Dancermom Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 23 minutes ago, MrsR said: The wait for MA results will be hard. I know in our centre there are likely to be very few moving on due to age. when do we think the results might be? They said after Easter so I’m guessing after the school is back after the Easter holidays! It’s a long wait 😩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisforBallet Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 A really long wait! They have been on the ball with everything so hopefully they’ll be in touch sooner than after Easter hols. I know there will be a big cut so have prepared for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancermom Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Just now, MrsR said: A really long wait! They have been on the ball with everything so hopefully they’ll be in touch sooner than after Easter hols. I know there will be a big cut so have prepared for that. Is your DD a JA? Yes hopefully they’ll put us out of our misery sooner rather than later 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plie Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Congratulations to the DCs with a yes and to the nos please don’t give up! My twins were both JAs, both had WL finals, my DD got a yes my DS a no which was so hard to deal with in the same week! Anyway my DD went to WL until our family relocated to Arizona at the end of year 9 due to my husbands health and my DS went to Canada’s National Ballet School also until Xmas of year 10! They both then trained at Master Ballet Academy in Arizona for 2-3 years until my DD returned to RB upper school half way through first year following competing at Prix De Lausanne and my DS has spent the last 2 years at San Francisco Ballet School on a Full tuition scholarship! So as you can see there are many paths and a no for WL isn’t the end of the world. The best time for all of us was all living together again in AZ for 2-3 years! Sending them away at 11 is tough on the parents and children! They had so much fun and success with YAGP and performing a lot in the USA! They are both now graduating in the worst possible year but again things will work out. They always do! Hold on to those tiny 11 year olds if you can because it all goes by too quickly!! 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancer20 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 8 hours ago, Dancermom said: The email said there was 150 at the finals, that covered all years including upper school. Is that more then usual? X It was 200 last year x 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem113 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 hours ago, Motomum said: Does anyone know when the WL finals are for children auditioning Y8-10? My daughter is auditioning tomorrow for a Y10 place. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisforBallet Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Dancermom said: Is your DD a JA? Yes hopefully they’ll put us out of our misery sooner rather than later 🤣 Yes she is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie2 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 53 minutes ago, Katycat said: My daughter is auditioning tomorrow for a Y10 place. Good luck for tomorrow - hope you’re feeling more relaxed than i am right now!!! What time is she arriving? We are 1.30-2pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancermom Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 50 minutes ago, MrsR said: Yes she is I think you should be fine if she got to finals x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally-Anne Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I wouldn’t assume anything when it comes to MA results - having been a JA or a WL finalist does not guarantee a place, and conversely not having been a JA or a WL finalist does not rule out a place. Second guessing the RBS is a minefield! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrise81 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 My dd was a JA for 3 years....got to finals.....got a.no....only wait list for mids. But got a straight yes for Elmhurst 🤔 So who knows!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motomum Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 8 hours ago, Dancermom said: Thanks for that info! When you say finalists, previous JAs and on waitlist, do you mean they were all three or just one of those things? Xx All three. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motomum Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Sally-Anne said: I wouldn’t assume anything when it comes to MA results - having been a JA or a WL finalist does not guarantee a place, and conversely not having been a JA or a WL finalist does not rule out a place. Second guessing the RBS is a minefield! based purely on the MA cohort at CG for my child, In a group of 14, one child hadn’t been a JA, and all had made WL finals. A child came in at Y9, not previously a JA, but had been WL finals. JA teacher said that RB like to take children through Associates that have trained with them; same goes for huge percentage of Associates in WL and Intensives. There are of course children here and there who come in from outside, but you can check RB annual report to see that most of the children training at WL have come from JAs and similar with Associates. It always seems to me that RBS doesn’t need a second guess, their choices are documented annually in the public domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raquelle Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 17 minutes ago, sunrise81 said: My dd was a JA for 3 years....got to finals.....got a.no....only wait list for mids. But got a straight yes for Elmhurst 🤔 So who knows!!! You're giving us hope sunrise! X 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petit Jete Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 9 hours ago, Motomum said: No it isn’t, that’s why Mark Annear head of Associates is on the finals audition panel, they identify who they want for MAs pretty much from the finals, and the Prelim videos. Mark Annear is also present on the panel for Prelim selection. All the children in my child’s Y7 MA’s happened to be finalists, previous JAs and also on Wait List. Im not saying that will always be the case, but IME it often is. There are always some children who come in from other associates , but usually via the finals. My daughter was a JA and was never invited to finals but was given a MA place and then a SA place too. 7 years of really happy times and the best of both worlds for us. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally-Anne Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 @Motomum I take your point that based on probability it is more likely to get a place in MA if you have been previously a JA or a WL finalist, but it does not make it a certainty either way. That was the point I was making. