| We had a brief visit to OU and a nice tour from the MT dept. secretary when we were at OCU visiting (about 20 minutes apart). I think it is newer and not yet as well known as some of the other programs, but they seem to be offering all the right things. For possibly 3 reasons my son has chosen not to pursue OU, although we have heard of students being happy there.
We know a graduate who performed here twice and who didn't seem to feel he got the best experience there. I do think that the tap / jazz dance teacher, who is newer, is wonderful and probably came after he graduated.
Also, they require a video for pre-screening unless they have seen you at unified auditions or at a state thesbian tournament, and none of our other audition schools are requiring a video (probably laziness on our part not to have to make one).
Lastly, the MT head won't meet prospective students anymore when you visit campus unless he has seen the student perform. I know for a fact he was there that day because we saw him in the office (having seen his picture on the web site). He didn't even make time to say hi, but the secretary / admin person was wonderful and knowledgable.
This school does seem to cost less, even with out of state tuition, so I think it is worth a look. We have really debated this but had to narrow down our many options. |