southerndancemum Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 In total shock... DD got recall Can't take it in. So sorry to all the not yets... And remember that's what they are. We started this journey with a no for JAs in yr4... Not even the 'try again next year' that everyone else seemed to be getting xx 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieNora Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 WOW in shock my DD has made WL Year 7 Finals! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreverdrivingtodance Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Southerndance mum did your DD make JA's eventually?? well done to all the 'yes' decisions your kids must be over the moon, just to even experience white lodge at all!! & strongly believe you just have to keep perservering in this ballet world & all the 'no's' maybe a yes is their fate at another time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Huge congratulations to your dds Auntie Nora and southerndancemum. I remember your DD's journey last year AN as I think she was in the audition after my dd's and I've also been reading about SDM's dd's experiences for a few years too (makes me sound like a stalker!!). So exciting for them ???? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southerndancemum Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Flowerpot yes she did eventually Thank you MAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreverdrivingtodance Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 That's great to hear!! when did she get in, we got SWL last year, so this is our last year to try for JA.We are quite late to all this.We got an associates place a YDA so she has been loving that, but would like to try again this year.Have increased ballet lessons & she now goes to a different teacher as just wants to do ballet.I know next year she will want to audition for White Lodge but it all seems so scary & unlikely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 DP as Hopeful said even though you only ticked MA'S they still invite those to final audition - if dc fit their criteria on the day and if they have places. Good luck for an MA place and try again next yr (you won't make the same mistake again). Enjoy your ballet for the rest of this year as the next 7 months will fly by and off we go again to stress city xx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieNora Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hi Stalker MAK! So sorry for your DD and all those that didn't make it this time. Much love to you all ❤ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Seems very quiet, hope there are some more yeses lurking out there from London ????. Feels like a long wait now to Mids results and probably more disappointment! It's almost a shame they can't do it as a two stage process and let anyone with a definite "no" know now, leaving a smaller pool to wait until the outcome of Finals. Oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 It is a long wait but all of our DC still have to be in this larger pool as yes for final can turn into a no for both WL and MA even sometimes ...very fast and a no for finals can turn into a yes for MA. So It is more like a deck of cards ♣️ all still mixed ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allnewtome Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 It was a no for my Dd. I'm presuming a no for MA's as surely those that got finals but don't get a place at WL will be offered the MA places?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) Not always ! Some get no for finals and yes for MA and the opposite not all the yes for finals who won't get WL, get MA Edited February 9, 2017 by Hopeful???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) I don't agree entirely Hopeful, although I do on most of your post ????. As RBS allows all applicants to audition there will definitely be some that they wouldn't consider for Mids regardless of the outcome of Finals. If my dd happens to be in that group she'd much rather be put out of her misery now. Allnewtome sorry to hear your result. I do know of dancers who have got into Mids without having been invited to Finals. Edited February 9, 2017 by MAK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) I agree with you now and your original post too... I made a different point that in a current system for us now as you said we simply don't know, so a yes can be a no in a bit and a no can be a yes for MA. So for now none of us knows and we all still can have a better or worse outcome .... the ones with a no now can end up with MA a yes for finals can turn into nothing ... I don't think panel even knows at that point as maybe some who made it to finals will show something that RBS decides on a second look not to get them even MA....everything is still open with MA ... in some extreme cases they maybe tell you a no for both and they won't and I agree it prolongs the wait for nothing but we have no way to guess Edited February 9, 2017 by Hopeful???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 One of my students JA friends got WL finals last year then a waitlist place for MA. I think quite a few got MA places from the waitlist last year, I know at least one got a no for WL finals, then got a place from the waitlist. There is absolutely no method in the audition madness. A yes to all the finals doesn't guarantee a place! I'm sure there was a lovely story recently of someone who got a no at the initial audition stages then was offered a place from summer school, think that was elmhurst? