BU BFA Acting--Class of 2013 Acceptances

TimThom
Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:53:27 +0000

OH MY!

Perhaps my language was too strong about NYU in my last post. I didn’t know that, though. Thank you for informing me! The three people I know personally who were accepted to Tisch and Adler recieved that amount artistically–the $7,000 I listed before (with maybe a couple thousand more for academic merit).

I think that’s phenomenal! However, I stand by my statement. That amount of money is not handed to EVERYONE, you know. I think you two have children who are extremely talented, and are examples on how great talent coupled with great academic finesse can earn a very generous scholarship prize. How many people in the class recieved that much in grant/scholarship money I wonder? I have never heard of that much given from NYU!!! I wonder if the theatre department was recently handed more funds to award scholarship money…

Please do not take my comment on NYU as a jab. I do think it is a great school…just very expensive. When I chose the universities I auditioned for, I was looking at the expenses and my friends’ experiences with their financial aid offerings. Plus, I knew that my competition would be thousands of individuals who came from top-notch magnet and charter schools. My getting accepted was a long-shot and recieving a talent scholarship was an even longer shot (with $21K you are still looking at an additional $30K when you add housing and living in New York). I can barely afford that…and that is assuming I was even offered a scholarship. So, I chose Purchase instead…which I deemed as a cheaper equivalent…