@fatcatpr @lilac30 I second University of Arizona – my D got an offer and a nice scholarship from there, and the program looks strong.
We had kind of ruled out U of A because of the price tag and they dont participate in the WUE program. My D suffers from some learning issues that hurt her GPA. It’s not horrible, but it’s not scholarship worthy. Maybe we should take another look. Road trip!
Has anyone looked at Oklahoma City or Missouri State recently?
@fatcatpr We visited Missouri State in February - the last in-person interview. It was an odd day. ??
@fatcatpr We had Missouri State in our top 6 list. It appears to be a solid program. D cancelled her interview for late February knowing she had a couple other offers. My D has friends at Oklahoma City in Stage Management and Lighting Design that really like the program. She also has a friend starting there in the Fall for Scenic Design.
@Loganator Odd because of the school or it being your last in-person interview? Or did you feel you had dropped into Ozark LOL 
@fatcatpr I’ll send you a PM. ?
Sorry to be late to the game, but my son’s gf graduated from the costume BFA at Fredonia. She had a great job lined up and lost it to the pandemic. My son started out in Theater Tech BFA and switched to general theater BA and psych minor. I thought the program was a good one and the price can’t be beat, especially if you are instate.
Good luck.
Portfolio question for those who have been through the process. How did you present your work? Loose leaf? Printed and bound? Binder? Any others? What were the advantages to your presentation? What would you have done differently? D is going for Scenic design and/or technical direction. Any input would help as we stare at a pile of work trying to decide what to do with it.
@fatcatpr My D used an 11x17 artist portfolio with bound plastic sleeves (no binder rings) from a craft supply store. The printed photo pages looked amazing in the larger size (initial one was the same style but standard binder size). We had them printed in color at a copy store - worth every penny. The 11x17 enabled larger pics plus space for show credits, including director, choreo, musical direction, sound, lighting, etc. which turned out to be a plus because the tech world is very small and multiple people she had worked with were very familiar to some of the interviewers. That size was perfect for presenting to a panel. She also uploaded the same digital pages (PDFs) into whatever tool the schools used (Slideroom, etc.) for her Skype and Zoom interviews.
Although having a digital display on a laptop is becoming more popular, a printed portfolio never has technical issues!
Glad to see this thread still going for 3+ years!
I hadn’t thought about going for the 11x17. Great idea! Thank you for sharing. We’ll have to take a look at the portfolios.
What tool did she use to assemble her portfolio. D was going to use google slides, but I don’t know if the print quality is going to be good enough.
I think she used Microsoft Publisher to create the pages and then saved as a PDF for printing.