Attend UCLA to "plug into" LA Dance Scene?

TS0104
Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:47:58 +0000

Mom of actor here, not dancer, but Chapman is quite cool FYI, beautiful campus and lovely town, quite well known/desired among CA schools i believe! Agree that you have to really take traffic into account when thinking about how much outside activities she will do (and Chapman is an hour away FYI)…find a studio and check it in Google maps, you can’t use mileage to guess how long the trip will take with LA traffic. My D did do outside acting classes with her theater BA (LMU), it’s doable depending on how great your D is at time management and how motivated she is (she sounds motivated!) Also with Theater, not sure if it is the same for dance, most BFA programs specifically prohibit outside auditioning, so that’s something to check.

My D got into UCLA as a 3.7 or so GPA, I do think her Theater resume gave her an admissions bump but there is no way to tell, really. She turned down UCLA in favor of LMU BA for flexibility to do outside classes/auditioning and is very happy with that decision.