<p>depending on the rest of your stats Tisch may also be a high match or reach academically… NOT taking into account the HIGHLY competitive nature of the audition piece. </p>
<p>All of your auditioned programs are top notch competitive from an auditioned standpoint… Mich, Tisch and Penn State/Syracuse/ Ithaca (to an extent) are also highly competitive academically. </p>
<p>Northwestern is academically HIGHLY competitive and the audition is not factored into admissions.</p>
<p>CMU is artistically HIGHLY competitive and the academics are only slightly factored into the admissions equation (from what I understand).</p>
<p>You have quite a mix of programs there…</p>
<p>Penn State, Northwestern with a pretty significant academic component outside of the major to your training. </p>
<p>Ithaca, NYU, & Syracuse with about 21 - 30+ credits outside of your major.</p>
<p>CMU with very few credits outside of your major… </p>
<p>Just because a school has few credits outside of the major does NOT mean it is “light” academically, but it does mean that there may be fewer opportunities to explore academics outside of your major discipline. </p>
<p>What are you loking for in an academic environment?</p>
<p>Your answer to that question will help CCers to suggest schools (safety, match. reach) that may meat your criteria.</p>
<p>PS… for safety schools to be suggested you will have to be more specific about your academic stats, test scores, etc… :)</p>
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