<p>Please realize that when I mentioned Penn in my post, I was referring to University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school, not Penn State. Penn State has a BFA in MT and Penn (the nickname for U of Pennsylvania) doesn’t. Both have engineering. However, many of us are doubting you could combine the BFA in MT with engineering at Penn State. Therefore, I was suggesting Penn for engineering where he could also be involved in the BA in Theater. My D has a MT friend who chose U of Pennsylvania (wasn’t applying to BFAs at all) for theater. She is in musicals there. Penn is WAY harder to get into than Penn State overall. However, Penn State’s BFA in MT program itself is very hard to get into and accepts 5% or fewer. </p>
<p>I think your son’s first step is deciding on the TYPE of degree program he wants. His list of schools will then follow. </p>
<p>Yes, there are a lot of kids from OCHSA at Tisch and my D is friends with several (some have already graduated).</p>