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatsThePointe Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, sunrise81 said: My dd was a JA for 3 years....got to finals.....got a.no....only wait list for mids. But got a straight yes for Elmhurst 🤔 So who knows!!! Almost the same here. My DD was a JA years 5 and 6. Didn't even make royal finals, waitlist for MAs but got a place at Elmhurst. Its all so random 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem113 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 21 hours ago, Newbie2 said: Good luck for tomorrow - hope you’re feeling more relaxed than i am right now!!! What time is she arriving? We are 1.30-2pm Certainly wasn’t feeling relaxed this time yesterday 😂. We had a morning arrival slot. Hope it’s gone well for your dd today! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie2 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Katycat said: Certainly wasn’t feeling relaxed this time yesterday 😂. We had a morning arrival slot. Hope it’s gone well for your dd today! All done today! Now the waiting starts for years 8-10 - good luck everyone!!! Think it might just be us two on here!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem113 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 My daughter was told they wouldn’t hear until the end of April which seems a very long wait & will obviously impact on MA & SA results too 😬. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancermom Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 40 minutes ago, Katycat said: My daughter was told they wouldn’t hear until the end of April which seems a very long wait & will obviously impact on MA & SA results too 😬. Good luck to you both! So the MA results will probably be the end of April too then xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amme76 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 57 minutes ago, Newbie2 said: All done today! Now the waiting starts for years 8-10 - good luck everyone!!! Think it might just be us two on here!!! Just out of curiosity how many were auditioning for these year groups any idea ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coniger Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 What if you have to give notice at your present school before the beginning of term. End of April will be too late! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie2 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 My daughter said there were 3 for year 8 entry and 3 for year 9 entry- all girls (she went in at 1.30pm today). Not sure how many others there were in the morning. yes we have to give our current school a term’s notice so need to know before end of April!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie2 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Newbie2 said: My daughter said there were 3 for year 8 entry and 3 for year 9 entry- all girls (she went in at 1.30pm today). Not sure how many others there were in the morning. yes we have to give our current school a term’s notice so need to know before end of April!! Also in our audition letter, it said we would find out within two weeks - although my daughter did say they told her it would be end of April? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancermom Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, Newbie2 said: Also in our audition letter, it said we would find out within two weeks - although my daughter did say they told her it would be end of April? The audition letter for the year 7s said we’d hear within 2 weeks and we heard within a few days! Maybe they say a longer time scale so they don’t get people chasing them about results! I bet you’ll hear sooner than you think x 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amme76 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 45 minutes ago, Newbie2 said: My daughter said there were 3 for year 8 entry and 3 for year 9 entry- all girls (she went in at 1.30pm today). Not sure how many others there were in the morning. yes we have to give our current school a term’s notice so need to know before end of April!! Thank you and everything crossed for you ! Do let us know 🤞🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem113 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 12 hours ago, Amme76 said: Just out of curiosity how many were auditioning for these year groups any idea ? There were 3 boys & 3 girls in the Y10 audition group my daughter was in but she said there were older looking girls in the class before her so possibly a mixed Y10 & 11 group. Impossible to know for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Returnofthejedi Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 This may seem like a strange question but here it goes: Once offers come from other schools and then we all start accepting, do RB ever update their waiting lists if they clear? Same question for other schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dance.Mum Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, Returnofthejedi said: This may seem like a strange question but here it goes: Once offers come from other schools and then we all start accepting, do RB ever update their waiting lists if they clear? Same question for other schools. Some people do decline offers and having seen schools and individuals post pupils with multiple offers (some up to four and five in years past) there will be those on waitlist who will get a call offering a place. Royal maybe the dream school but we know of two families over the years who have decided against going citing differing reasons. We have also know of two offers from wait list but these were not Year 7 entry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Returnofthejedi said: This may seem like a strange question but here it goes: Once offers come from other schools and then we all start accepting, do RB ever update their waiting lists if they clear? Same question for other schools. I know of a young man who was offered a place at Royal from the Y7 wait list last year (This year, my DS is crossing his fingers and praying the same happens for him! 😂)!x 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Returnofthejedi Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 5 hours ago, Dance.Mum said: Some people do decline offers and having seen schools and individuals post pupils with multiple offers (some up to four and five in years past) there will be those on waitlist who will get a call offering a place. Royal maybe the dream school but we know of two families over the years who have decided against going citing differing reasons. We have also know of two offers from wait list but these were not Year 7 entry. So if a schools waiting list is cleared as those on the wait list accept offers from other schools, what happens then? Does the waiting list get reallocated?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Returnofthejedi said: So if a schools waiting list is cleared as those on the wait list accept offers from other schools, what happens then? Does the waiting list get reallocated?? I think even if they accept offers from other schools they remain on the waitlist, unless they specifically ask to decline their place on the waitlist, I believe? I could be wrong x Edited March 27, 2021 by Bunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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