Oberlin vs. Occidental for Theater (acting)

tsbna44
Sun, 16 Apr 2023 16:13:17 +0000

I’d say Oberlin based on what you wrote but you have to consider the trade offs - theater rep vs diversity etc. I can see Oberlin not engaging the town given their lawsuit just settled.

I’ll throw out this anecdote. I went to Syracuse for broadcast journalism. It’s your Oberlin. Yet it was so popular, crowded that the education sucked to put it mildly.

Yes they placed more people on tv but they had more in school. My guess is 95% didn’t make it.

My friend had to drop out. Couldn’t afford it after a few years. Sue transferred to her home school. U of Montana. I visited. They had 20 or 24 kids. All had access to their own equipment. All we’re doing amazing stuff in class and she told me 100% got jobs. She’s still in the bus but not on air.

The point - look deeper (at oxy). Just because a school is less known doesn’t make it bad. Sometimes the individual attention can work better.

And Oberlin, I know has a great rep and it’s likely a great school, but find out - how many short and long term stay in the business.

Find out for Oxy too.

Dig deeper.

You clearly want Oxy. You may find out it’s a perfectly reasonable choice. And a web search shows that actors have passed through (some left early) to go pro.

Not sure what a Corcoran Scholarship is or how much $$. How much does money matter in this decision ?

GW is uber urban. My daughter wanted urban and is at urban College of Charleston. But it has a campus. For her (can’t say for you), GW was over the top Urban. No campus . We left the tour.