Kind of a weird question but the long and short of it is... Is it strongly frowned upon to cancel an audition rotation request that has NOT been approved yet?
My problem is this... I have 3 or maybe 4 auditions I can do but every away app I put in I am told something along the lines of "you will be notified of your acceptance or denial at a later time" but they never specify what "a later time" is. If I only put in 3 or 4 requests and sit and wait for who knows what to happen (until I get an answer) I run the risk of missing the boat on other opportunities if I for some reason am not able get all 3 or 4 of my first choices (ie, flat out denial or scheduling conflict).
If I were to, instead of 3 or 4 apps (we'll call it 4 from now on for clarity's sake), send out 6 or 7 or maybe even 8 audition requests at places I would like to end up and then accept/confirm with the first 4 that make contact stating I'm accepted would that be frowned upon? My thought is that what would happen is eventually 4 of those 6-8 requests I sent out would be approved and then I would contact the remaining programs I hadn't heard from at that point and let them know that I am no longer able to rotate due to scheduling conflicts. I would still most likely end up applying to those same programs I did not hear from early enough and get to rotate at so would this be considered "poor form" when it came time to review applications or is it kinda considered "part of the game" seeing as I have no guarantee of an approved request and no timeline for being notified of an approval? Should I shotgun out a few extra requests to places I like or just send out my 4 and sit waiting patiently and perhaps miss opportunities to go to some others cuz they will be full once I start hearing from the original 4?
My problem is this... I have 3 or maybe 4 auditions I can do but every away app I put in I am told something along the lines of "you will be notified of your acceptance or denial at a later time" but they never specify what "a later time" is. If I only put in 3 or 4 requests and sit and wait for who knows what to happen (until I get an answer) I run the risk of missing the boat on other opportunities if I for some reason am not able get all 3 or 4 of my first choices (ie, flat out denial or scheduling conflict).
If I were to, instead of 3 or 4 apps (we'll call it 4 from now on for clarity's sake), send out 6 or 7 or maybe even 8 audition requests at places I would like to end up and then accept/confirm with the first 4 that make contact stating I'm accepted would that be frowned upon? My thought is that what would happen is eventually 4 of those 6-8 requests I sent out would be approved and then I would contact the remaining programs I hadn't heard from at that point and let them know that I am no longer able to rotate due to scheduling conflicts. I would still most likely end up applying to those same programs I did not hear from early enough and get to rotate at so would this be considered "poor form" when it came time to review applications or is it kinda considered "part of the game" seeing as I have no guarantee of an approved request and no timeline for being notified of an approval? Should I shotgun out a few extra requests to places I like or just send out my 4 and sit waiting patiently and perhaps miss opportunities to go to some others cuz they will be full once I start hearing from the original 4?
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