Don't knock the B.A.s!

MomCares
Mon, 09 May 2011 05:18:32 +0000

I agree that it is unwise to create a list composed of only BFA programs… but not only because you might not get accepted into an auditioned BFA. Since most kids create their list the summer before senior year, they may find that by the time it’s time to decide (sometimes 9 months after the final list was made) they’ve realized they actually prefer a particular BA program over any BFA. I know several kids that happened to this year.

Many kids in BA programs purposely CHOOSE them over even the very best BFA programs,which many kids in BA programs were also accepted to. Some kids decide that, for them, a specific BA program offers them more of what they want than a BFA would.