Webber’s fans flooded Juilliard’s Instagram account to express their anger. On Monday night, tens of thousands of Mr. A Juilliard spokesperson declined to comment about Mr. Thanks for watching the journey,” he said. “Now, we’re going to have to find a different way to be an actor. “You are no longer under consideration for admission for Fall 2022,” he read. Webber pulled up the message on his computer and read it aloud for his audience of 2.4 million followers on TikTok. When the verdict from Juilliard came in, Mr. Webber had used the platform to talk about his dreams of attending the prestigious, highly competitive drama school and the big audition that was required for the admissions process. On Monday morning, Axel Webber, a 22-year-old from Cumming, Ga., a town outside Atlanta, posted a TikTok updating his followers on an audition he’d completed the day before on Zoom for the Juilliard School’s undergraduate drama program.

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