International Acting BFA/BA Transfer Student Question : What else should I do?

texasdell
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:56:34 +0000

So, I’m currently attending community college in Texas as an international student (this is my third semester, I came to America on May, 2017). And I’m planning to transfer to 4 year university in CA.

Calarts, UCLA, USC, Chapman, UCI, UCSD, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount are on my list.

My current GPA is 3.2, it’s a bit low but I’m working on it. And I did 4 theatre productions in my college this year; I got pretty strong supporting roles (like Annas in Jesus Christ Superstar). And I just went back from my first TV show as an extra. I’m planning to do more TV stuff here.

I’m preparing for my first IELTS test that’s on December 8. My goal is (overall) 7 (that’s the score schools want usually). And I have several Acting/Directing professors (PhD) who are willing to write a good recommendation letter for me.

I am very aware of that this business is very competitive, and the schools I’ve picked are very tough and expensive to get into. But I decided to headbutt anyway. USC is the first on my list. I looked up a lot of threads about Acting undergraduate/transfer here, and I have studied homepages of universities many many times.

I have another one year to prepare my school work, resume and audition, so I just want to know what else I should do in the meantime. Some threads and replies here says that nothing matters as long as you kickass your audition. Is it true? And I know I have to put my English and school work on the priority. But you know, sometimes I feel like going without a strategy is not really good. And I want to research on my own before talking to my professors about this. So… what should I do? Should I just focus on reading plays and collecting good monologues for me? Or should I do something else than that. Like, joining a club, preparing essays, you know. Whew… I’m so worried. Please help me!