Cornish v. Columbia College

ohhaicollege
Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:05:44 +0000

I got into Cornish Last year, toured it and didn’t go. But it is a wonderful school and an amazing program. The students are incredibly creative, and it both Columbia and Cornish tend to lead towards “edgier” theatre and experimental projects. The reason I didn’t go to Cornish was mostly financial, but it is also a very small school with only artists, and most of the alumni end up working in Seattle, as it has a heavy base there.

Most of my best friends are the in the Columbia acting program and from what they’ve said (I’m considering it myself) it is more of a “create your own” acting program. If you have the drive to shine and push yourself in the classes and through the students that do care less (there are lots, as they have almost 800 acting student, but from what I’ve heard everyone who doesn’t care drops out after the first year or so and it eventually comes down to a smaller solid group of passionate and brilliant individuals) than the program can be great for you. If you need more personal attention and structure than it might not be the best fit.

But Chicago is amazing.