Northwestern questions

NJTheatreMOM
Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:06:19 +0000

I don’t think that a degree from Brown would necessarily open the door to a top MFA program just because it’s an Ivy.

MFA programs are very, very tough admits…especially for women. Getting into one is orders of magnitude more difficult than getting accepted into an auditioned BFA program, which is already challenging in and of itself.

MFA admissions are based on auditions. Many of the people who are accepted have done theatre work to boost their experience and resumes for a period of time after getting their BA. I know of talented people who have gone through two or three cycles of auditioning for MFA programs before being accepted into one.

I do very much agree that the theatre environments and level of training at Brown and NU would be different in the ways that MOMMY5 describes.