megnut

Shellipearl..Thanks for all the very helpful info..My daughter interviewed with admissions when she visited with my husband. I didnt get to see the camppus so hopefully I can go in February...Now we have to wait to be asked to audition I guess...

mayitami

Megnut- Its definitely worth it to tour wagner and maybe have lunch in their cafeteria to get a better feel for it. My cousin is there (not for theatre) and, coming from Manhattan, she finds the atmosphere a little boring. It is a D1 school and it is a little preppy. That said, it is beautiful and its all about whether its right for you.

NJmtmom

My S auditioned at Wagner a few years ago. We LOVED the school. It is small but you can see NY skyline from the cafeteria! It is easy to go off campus for the day if there isn't anything going on around campus! The department has many talented students and they put on a number of great performances throughout the year. The admissions department is very helpful and very caring when discussing academics and course offerings. My S chose a different college but thought the whole experience at Wagner was positive! He has a few friends at Wagner now who are very happy - one on a sports scholarship and the other in MT.

RoraMom

Wagner is my son's first choice. We went to see it when we were there in November for him to audition for NYU ED. Well, he went to humor me because I heard about it from another mom. He'd heard about it too, but was so enamoured with the thought of NYU that he didn't want to think about anything else. We visited Wagner that Monday, and he was IN LOVE within about 30 minutes. Walking around the campus only solidified it. The honors housing is primarily theatre students; one of the admins for the theatre department is just a love. She's a "mom" to many of the students, making sure those that couldn't get home for Thanksgiving had a place to go, etc. He's already adopted himself out to her. LOL!

He actually was smiling when he got the decline from NYU (he missed a key audition direction until 12 hours before call - I wouldn't have let him in, either.)

The kids were great. The staff and couple of professors we spoke with were really great. We ran into a Physics (??) prof on our tour, and he was really engaging with both the theatre kids as well as the pre-med one.

I'm just hoping that we get enough financial aid so that he can actually attend. He'll be great for them and they'll be wonderful for him.

shellipearl

My daughter was accepted to Wagner last year so we went to visit a few times. Overall, our feelings about the school were very positive. We saw 2 plays and sat in on classes. Everyone was helpful and friendly no one could have been nicer. We were definitely impressed. My daughter ended up feeling that another school was a better match because although the campus is gorgeous and the proxitmity to the city is great, she ended up wanting to be in a city-type atmosphere. But we felt Wagner had a lot to offer too. By the way I believe if you make their MT program they are pretty generous with scholarship money and you can also get a scholarship with an audition through their vocal program, but you can only get one scholarship so you have to choose vocal/chorus or MT.