Chance a Technical Theatre Major?

emtrippedagain
Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:36:06 +0000

Stats:
GPA: 3.610 UW, 4.000 W.
SAT: 2180, CR/M/W - 710/780/690 (CR+M = 1490)
SAT IIs: US History (700) and Math II (710)
APs: World History (4), Psychology (expecting 4 or 5), and US History (expecting anywhere from 3-5; score will really depend on my essays). Next year (senior year) I’ll be taking US Government, English Literature and Composition, Statistics, and Environmental Science, and I expect 4’s or 5’s on those.
Class Rank: 7 of 109.

Freshman Year:
French I - A/A
Honors Social Studies B/B+
Biology - A/A
Geometry - A/A
Phys Ed - A/A
Honors English I - B/A

Sophomore Year:
TA’d for my Honors Chem teacher in order to get extra help in his class - P
Honors English II - B+/A
Algebra II - C+/B
Computers/Health (required to graduate) - A/A
Honors Chemistry B+/B+
AP World History - A/A

Junior Year:
Pre-Calculus - B/B+
AP Psychology -A/A
Dance - A/A
French II - A/B
APUSH - B+/B+
Honors English III - A-/A
Physics - B/B

Senior Year:
AP Literature and Composition
AP Government/Economics
AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics
French III
Photo I

Note that this is the most rigorous schedule my school offers. Upon graduation, I will have taken every AP my school offers aside from AP Calc.

Extracurriculars: I’ve been working/volunteering as a stage technician for the last five years with a local theatre company. My time there has included running lights, sound, spotlights, training new crew members, working as assistant stage manager/deck captain, changing sets, helping with hanging lights, setting up headset systems, etc. Since it’s a nonprofit, I get community service hours here whenever I don’t receive a gas stipend - I have ~1,200 hours logged. I’ve designed lights for two shows at my high school in addition to running lights and sound for the same productions. I’ve taken on a role as our school’s go-to technician for drama related things - no one else, including the drama teacher, understands how to operate the equipment (our school puts little focus on the arts, sadly). I’ve held a part time job (working at a small local coffee shop) since my freshman year. So essentially, I’ve held two jobs for all of high school, and been working with the theatre since the seventh grade.

I’d love to be chanced for the following schools as a Theatre major with an emphasis in Design and Production:

Boston University
Carnegie Mellon University
Emerson College
Fordham University - Lincoln Center
Oregon State University
Southern Oregon University
SUNY Purchase College
University of Alabama
University of Michigan
University of Oregon
University of Cincinnati