<p>mtguy17</p>
<p>soozie and alwaysamom’s comments are both very helpful and correct. I am a prospective transfer this year and was asking similar questions on this thread, and I got some more answers last weekend when I auditioned for Tisch. From what I understood they still need to see your high school transcripts (since they requested them from me). The program at Tisch (I’m sure soozie knows more about this than me since her D attends) from what they were saying is almost 50% general education courses through the school of arts and sciences. I told both of my auditors that I wouldn’t mind coming into the program as a Freshman, but then they told me I didn’t understand their process since it’s different than other schools. Like soozie told me earlier, you can come in at a different class standing, but be in your studio as a Freshman (or 1st year). They also said that Yes, it is a two-step process to get in and both committees meet to discuss your acceptance. They also mentioned that your grades have to be in the ballpark of what they want, not exactly what it states on the website, and they also said that if they really want you and your grades are just a little below they can pull some strings. But they said, if your GPA is below a 3.0 you should know that you shouldn’t even apply because that is too low for them. Your grades from high school do not normally get ‘wiped’ from taking a few courses at a CC, the only time I have heard (through friends that have done it) is when you finish 2 years at that CC and get your AA degree. But normally with an AA degree you have already taken many core courses, etc, and most schools would want you to do a BA program because if you went to BFA most of the time you would have to start over. In my experience, Point Park took almost all of my credits but put them as electives so I would start in the program as a freshman because they believe that I will get more out of their classes than I did at my old school (which is fine b/c that is why I left) and they also told me it’s very possible to do the BFA program there. You just need to research schools and call and talk to them and see what your ‘fit’ is. But I agree with soozie that you should just take a gap year and work on getting yourself prepared fully for your auditions and figuring out a nice list of places to apply so you have options. There are some schools that have one more audition this year that you might want to look into, I know Point Park has one. But I don’t know if it is too late even though they have late auditions. Hope this helps a bit</p>