| Don't know as many details about the Tisch program as I attended the CAP one, so if anyone wants to give details about the Tisch program, I can give what I know.
The CAP program is 6 weeks long. You must find your own housing. I know people who lived in NYU dorms, which you must be 17 to live in. (There was some discussion about why there are 16 y/o living in dorms. The rules are if you are not attending a NYU sponsored program, you must be over 17! And since the CAP is offered through CAP, you must be 17 to live in dorms). I took classes in Vocal Technicque, Vocal Performance, Music Theory, Improv, Tap, Jazz, Ballet and Acting. Classes were held at the CAP 21 studio, where all your classes will be held if you go to CAP for college. My schedule ran like this
Mon: 10-11:30 Vocal Tech, 11:30-1:30 Acting, 1:30-2:30 lunch, 2:30-3:40 Tap, 2:45-5 Improv
Tues: 10-11 Music Theory, 11-1 Vocal Perf., 1-2 lunch, 2-3:30 Jazz, 3:30-5 Ballet
Wed: Same as Mon
Thurs: Same as Tues
Friday: 10-12 Acting, 12-1 lunch, 1-2:30 jazz, 2:30-4 ballet.
So I has jazz, ballet and acting 3 times a week, and everything else twice a week.
A lot of the teachers were also teaching the Tisch kids. And about the training, based on the fact that the CAP kids are there 2 weeks longer than the Tisch kids, I believe that CAP kids receive more training and I heard that since you are required to enroll in a NY Theatre compaion course, that class times away from studio time. The Tisch kids apparently did not see the teachers as often as CAP kids did. Now if that is wrong, let me know. It is only what I heard from when I attended CAP.
I know I would recommend the CAP program, and maybe I'm biased because that's the one I attended. But I applied to both last year and was accepted to both and the head of CAP 21 called me to tell me I had to make a decision. I chose CAP based on the fact that it seemed more intensive. The CAP one give you a real feel of what college will be like. You are on your own. No one tells you what to do. Basically you have to be at CAP from 10-5 and what you do after and on weekends is your own choice. If you want to stay out till 3 am doing whatever, you can, but you better be sure you are in class on time the next day!
As far as helping kids get into NYU/CAP for college, the stats they told us were that from last summer, (Summer 04) 20 kids from the pre-college program applied to NYU and 18 got in! They also had a question and answer session with the head of Tisch admissions, who enede up being the woman sitting in on my audition! And sitting in on my dance audition was my ballet teacher! So you definitedly make connections in the CAP program.
Now that I've typed a novel, I will stop. If anyone has more questions about the CAP program, message me |