maybe . Right now, I'm glad we're sharing in this together and that if you still want to give me a wedgie-- that I can't feel the virtual kind! Thanks for listening everyone!

Thank you everyone for contributing. I can't wait to hear the news come in! It helps to know that there are others waiting and feeling the same as you do. I'll be so excited for anyone that gets an acceptance and anyone that doesn't, well we can be in this together next year. I'll be applying to even more programs next round, so would really appreciate the sharing and commiserating!

Hey all! Congrats on getting through auditions! Now there's just the waiting game. This was my first year applying and I only applied to one program- USD Old Globe. I was figuring this is a test run and I'd apply to 3-4 acting mfa's next year and 2-3 playwriting programs. I was wondering how the rest of your auditions went? They were so nice at mine, it threw me off a little at first . However, overall it went better than I expected. They are genuinely nice people. I've heard othet places aren't as pleasant to audition for...