academics for accepted MT students

NotMamaRose
Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:46:45 +0000

All of the above points are well taken. I apologize if my response to Lulu’sMomma’s query (about whether schools’ willingness to take kids with lower GPAs but higher talent will eventually water down the GPA “pool” of schools, in the way she stated has happened with athletics) got us off the original poster’s question, which was about his own son’s GPA and admissions! It was such an interesting point that I felt compelled to respond. For what it’s worth, I agree with both babar and MichaelNKat, in that talent and academics are both very important and both are needed to get into and thrive in a BFA environment. I have commented previously that I was pleased with just how (for want of a better word!) “intellectual” the environment is at my own D’s arts high school, where she studies acting. In addition to the immense amount of time she spends actually “doing,” there is also a lot of writing, analysis of scripts and plays, and so on. It reminds me quite a bit of my own track as an English major. As a parent, I am pleased that my D is an excellent student in her academic classes and I value that highly for a lot of reasons, and not just because of its potential value in college admissions. That said, however, I do know of a number of students with less-than-stellar academic records who were offered places at some of the top BFA programs and are thriving there in every way.