I completely agree with you @Pohsmom. If you are not a skilled writer WTE (required English class for all majors) is going to be tough. Even if you DO like to write- it’s a lot of work. Most students have at least 2 “regular” classes a semester- and even the ones with “theater” in it are taught at a challenging academic level. Example, my kid is taking “History of Renaissance Theater” - which has required her to read a wide variety of plays/primary sources in the English of the 1500s (Not Shakespearean English yet- so far lots of Marlowe) It’s challenging. There is a friend of Ds I worked with a while ago to help prepare for the ACT. The kid is a VERY talented performer, but not of an academic bent. To go back to the earlier comment from amtc- perhaps that person’s talent would have made NYU sit up and take notice (they were very successful with admissions) but if they had been admitted (and NYU was never on this person’s list) they would have been MISERABLE, and I would venture to guess unsuccessful.