How important are rigorous classes for high profile MT schools?

chinagrace
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:03:55 +0000

I’m a freshman in high school and already majorly stressed about colleges. Theatre is my passion and I honestly can’t see myself doing anything else so getting a BFA in theatre (probably mt) is my only option for college. I hear that all of the high profile MT schools on my list like NYU, Carnegie Mellon, U Mich, and Northwestern evaluate grades separately from your audition and are all very academically selective. I could take a lot of advanced classes at my school but honestly it would harm my talent and health so much I’m not sure if its worth it. I would rather take tons of dance, vocal, and acting classes while sleeping enough and working out than stress myself out over pre-ap and ap classes never making time for working on my art or keeping myself healthy. I need to know if its realistic that I could stand out in the auditions enough to get into these highly selective schools with only 1 or 2 ap classes and a few pre-ap classes every year. Could something like that happen or do i need to find a way to load up on highly stressful classes and have time for theatre classes? Its also worth noting that i’m diagnosed with depression and a panic disorder which makes me taking advanced classes very difficult despite my intelligence and capability to do well in them. Any advice would be appreciated!