| I just wrote a long reply but I think it got lost in cyberspace but here goes again. My daughter is Carnivorousplant. She is a freshman at AU in MT. She ended up choosing it over a BFA because she decided during the audition process that she wanted more academics particularly writing and history. She became very interested in playwriting as well as performance while at CMU's summer program. AU reqiures 10 gen eds and a writing class and a math class( you can test out of math various ways read their website). There is a lot of choice with the gen eds you pick 2 courses from 5 disciplines. She is picking only things that she could use in playwriting. Her gen eds this semester are Art History From Cave to Cathedral and Theater Plays, Principles and Performances. She is also taking Acting, Ballet and Writing. Normal course load is 5-6 classes a semester. Her courses have sent her out into the city to see plays, ballets and to visit museums. She loves DC. I like the fact that it has its own safe campus. There is easy access to the city via the metro. We just got back from visiting and seeing her first show. AU runs a new student show for freshman and transfers called Perf 101 early in the fall every year. She enjoyed it and it was a great way of bonding with other new students. She is auditioning for 2 other shows this week. The first is a play called The Cherry Sisters Revisited directed by faculty and the other is a student directed musical. There is alot of theater going on at AU all the time. AU is a good choice for a kid with academic interests who wants to be an exciting city. Last year they offered auditions in Dec for students who already AU students and in Feb for kids applying to AU and they added a day in Apr for academically accepted students. One last note after her audition they sent her a written critique of her audition. Something noone else did. It Impressed her that they did that. If you have other questions PM me. |