Advice for a junior who is considering applying?

teriwtt
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:29:44 +0000

If you think you are in love with it, do whatever you can do visit it, and if the visit confirms it, apply ED. Somewhere along the lines of 2/3 of their freshman class is ED. But a visit is very important on your application, no matter whether or not you’re ED. Also, a visit from someone in the midwest stands out even more… you’ve REALLY gone out of your way to show interest in the school.

Have you read all these threads to see how your stats would measure up to your peers who would also be applying and being accepted?

You don’t have to audition for the theatre program, but if you are interested in scholarship money from them, you will have to.

Also, next fall, there will be a series of college fairs across the country for high schoolers looking to major in the visual and performing arts. There is always one held in the Chicago area, sometimes on the campus at Northwestern University, and sometimes at a location downtown. If you’re in Wisconsin, but close enough to Chicago that you could make it down for that fair, you could meet with the reps from Muhlenberg and use it as an opportunity to get some questions answered. My daughter actually attended the fair about two-three weeks before we scheduled her trip to visit/audition in her senior year.

[2012 PVA Schedule](http://www.nacacnet.org/EventsTraining/CollegeFairs/pva/Pages/pvaschedule.aspx)