<p>Sdon, I think that is great advice that perhaps the OP can call the schools or look on the websites to see how they could possibly finish the requirements in 3 years. It was someone at PPU who told me that they were taking inexpensive community college gen eds and then using her PPU time for only acting courses and has been able to bunch things together so that she can save money and graduate in 3 years I believe she will be PartTime student taking an independent study in screenwriting or directing for her one semester so she can focus indepth on directing her screenplay and auditioning in the industry putting herself out there networking and trying to earn money for another semester. Again, I’m fuzzy on these details, excuse me if I got them inaccurate but money is an issue and she is doing what she can. The kids were saying that if you can take language and math and other gen eds in the summers you can save money and get more out of your acting program even if you are not thinking of trying to cut out a year of tuition.</p>