Harvard to offer theater major

arwarw
Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:15:45 +0000

“I am also saying that I believe Brown’s admission dept. favors wealthy students,why wouldn’t they it’s a business, and if that wealth also comes with an A-list celeb like Steven Spielberg or Bruce Willis, that’s a bonus.”

No argument here. Extreme wealth and A-list celebrity is a well known “hook” at most selective schools - just like being a recruited athlete or an under-represented minority.

And I’m not arguing Brown is better than Yale or vice versa - I just don’t think Yale is necessarily THE default Ivy League school for theatre students as suggested by the linked article. If anything, I think NU or a conservatory like Juilliard, CMU or UMich would more likely cause someone to pass up a Harvard admission than an admission to Yale, Brown or another Ivy League school.