How important are rigorous classes for high profile MT schools?

CaMom13
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:38:57 +0000

Just a comment on that @toowonderful - it’s true that NYU as a whole is getting more competitive for admissions and that’s primarily driven by the increase in number of applications - from 60,000 in 2015 to 84,000 in 2019 plus an healthy increase in their yield percentage. Those numbers may or may not correlate to Tisch. I don’t know that anyone would be able to say whether Tisch auditioned 40% more drama applicants this year than 4 years ago? They would have to have added a lot more audition dates if so. Similarly - acceptance yield goes up as a program gets more desirable and Tisch Drama has always been a top choice for a lot of applicants so I don’t know if yield figures have changed. With this year’s change in studio assignments, that could go either way. I am certainly not saying Tisch Drama is getting easier to get into … but I don’t know what we have any numbers that say it’s getting much harder either. If you have better concrete info than I do, I’d be interested!