If you're a drama major, did you do summer programs?

halflokum
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:24:31 +0000

I always question the words “huge money makers” in anything related to theatre but I think what you are saying Supportive boils down to :attendance at a college summer program =/ acceptance advantage at said program. (does =/ not mean “equal not”?)

Completely get the falling in love factor. That is so human. Cautionary tale though: the vast majority of kids that attend school specific summer programs do not get into them in the college audition round. So goes the math of the universe of possibilities the nanosecond the students in front of them goes from “those we already know” to those we “have yet to know but are for sure wanting to know more about”. Not sure of the numbers of students that attend each of these auditioned or non auditioned summer programs, but let’s say something over 20 and less than 50. Hello over 20 and less than 50, meet 2000+. Now go arm wrestle for your spot. And meanwhile some of those 2000+ attended a rival program and come packing heat. Or (as supportive pointed out) many of them did not attend any of those programs but they’re forces to be reckoned with as well.

Message is: don’t pick a program thinking it will create admission advantage. It might but more often than not it is irrelevant and the experience should be enjoyed on its own merits and for the training it provides.