First I will share some background and stats:
Accepted
White, Female, NJ
ACT - 32 (SS), 29 not SS
4.3 GPA weighted
2 AP’s senior year
all honors classes
President of NHS
great Rec’s - one from Tony Award winner Lindsey Mendez
Lots of EC’s - including school theater and community theater
Started photo business - headshots and special events
Directs small films
In addition to this, she submitted a digital interview and an essay - which I guess were impressive? I would have to imagine there was some other kind of hook - her grades are good but I was told they took the top 150 according to academics - I’m not sure she would have been in that 150 ranking - but maybe?
Anyway, she spoke to somebody in the program who said the MT certificate program is HIGHLY competitive of the 150 admits very few are admitted to the program at the end of freshman year - and then you are stuck at NU as a BA theater major - granted NU is a pretty great school to be “stuck” at - but still - we just went through this hyper-competitive process and we are leaning against going through this again!