Post50 - My DS and I visited Wagner last week - he completely fell in love with it. It's in a great location - both for proximity to NYC (It's a short, free ferry-ride from Manhattan) and having a slightly quieter immediate neighborhood to eliminate distractions during when studying - and the views from much of the campus buildings are amazing.
The people from the theatre department we spoke with were just terrific and very knowledgeable. The physical space was nice - DS is also a sound engineer and had a chance to look at their tech booth.
The theatre students we spoke with really seemed to love the program and the campus and were really connected to the staff - which as a mom from Calif, I liked seeing.
Honors student housing is open to students with 3.5 gpa's and above, and our guide said that it was primarily theatre students.
The dorm building we looked at was an older college dorm, but nice enough and had an amazing view.
I'm really hoping DS is accepted and that we can work out the financing. It's a great place for him to grow as an actor as well as keep up his sound engineering skills. (He's currently part of the sound team at our church and knows several different boards including some of the newest digital systems where he's the trainer for the other men.)
Don't know if any of this helps, but there ya go.
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