Epel

So here are my academics
GPA
Unweighted: 3.3
Weighted: 4.5
Taking AP Classes, 4 this year, gpa will bump by end of the year
ACT score: 29 (only taken once)
Waiting on my SAT II scores

Extracuriculars
over 1500 hours
president of the Friendship Circle in my area( babysitt autistic children and play with them) in the works of making a documentary film about autistic children and hope to enter it into film festivals as well.
Coach of a community basketball league
had a film in the Miami Jewish Film Festival
Numerous Hours from my drama shows
roles in my school's productions- major roles
Ensemble member of a professional show in Florida
leader of a community group- eight habits of the heart at my school
numerous Honor societies
attened New York Film Academy for 3 weeks ( summer)
took a college acting course for credit at Miami Dade College ( 10th grade summer)
attending 6 week acting institue program at UCLA (this coming summer)


Sports: I played football, and Lacrosse for my school.

I dont know if it matters, But I am Hispanic, also. I live in florida so i am out of state for these schools. What are my chances at...

UCLA

USC

NYU

Northwestern

if anyone knows of any good theatre schools in NY, LA area, or Chicago, it would be greatly appreciated. Also, if anyone knows a school where acting for film is offered would also be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Epel

someone please chance me- im curious

chrissyblu

Hi, Epel.

My daughter is getting ready to do this same thing....

Everything we have heard from the various folks in the know is that it is really down to that 5 minutes on the stage. Spend the summer picking your monologues. You will need four.... two classical with one Shakespeare (contrasting) and two contemporary (again, contrasting.) You should also have 16 bars of a song ready, even if you aren't a singer. You may not need that many for each auditions, but you have to have them in your back pocket.

Northwestern does not have auditions. It will be decided on grades, etc. It does not hurt to be a legacy. They emphasize musical theatre, so if you aren't into that, then maybe it isn't the school for you. NYU Tisch, UCLA and USC require auditions. Both UCLA and USC are very much film oriented. Grades matter. But there are more slots. Still, highly competitive and Californians get first shot for UCLA, so this may impact you. In NY, there is also SUNY Purchase. And in California, SF State and Cal State Fullerton are both outstanding (though academically, they won't be as challenging as a UC school.)

Also, check out Emerson in Boston, and Boston University. We think both look quite excellent and Boston is a great town to go to college in. Both require auditions.

North Carolina School of the Arts is supposed to be outstanding. I've heard that Miami is great, but I get the impression you want out.

Also in Chicago, check out Depaul. We have friends who have gone there and love it.

Have fun this summer in LA!