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Yes very true! Also, some dancers might take a place at another vocational schools leaving more opportunities for Mids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I don't agree entirely Hopeful, although I do on most of your post ????. As RBS allows all applicants to audition there will definitely be some that they wouldn't consider for Mids regardless of the outcome of Finals. If my dd happens to be in that group she'd much rather be put out of her misery now. Allnewtome sorry to hear your result. I do know of dancers who have got into Mids without having been invited to Finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I don't agree entirely Hopeful, although I do on most of your post ????. As RBS allows all applicants to audition there will definitely be some that they wouldn't consider for Mids regardless of the outcome of Finals. If my dd happens to be in that group she'd much rather be put out of her misery now. Allnewtome sorry to hear your result. I do know of dancers who have got into Mids without having been invited to Finals. I agree totally that in some VERY obvious to them NO for both they could send both and end up the horrible waiting:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I don't agree entirely Hopeful, although I do on most of your post ????. As RBS allows all applicants to audition there will definitely be some that they wouldn't consider for Mids regardless of the outcome of Finals. If my dd happens to be in that group she'd much rather be put out of her misery now. Allnewtome sorry to hear your result. I do know of dancers who have got into Mids without having been invited to Finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) I agree with you Mak on the definite obvious to them NO ... I speak from parent perspective as it is now, WE have no way to guess now... and I get it and totally agree with your point that it would be so much better if a complete helpless No for both was send soon after audition as he wait is so horrible ...what I think for us now because the system is like that, we now have no chance to guess and all are still for surprises bad or good! Edited February 9, 2017 by Hopeful???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I think we will see a lot of happy shocked messages down the line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Bluebird you are correct. An MA was offered a place at Elmhurst post summer school once the term had started. I also know of a WL finalist that wasn't given an MA place initially, then once all the offers had been accepted/refused, 3 dc i know were offered an MA place. Xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 MA places are very dependent on where the spaces are rather than necessarily who got finals etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 remember too that not everyone you auditions for WL will apply for MA's as geographically it may be impossible for families! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletmum4ever Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 And some who apply for MAs may not have applied for WL.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbiemum Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Do some centres have more capacity to takes MA's than others ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 From a 12 year old student- there is 5 year 7 MAs at Birmingham. Not sure about anywhere else. The Birmingham MA is a mix of year 7/8/9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbiemum Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Thanks Bluebird22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MumToTu Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Hi congrats on all the yeses ???? And comiserations to all the no's. Re Mids, my dd did not get finals last year, and then got an offer of SWL for Mids and a WL summer school place, 2 weeks later she got an offer of a Mids place off the list after the 2 JAs who got offers WL accepted and I was told a girl who just ticked WL and got finals, got a Mids offer too and turned it down, so don't give up places become available for all kinds of reasons. I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you all. While it is a stressful time, after receiving her no last year, it was a bad time for dd as she also had entrance exams for secondary clashing very stressful. So she also had to make the hard choice between her gymnastics, she was also a national level artistic gymnast at the time and leave the club and team mates she had grown up with to focus rate more on her ballet to improve. Then finding her lovely local ballet school could only offer a couple of classes a week, sadly leave that behind too. A year of total transition. And almost burn out for her. Plus after leaving gymnastics too a huge growth spurt of maybe 4 inches on top of that lol. But a year on she is very happy, she was awarded a dance and sport double scholarship to a beautiful school. She adores her new dance school and is happy to be dancing every night now practically after school and I love having her at home. She applied again for y8 this year and again got a no, of course there were tears, but the next day it was forgotten about, it's better to have tried then to look back and think what if! Good luck everyone don't worry if it's meant to be it is I knew it's hard year all round for parents and children alike Xxx 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Good look to your DC Snowflake too! Was lovely to read about your experience - like looking into the future ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Can anyone share any experiences from the finals? Just very curios - read anxious ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 From what my student said last year on the panel, there was Mr Annear, a lady who taught there and 2 dancers (one male one female)? She said that one of the dancers was short and sat with a really stern face staring at them! They had a physio assessment where she had to try and get her knee to touch the wall. As her teacher I was able to get feedback from Mr Annear after the results were released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopeful???? Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Thank you Bluebird! You are such a nurturing teacher for your students .. i wish was possible to get a feedback and be aware of both: the ones DC can work on for the future and non workable ones as well ... Will be more helpful than " all the children who came were talented but the spaces are limited" kind of thing ... Nothing will stop my child to try over again:) but I think feedback would be so helpful .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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