My DD applied in mid-January and was accepted to the school early February. She just auditioned at Chicago Unifieds Agree about the large number of students. David Hugo stated that for every 6 acceptances, they plan for 2 admissions. He also mentioned accepting 80 students; however, he did not clarify if it was 80 with the expectation of 25 which would be good, but totally not sure. If anyone can clarify that would be really helpful.
My son’s friend chose LIU last year and she has 28 in her class
Thanks - is she a Musical Theater Major?
Yes. She is
@user_752736 My D was accepted to MT last year and toured the campus. Our very nice student tour guide said the class size varies. In 2018-19 she said the freshmen class (they would be sophomores now) was 48 students combined in Acting and MT; she said most of those were MT. There were around 9 men in that class. She was a junior and said there were 19 students in her class at that time; they had started with 35 (don’t know if she was combining Acting and MT with those numbers).
@MTdreamin That makes me curious to know if they have a retention problem, and if so, why.
@NeensMom Believe it or not. After all these kids ( and family ) go through to get in to these programs- there is fall out in every program. Kids change majors, sometimes they were the big fish in the little pond and the see the talent in their program and decide they can’t or don’t want to compete for roles. Sometimes they get homesick. Sometimes they realize that it just wasn’t the right fit. The same problems that exist in the general population exist in theatre programs
LIU Post acceptances are starting to roll out this morning! One of my students ( I have two this year in auditions) just got one! The other one is hoping for one as well…
My D did CAP auditions In Atl Nov and got a notice today that she was Acceptd In to their program. Have not really researched it much. Any info would be helpful… Good? Bad ? Happy students? Decent area? Thoughts on the head Of the department as well?
My D received an acceptance email in Theatre Arts with a concentration in acting. She was hoping for MT. Can someone please explain the main differences for me? Also, is she still able to take dance classes and voice lessons? Thank you!
My daughter just got snail mail today letting her know she was accepted into the BFA MT. Is everyone else getting emails today? The letter is from Admissions.
@secondtimemt we received an email from David Hugo with regards to our admission to the MT program. It did say in the email that it was pending acceptance to the school so maybe they are handling situations where the acedemic acceptance has not been completed differently.
So odd. She got her academic acceptance a while ago. Then, this past Friday, she received an email to sit in on BFA classes - but it was from admissions. We were trying to figure out if that meant she was in or if they sent that to every kid who auditioned - or who went to the interview process after the audition. Then today, she received the snail mail saying she was in the BFA. No email yet though. I was also wondering if they were emailing in the order of auditions? She auditioned at NYC Unifieds.
@secondtimemt we also received the email on Friday from admissions to sit on a class too. My D auditioned at NYC unifieds as well. Our mail delivery service is really slow so not sure we received a letter yet. I will let you know. It sounds like your D is in. Congratulations!
I’m a current (sophomore) BFA at LIU Post we lost about 10-15 people out of our original 48 (acting and MT combined) person class. The majority of that was people changing their majors rather than transferring to a different MT program. For example, two switched into the BA so they could double major - figured out that MT was not their sole interest. Another few changed majors altogether.
@theatredancemom I am an acting major and I take voice, was in our musical theatre I class last semester, and am currently in an upper level ballet class. There is little to no distinction between the MTs and acting BFAs.
modanbsmt001 - we live in Florida. The letter was dated the 5th and just arrived today.
@theatredancemom the main curricular differences are
- MTs are required to take History of the American Musical, and Musical Theater Seminar I and II. Acting majors can take MT Seminar I and II by permission and space allowing (I took MT Seminar I).
- Acting majors are required to take Playwriting and Shakespeare in Performance.
- MTs’ grad requirements in terms of electives are slightly different - I don’t know numbers off the top of my head, but acting majors are required to take more theatre specific classes rather than theatre or dance classes like the MT majors are. This hasn’t really affected me, as I have room in my schedule to take both (I came in with lots of AP credits_
D received snail mail BFA/MT acceptance today .
We got an email saying my D was accepted pending admission into the school. I guess we were missing something for the application. So I believe that’s why some got emails and some got acceptances via snail mail.