<p>Pace and Marymount both have great acting departments, but the academics are very poor. Marymount has a much smaller applicant pool as the school itself is a small liberal arts college - although I have heard some people describe it as ‘an extension of High school’ which doesn’t sound too great. I’ll be applying to both as safeties (as they are in New York, my favourite city) but I wouldn’t see them as a ‘fit’ school for your D.</p>