BFA and applying to non-MFA Grad School

briansteffy
Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:08:38 +0000

My S plans to apply to both LACs and BFA programs. His interest is straight acting and not MT, but I post here because this is a more active thread. He is very interested in pursuing a theater career, but he (and we) are cognizant that, say, after a few years, he may have to pursue another path. My question addresses this potential moment. I am aware that, for example, he would have to take a few quantitative courses if he eventually went after an MBA. Law schools generally have no prerequisites. I guess that I could have alternatively phrased the question as follows. Say someone comes out of the BA Theater progam at Syracuse, while the other comes out of the BFA program at Syracuse. Both have equal GPA and scores. Further, both tried for three years to make it in theater, but decided to alter their career path. Would the Grad/Professional program view the two students differently, assuming that each was able to fulfill the needed prerequisite courses (if needed) before entering the, say, MBA program (common practice with MBA programs - many prefer non-business BAs).