<p>Hello, I am a high school senior and I am about to start applying to colleges. I wanted to know if any current students or alumni could give me some insight about the experience at each of these colleges. I’m mostly looking for description concerning the academic and artistic curriculum at these schools. Along with a little description of campus life. I would be attending one of these schools for a B.F.A. in acting.
Here is my list (Not in any order)</p>
<ol>
<li>NYU: Tisch</li>
<li>The Julliard School</li>
<li>University of North Carolina School for the Arts</li>
<li>Boston University</li>
<li>Columbus State University</li>
<li>SUNY Purchase ( I know the least about this one)</li>
</ol>
<p>Please help me understand the pros and cons each college has to offer. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.</p>
<p>It is very, very difficult to be admitted to Juilliard as a high school student. Most of the students there are older.</p>
<p>Tisch has a large liberal arts component in their program, and grades/test scores are quite important for admittance.</p>
<p>UNCSA, Boston University and SUNY Purchase are basically intense conservatory programs where students do all theatre, all the time. Of these, Purchase is perhaps the most selective, partly because of its location and relatively low tuition.</p>
<p>I know nothing about Columbus State University.</p>
<p>BU is unique in offering two paths for auditioning Theater students: pure Acting BFA & Theatre Arts, which is more flexible, and allows students to pursue other interests like directing, criticism, or playwriting. The program, like all the others, is highly selective. NYU/Tisch operates on a studio system, where you are assigned to a particular studio (the list includes Meisner, Stella Adler, et al) for 2 years. You attend conservatory classes at your studio 3 days per week, then take general courses at NYU on the other 2 days. All these schools have different application and audition requirements, and you should familiarize yourself with them ASAP. BU & NYU both accept the Common Application, with supplements. I don’t know about the other schools on your list.</p>
<p>a correction on the TIsch information: yes, you are assigned to a particular studio for two years, after which you may switch studios, but the students are required to have a minimum of three full years of professional training (ie., conservatory), and can take it all four years.</p>
<p>While Tisch does have a much larger class size, the studio system keeps it a personalized experience. My D feels like her studio is her family. She made great friends, got wonderful training, and her instructors knew her really well and encouraged alot of personal and artistic growth. The actual class sizes in studio are 12 - 14, I believe. </p>
<p>Tisch has a very strong academic component to it, with seven semesters of theater studies required, in addition to gen ed requirments (which I think equate to about six semesters minimum). The theater studies classes are equivalent to literary and historical analysis work.</p>
<p>SUNY Purchase is, like nearly all the schools on your list, one of the top acting programs in the country. There’s a parent who used to post a lot on this board, wineguy, who’s son is now at SUNY Purchase. A quick search for his posts might give you some insight into what his son liked about the program and why he chose it.</p>
<p>In several years of tuning into CC (I had two children apply to college back to back), I’ve never seen Columbus State mentioned on this theater board. It’s likely you are not going to get much feedback on their program here.</p>