You are absolutely not wrong @evilqueen. And that is the reason why I think that it is really important to be comfortable with your college choice, what ever that may be. Success comes from many directions, and in many shapes and sizes, but college is a unique experience.
@evilqueen - please do not lump CAP 21 in with AMDAā¦they are not in the same league. If youāre trying to say āconservatoriesā then say it.
Oy.
I didnāt mean to offend and I did not mean to say conservatories, I meant 2-year āprofessionalā degrees v. college degrees. It is my understanding as my D has a friend doing it that CAP 21 still offers a 2-year program. Is that information incorrect? And really does it matter. I have to second the Oy and add a Vey.
Cap 21, Circle in the Square, and AMDA all offer 2 year MT programs, and all have many successful graduates.
@Patrice13 UArts! I heard from a current student who works in admissions. I am sure they take more than 50 but I donāt know what the yield is. Or if the acting numbers are similar.
You mean they admit 50? Or they enroll 50?
Sounds like UArts is hot this year!
This year they enrolled 50. I donāt know how many they admit.
I agree with you too, @evilqueen. One example I always think of is Sutton Foster. She was accepted to CMU, but a few months into her freshman year, she booked a national tour and never went back. If she HAD stayed at CMU all four years and THEN had her amazing career, everyone would point to her as an example of what amazing training CMU has and what huge stars it turns out. Yet in her case, at the time she was accepted, she was ALREADY so trained and talented and amazing that she was ready to go out and work professionally even WITHOUT college!
Of course, thatās definitely NOT to say that the big name schools donāt have great training! Of course they do! But I agree that in many cases, the success stories from the big name schools were so talented that they would have been success stories no matter WHERE they went.
For what itās worth, several CMU grads including a super successful one who has had a great career on Broadway and TV have told me that they donāt believe the specific college really matters, and that even the name of the degree only helps to a certain degree. They all stressed college is what you make of it and the effort you put in. Totally agree with what actorparent said!
@Calliene it really is! They have a new head, Joanna Settle, and she seems brilliant. She went to Julliard and has lots of professional experience. And Philadelphia is great!
After my S released U of Arts they sent him a letter saying that they would hold his place for one year. After that, if he decided he wanted to go there, he would have to reapply. We were surprised. Webster did something similarā¦but at Webster we felt that it is just the academic acceptance they would hold, not to the BFA MT program. But at UArtsā¦there is no real academic acceptanceā¦you are only accepted into a program. Itās comforting to knowā¦but my S is very happy with Montclair!
^ My daughter got the same letter from UArts 2 years ago. Between that and their prescreen process, I found them to be a classy operation.
Went to the Senior Parent meeting last night, and it sunk in that Graduation is only 3 weeks away! Final show has closed, prom is over, final research paper was submitted last night, senior voice recital is done, college deposit is in, orientation is coming up in one month, ā¦ All that is left is Senior Theatre recitals and Graduation (one of the joys of attending a PAHS is the āFame-styleā graduation - all art areas cut loose on stage in a major performance venue - dancers, VP, MT/Acting, orchestra, jazz, mariachis, etc.).
I am starting to choke up on a random basis during the day.
Here you go, @Limbo2019!
I just graduated!!! 
Congratulations!
Can someone on here remind me who was the young person who did this whole process completely on their own?
There were a fewā¦ off the top of my head Iām thinking of @MTVT2015 and @attheballetā¦