<p>It would be great to have the luxury of looking closely at faculty qualifications and courses offered and then making a choice about where you go to college for acting. . .However, with acceptance rates into BFA programs the way they are, I can’t imagine having too many choices to make at all. While my son (the one who is applying) sometimes runs across something interesting in what’s posted on the various websites, to me, most look pretty similar. CC has been the most helpful tool for getting a “feel” for the various BFA programs. Next best has been chatting with the current students when on campus visits, for they can often present their school’s program, including why it’s designed the way it is and contrasting it to other places they know about. (Often faculty can provide this info, too, but they may have more limited time for discussion.)</p>
<p>It has been/would be interesting to “hear” established actors “talk” about the characteristics in young actors they feel are most important, and about the training programs that are most likely to produce such characteristics.</p>