For senior journalism major Renee Glowacki, Hollywood will have to wait. But as the Keene, N.H. native reflects back on her experience at last week’s “American Idol” auditions, she said she’s not that disappointed.

“I thought I did very well,” she said. “I don’t suck, I know that. It just wasn’t my time.”

After securing her admittance to auditions the night before, Glowacki showed up at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough at 6 a.m. Wednesday. She participated in the opening filming that occurred, which she described as “cheesy stuff,” as well as the choreographed dance number to “Singing in the Rain.” All the while, she said she kept her cool.

“I was never that nervous because I didn’t go in thinking I needed to be the next American Idol,” she said.

Participants were grouped into sections. When a section was called, all members would file down to the field and then split into smaller groups of four. The contestants would then stand in one of about 15 booths in front of producers, Glowacki said.

As her section’s turn came before producers, Glowacki and three other participants took their place in front of the panel. Glowacki performed “I Dare You,” originally by country group SheDaisy and more recently by Leann Rimes. She said contestants were able to go through “maybe the first verse and chorus” of their selection before producers had enough.

The cramped quarters made it difficult to concentrate on her performance.

“You had the four people in front of you, the three others in your group and then the eight on either side,” she said. “I was nervous that when it was my turn to sing I wouldn’t be able to hit the notes because I was hearing all these other singers around me.”

Like many others, Glowacki was not chosen to progress to the next round of auditions. She said she recognized the need to make quick decisions, but felt producers may have been too hasty.

“I understand the need to expedite things, but it was definitely just like ‘cut, cut, cut,'” she said. “Everywhere you turned there was someone else who you could easily hear in the top 10 of the next season of ‘American Idol.’ It just came down to luck and being in front of the right judge at the right time.”

Glowacki’s musical career, however, doesn’t end at Idol.

After spending many years performing in community theater, talent shows, an off-broadway show and even singing the national anthem in her town, Glowacki, who once trained to be an opera singer, continues to write her own lyrics.

“I think I’d like [to perform] on the side, but I would always need a backup,” she said.

If she were to continue on in “Idol,” Glowacki said she would have withdrawn from classes, but returned in the summer to finish her school work if the rest of the contest didn’t pan out.

If given the chance though, she said she would rather earn her fame on her own terms rather than on a “glorified karaoke contest.”

“It just becomes a game of chance,” she said. “It’s luck as much as anything else. I’d rather do it myself.”