<p>WHEN you are offered the acceptance into a program has NO bearing whatsoever once you attend…be it casting or anything else. It doesn’t matter when you are accepted. If you are accepted, the school wants you. If you are wait listed and then accepted, the school wants you. </p>
<p>After all results have come out, try to put the accepted schools side by side on paper…this could be a chart, a spreadsheet, or simply a page/list for each school. List everything you know about the school…size, location, setting, type of theater degree, theater and/or MT curriculum requirements, amount of liberal arts requirements (and specifics), MT opportunities, production opportunities, showcase, other facets (or notable things) of the college, campus climate/atmosphere, as well as list some pros and cons for each. It really helps to do this exercise. Compare them to one another but also compare each with your own selection criteria and what matters to you and it may become clearer as to which one most closely aligns with what you are seeking in a college. After that exercise, pick two or three to either revisit or visit for the first time and line up some very specific things to do on the visits…observe classes, meet with current students, meet with faculty, arrange an overnight in the dorms, and so on and those visits will help you determine which one feels like the best fit.</p>