Help! Is my list OK? Do I have a shot?

WendlaBergman
Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:30:05 +0000

I am about to enter into my senior of high school and have been putting a great deal of thought into where I am applying this fall for university, as I have been doing since freshman year! :] I am currently enrolled through an online learning program, but spent my first three years of high school in a traditional public school. (I left because I was being harassed by other students and it was impacting me negatively for obvious reasons…) My stats are that I have a 3.7 GPA weighted, I received a 25 on my ACT (but I’m going to retake it), have yet to take the SAT but I am going to in the very near future, have been enrolled in 5 AP classes, and I am involved in National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Thespian Society, Link Crew (Leadership), and obviously, theatre. I also take private voice lessons outside of school and I am an alto, but I have only been doing this for less than a year, which is why I plan to major in theatre rather than musical theatre. I also know that some schools care about work experience and I currently have two jobs (one is seasonal). Here are the schools I am looking at:

NYU
Juilliard
AMDA
Pace
Fordham
Hofstra
Rutgers
FSU
Tulane
NYCDA
Boston Conservatory
Brandeis
Trinity
UCLA
UNCSA
Carnegie Mellon
SUNY at Purchase
Elon

I don’t know if this helps determine what my chances are of a school, but here is my partial artistic resume:

Romeo & Juliet- Juliet
Annie- Lily St. Regis
Little Shop of Horrors- Assistant Director/Dance Captain
The Wishing Tree- Mary
Cinderella- Palace Staff/White Horse
Peter Pan- Tiger Lily
Oz! The Musical- Scarecrow/Dance Captain
Pride and Prejudice- Amanda/Mrs. Hill
Once Upon a Mattress - Ensemble/Dance Captain (u/s Jester)
Damn Yankees- Ensemble/Dance Captain

Do I have a lot of variety in my list when it comes to highly selective programs and safety schools? I’m very lost in this whole college search process, because my mother and sister did not attend typical four-year universities and my dad, who did receive his Bachelor’s, does not know anything about BFA/BA theatre programs. (I spoke to him about Early Decision options and he did not even know you could do that!)

ANY HELP WOULD SO SO SO VERY APPRECIATED! :]