How hard is it to get into UCLA theatre school?

chrissyblu
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:12:18 +0000

I don’t know if anyone will read this, but in the chance that someone may in the future, today we went to UCLA auditions, and they gave some stats. They confirmed that you cannot double major if you are a theatre major. This is because of the cap that was placed on the number of units you can earn way back during the Viet Nam War. The cap was never taken off. You can, however, minor in another subject, including film (which seems like a logical minor for a theatre major) and I would assume psychology. If you are coming to UCLA as a freshman, you must be admitted into the theatre program as a freshman.

One very interesting fact, considering how academic UCLA, is was that the audition is 80% of the admission decision. This is the same as Carnegie Mellon, but more weight is given to the audition at UCLA than NYU. They stressed that talent was the key decision maker for them. I was very much surprised by this, given that UCLA is such an academic school. Moreover, he assured everyone that if an actor had a 3.0 GPA and was selected by the faculty as a result of their audition, they should be “fine.” This was amazing to me given that most UCLA students have 4.0 GPAs or higher. UCLA Theatre requires students to send in copies of their transcripts showing individual grades, and the faculty does look at grades in drama classes and English. They don’t care about math or science.

Each freshman class has 65 in it, of which approximately 1/2 are MT and 1/2 are Acting. They accept 30 junior transfers, of which approximately 1/2 are MT and 1/2 are Acting. They expect around 2300 to audition for those 95 spots.