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Actually the confirmation email said they would let us know by mid Feb at the latest. Also had heart failure at the RB marketing emails! 😂

Our video has also been viewed, for just over 5 minutes on Sunday, and then for 18 seconds yesterday! Seems others have had similar, the waiting is so hard! I guess any plans for finals can only be provisional anyway, until we know when lockdown will be lifted. Glad they’re trying to do it before the end of term though. 

7 hours ago, SJBallet said:

Does anyone know if you can change the pictures on the application for summer?

 

We are going to apply following a no for spring but the pictures do not show DD in her best light so would like to change them. 
 

When I go into the application it would let me delete them and add more but it also says you can’t change the photos once submitted. 
 

I don’t know whether to submit a new application with different email address. 
 

There would really be no point in using the ones for spring. 
 

ALSO, for age 10 can you only request one of the weeks? We could do either and aren’t particularly bothered which dates but it will only let me select one?

I would think you can change them, given that it’s essentially a new application, but I would contact the school to be sure. However, I wouldn’t assume a no for Easter would also mean no for summer with the same pics, as there are far more places available for summer. My dd had a place for last summer, but only got the wait list for Easter (different pics this year obviously). We’ve submitted for summer with the same pics, and also used those pics for the WL application (with the video of course!). 

56 minutes ago, Fairydust said:

Just checked RBS website; applications close 3rd Mar so hopefully won’t start issuing results until after that. DDs application isn’t in yet 😱

I think it must be an error then, but just double checked my email and it def says week ending 15/01/2021. It wouldn’t make sense to be before the closing date though. 

18 minutes ago, Fairydust said:

I thought the deadline was sometime early March ?

 

I’m not sure, I hadn’t even thought about that, my email just said results for London summer will be sent week ending 15th Jan. I was adding the application to our existing one for Easter, not sure if that makes a difference? Oh well, just wait to hear I suppose. 

Just wondering if anyone applied for the summer intensive this week? It said in the confirmation email that they’ll send results by end of the next week, this seems very quick, is this going to happen do we think?! 

35 minutes ago, ponklemum said:

I thought mine had a view and then realized it might have been me🙈😂

I did that! 😂 With You Tube, you can check how many unique viewers have viewed, where it says ‘Audience’. 

2 hours ago, Raquelle said:

I'm sure we have had a view on our video! Won't let me see how long which is good as I would probably overanalyse...eek...the wait begins! 

Oh gosh, I’ve checked ours quite a few times and no views as yet! Another thing to obsess over in between checking emails! 😀

5 hours ago, Niknik10 said:

For anyone on the waitlist, I have just given up my DS place. Given the current situation with Covid-19 and travelling from Scotland to London I just don’t think it’s going to happen. I’m absolutely gutted as this is now the second time he has missed out due to Covid.  Best of luck to everyone else and I’m hoping that maybe he can apply for summer and have a better chance of getting down there. 🤞🤞

Really sorry to hear this. My daughter also missed out on going last summer, but is on the waiting list for Easter. I can imagine it being cancelled yet anyway. Such a shame for these youngsters. 

I agree, I wouldn’t stress about these details, they will be able to see what they need to see. 

19 minutes ago, The red shoes said:

I wonder how they will run finals now we are pretty much all in tier4? Can’t imagine it will be in March at White Lodge like usual.. hope it’s not more videos 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

No, on the Zoom meeting, Chris Powney said he wouldn’t want to offer a place to a child without seeing them in person, so they will delay as necessary. Honestly though I would say if/when WL students are back at the school, they could hold auditions, perhaps just in small batches? 

Submitted ours on 31st Dec, what a relief! Also ended up redoing some bits a few times! The confirmation email said we should hear no later than mid Feb. Hoping it’ll be sooner though, the waiting is so nerve wracking! 

Yes true @coniger, and I suppose if they get to the final, they go to WL for that anyway. I just feel it’s hard for these young people to visualise what actually being there might be like, however much they love their dance. 

That’s interesting @Katniss The only thing I would say though is that year 6 JAs obviously haven’t had the chance to even visit WL yet, which they would normally have done this term, so attending an intensive would in my mind at least be a way of experiencing the place. 

1 hour ago, margarite said:

I do know of a child that had straight no’s all the way through JAs, years 4-6, and the same for intensives every year. Then come year 7 auditions, they not only got to WL finals, but were called back in the final few. They then got a MA place!  So you never know. Kids change SO much!

I think it’s the attitude that counts when applying, especially with intensives that are chosen by photos and also a clear understanding of the odds! The selection committee must be so swamped with choice, and I’m sure the final choices come down to minuscule differences between dancers. I don’t envy them to be honest. My DD understands that there is nothing wrong with her if she doesn’t get a place somewhere, just others seem a better fit to what the panel are looking for. We look forward to our annual roll of the RBS dice 😆 xx

I think you’re so right that it will come down to minuscule differences. I also wonder if perhaps they favour children who aren’t already JAs, to give them the experience? I have no idea how many JAs get in vs not, but just a thought. My dd asked me last night about not getting in (she’s on the waiting list) and said “what did I do wrong?” 😢 I told her she didn’t ‘do’ anything, she just had her picture taken! Difficult to navigate all this! 

11 minutes ago, Katniss said:

Sorry if you have read this before and to give hope to those with ‘no’s but my dd always got a no or swl for the RBS summer intensive... including the year she got offered a full time place at WL!😂

That’s so interesting, no rhyme or reason really! 

5 minutes ago, Crazylifecrazykids said:

Thankyou... just a shame it's predominantly digital auditions this year and DD probably won't experience an audition in person, which is a shame. Xx

Yes, it is a shame! Filming these videos is stressful too! They’ve only just started pirouettes at JAs, so we’re holding off on filming those! 

12 minutes ago, Crazylifecrazykids said:

We got a no, just wonder now where this leaves our MA/WL application?DD is Yr6 JA.

Based on what people say on here, I think anything’s possible! I wouldn’t lose faith. 

My dd also on the waiting list. She’s a year 6 JA, and was supposed to attend the summer intensive this year. I did warn her that there are fewer places available for the Easter. Can I ask those talking about ‘short waiting list’, did it say that in your email? Ours just said Waiting List. 

53 minutes ago, Niknik10 said:

My son is also gutted. He made it to final auditions at white lodge this year but didn’t get a place. This was all he had left. I had prepared him for it but he’s gutted all the same 

Ah, I am sorry to hear that. It’s hard for them isn’t it. 

My daughter’s absolutely gutted about the summer intensive, she’s been so looking forward to it. Sadly an online version will hardly match the experience. She wants to audition for White Lodge next year, and this would’ve given her an idea of what it’s all about. Also losing motivation, like others are saying, the video lessons just aren’t the same. 

On 23/01/2020 at 17:24, Lara Eschler said:

We had accepted the place already for my DS and today I got 2 emails one from Lauren and one from Henry asking me to accept or decline if we haven’t already.  Still unsure if he has accommodation. 

I don’t think the one from ‘Henry’ was from the Royal Ballet, I got it too, and a couple of things in the wording were dodgy, and the email for financial assistance was wrong. I emailed the RB to let them know, in case they’ve been hacked, but they haven’t replied. Awful that some thought they had places by mistake.

For those asking about dates, I emailed them to check what my daughter had been offered, and it was the week we’d put on the application form. 

2 hours ago, Dancer123 said:

On the email it said the week ending 17th January 

Thank you, I totally missed that, was hoping it would be before Xmas! 

Does anyone know when the results will be out for this?