PitbullLady

Thanks so much @theatrebythebaygirl & @Eccyclema!!! @theatrebythebaygirl Did you go out to Austin for their finalist interview? If you did, how did it go? UT Austin was definitely my first choice and I was so bummed to have not made it to the finalist round But I'll be crossing my fingers for you! I think someone mentioned in a previous post that Alabama had made an offer to someone (I don't know if the person that got the offer took it or not). Sending everyone love during this terrible waiting period ❤️

@LRI160 Congrats on Brooklyn College! I LOVE NEW YORK CITY MORE THAN ANYTHING!! Not sure if you already live here or are going to be moving here from somewhere else...But if the city is new to you, I would be happy to share any NYC info with you (places to live, eat, go/see, etc.!) and hey if you are here already let's get together for lunch or drink or something...Directors Unite! And of course this is extended to all of you lovely humans - if you are in NYC (living here or visiting)...Let's get together! We can chat about all the craziness of this ridiculously hard process!

Hey Friends! So here is my update... About a week after my "follow up" call with Iowa, I was given an offer to join their program and was given until March 2 to say yay or nay...Which was a little tough as I was still waiting to hear back from Indiana. I finally did hear from Indiana and was asked for a 2nd interview via Zoom with the faculty, initially saying they wanted to schedule it on March 10th...Our email communication was very spotty, as in many times I was left waiting with no response or information for extended periods of time. I tried to "check-in" as often as I could without feeling like I was being annoying, since time is definitely of the essence right now...I ended up getting an email late last night saying that the faculty voted to offer the spot in the program to someone else - before even going through the process of giving me a 2nd interview. *smh* Thankfully I had already accepted the offer from Iowa and didn't miss out on that opportunity, but I'm still a little baffled by Indiana's recruitment/application/interview/communication process. I'm excited about Iowa and especially excited to meet the other 3 directors chosen - if any of you lovely humans are going to be attending Iowa with me in the Fall please let's get in touch...This New Yorker knows ABSOLUTELY NO ONE in Iowa or the Midwest so please please let's be friends!!! @Eccyclema I am SO sorry about FSU that is insane! Did they fly you out to Florida or did you have to pay for that flight out of pocket? Whoa, I would have been so extremely pissed off about money and time wasted - how rude of them, I feel like if they knew this beforehand they should have, at least, told you so before you flew out there. WOW.

@TheatreGuy123 Congrats! I know the waitlist must sting a little bit, but man you're super close and must have impressed them a lot!

Thanks for the info @TChicagoS!!! (I didn't apply to Illinois so I have no info on that, sorry)

Congratulations @FraggleRock on making it to UT Austin's finalist round - that is exciting! Did they say how many people they were inviting to visit the campus?

@LittleViking131 I had my Zoom interview last week and then yesterday was asked to have a follow up call with a few additional questions. I was told at the end of the call that they were very close to making decisions and would be making offers soon, so @TChicagoS could very well be right about them making offers but it must have been like yesterday or today...

@LRI160 Yeah I got the same Austin email today as well and I too thought, "Well, that was a kind 'no' " But yeah to say that I'm sad about it would be an understatement. @TChicagoS Damn Iowa offers happened - when did that occur? Was that today or yesterday? I had a follow up call with them yesterday, thought maybe that was a good thing - but I guess Iowa is not in the cards for me. Has anyone heard anything from Boston?

Hello New Friends! So nice to virtually meet you all And to know that I'm not alone during this crazy waiting period of constant email refreshing. #TheStruggleIsReal Little bit of info about my journey so far - I attended the NYC URTAs where I interviewed with Brooklyn College, University of Iowa, Florida State, Indiana University, UT Austin, Boston University, & UCLA ...After the URTA interviews I realized that Brooklyn College & Florida State were not right for me. I was asked for a second Skype/Zoom interview at Iowa & Austin. (No word yet from Indiana, however from our first interview Ansley said that he would begin reaching out probably the 2nd week of Feb.) Iowa said they will be making offers very soon and Austin said that they will be reaching out to Finalists by today(tonight?). UT Austin is my first choice program and I'm starting to get a little bummed out. I felt really good about my 2nd interview with them and was hoping to make it to the next final round. Has anyone heard from them???