Audition vs. Non Audition Schools?

EmsDad
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:22:00 +0000

My d attended an audition-based PA High School which was very competitive for entry and featured a BFA-style, conservatory-type environment with a pre-professional curriculum. As a result, she was only interested in audition-based BFA or BM programs focused on professional preparation in a conservatory-type environment. She did not think that non-audition, BA programs would be the best fit for her, given her experience and preferences. This was in no small part based on recommendations from her high school teachers and instructors that were also working professionals who knew her and her focus on becoming a professional actor. I tried to convince her to look into other alternatives, such as BA programs (both audition-based and non-audition), but she was simply not interested. The non-audition programs were definitely the farthest away from her goals for a college program.

This is not to imply anything negative about non-audition, BA programs, nor does it offer any general impression or implication that only audition-based BFA or BM programs offer pre-professional training or the only way to become a professional actor.