James Madison's New Policy

Ericsmom
Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:09:41 +0000

I did a little search for you and couldn’t find much on James Madison, but I noticed that Momsinger’s daughter is going there next year for MT. Hopefully you can be in touch with her about what they think.

Also, I’m copying the below from a different thread from someone who visited. You can also search by pulling down “search this thread” at the top right corner of this screen.

Here is what I copied:

11-05-2005, 04:06 PM #190
draMOMMAqueen
New Member

Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 9 Dear Sareccasmom and Kaysmom: Again, thank you for your assistance. My daughter and I have had long talks about her priorities and she is coming around to realize that her training is paramount. We actually attended an open house for the visual and performing arts depts. at James Madison Univ today. This would definitely be a safety school for her. Their board and gpa requirements are below where hers are (by enough to probably get her a merit scholarship, but not low enough that it would not be challenging) and although there is an audition for the MT program, there is no cap on the number of kids they take. They offer a BA and a BM in MT. They have about 200 kids total in the theater dept 50 of which are in musical theater. They will be building a new theater to be done by 2009 (her senior year). The kids there are happy with the program and although the course requirement seems adequate, I know there is no comparison to some of the other schools mentioned in this discussion. I am happy to have found a back-up that she liked. No, it’s not in a city, but I think it would be okay although it is rural Virginia. It is larger than she wanted (16,000 undergrads), but, it may have to do.