<p>I am involved in theater in high school and I want to be actively involved in college (ideally somewhat of a leadership position). However I am concerned that since I am probably going to a larger school and I am not planning on majoring in theater that this might not be possible (I may do a minor). The schools I am currently looking at are BU, Iowa State, JMU, Michigan State, Missouri State, Ohio State, Purdue, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, UMass, University of New Hampshire and Syracuse.
Does anyone have any information about such opportunities at these schools, or do you know of bigger universities that have these opportunities?
Thanks guys!</p>
<p>I don’t know about any of the schools you listed, but my friend’s son went to U of Rochester, where he was involved in student run groups where he sang, acted and got to write and perform his own work. He was a physics major. I don’t know if the school has a minor or a major. I do know that her son took voice classes at Eastman.</p>
<p>You should read through the theater department websites to see what they have to say about themselves. If performance and production positions are restricted to majors that will be stated very clearly. If preference is for majors, or upper-classmen that will also usually be stated. However, for the best current information, you should email the department. Don’t be afraid to ask. They get this question all the time.</p>
<p>A bigger question though, is why that particular list of universities? Of the public Us, only one would be in-state for you. Have you discussed your college budget with your parents? The OOS tuition and fees at some of those universities will make them as expensive as many private universities. Check each university website for information about the expected Cost of Attendance (COA), and see what is included. The sit down with your parents and talk about how they expect you to pay for your education. You may find out that whether or not you can participate in theater is the least of your worries.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>
<p>Wake Forest University really stressed the fact you could do exactly what you are talking about in both the information session and on our tour. I realize its not one of the schools you have listed, but just wanted you to have the option in case you are interested.</p>
<p>Thanks for the new schools! I will definitely check into those.</p>
<p>happymomof1-</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice about the websites!</p>
<p>“A bigger question though, is why that particular list of universities? Of the public Us, only one would be in-state for you. Have you discussed your college budget with your parents? The OOS tuition and fees at some of those universities will make them as expensive as many private universities. Check each university website for information about the expected Cost of Attendance (COA), and see what is included. The sit down with your parents and talk about how they expect you to pay for your education. You may find out that whether or not you can participate in theater is the least of your worries.”</p>
<p>This list is all of the schools north of me that offer the major I am interested in, Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM), and have good academic reputations/are fairly selective. Because this major is so obscure, it is a very short list. I want to go into food management, so I think that a business major would not give me the training I need, and I want to go to a four-year school as opposed to a trade school or community college. I think it would be a good idea to have a four-year degree before culinary school.</p>
<p>However, the list I had before I decided on the major was mainly of private colleges and universities with COAs of 40,000-55,000. My parents have agreed that they will pay 40,000 a year but no more than that. The only school on this list that is above that is BU, which is my reach school for which I would need a merit scholarship to attend.</p>
<p>None of the colleges on this list are in-state. I live in Maryland, and although UMD is a good school, I would prefer not to go where most of my friends will undoubtedly be going. (UMD is the only school in MD that offers HTM, I believe).</p>
<p>Nevertheless, thank you for your concern! I definitely appreciate the bit of reality/practicality you have addressed.</p>
<p>Since [Cornell</a> School of Hotel Administration](<a href=“http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/]Cornell”>http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/) isn’t on your list even though it is generally considered to be the top institution in the US for training in the hospitality industry, I wonder if you have used enough different search engines to create your list. Three good ones are:
[College</a> MatchMaker - Type of School](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)
[College</a> Search - College Confidential](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/]College”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/)
[College</a> Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/]College”>College Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics) </p>
<p>Look for your field of study under alternate names, and you should come up with more programs that are located north of Maryland. To find out what is specifically offered in Maryland, see [Higher</a> Education in Maryland](<a href=“http://mhec.maryland.gov/higherEd/HEInventory.asp]Higher”>http://mhec.maryland.gov/higherEd/HEInventory.asp)</p>
<p>If you are willing to consider anything south and west of Maryland, you should look at [University</a> of Nevada, Las Vegas](<a href=“http://go.unlv.edu/]University”>http://go.unlv.edu/) which has excellent theater (especially tech) programs as well as one of the top hospitality programs in the country.</p>
<p>Thank your parents for giving you clear guidelines about your budget! You are truly fortunate to have that information at the beginning of your college search.</p>
<p>I used CollegeBoard for my search. I forgot to mention that I automatically nixed Ivy Leagues because a) I probably wouldn’t get in, b) it’s too expensive and c) they don’t give merit scholarships (not that I would get one anyway). Although Ivies are fairly generous in the aid department, my family would not qualify for need-based aid. But certainly Cornell has a fabulous curriculum (probably for any department).</p>
<p>Does anyone know of alternate names the major may have? I know there is Restaurant Administration, for example, but it doesn’t seem to come up with much either. I’m afraid CollegeBoard doesn’t seem to me to have a lot of alternate names. But I’m definitely going to try those other search engines–thanks!</p>
<p>And thanks for the MD and Nevada suggestions as well–I’ll check those out. :)</p>
<p>If you use the simplest search terms (Food, Restaurant, Hotel, Hospitality, Tourism), you will get longer lists of schools, and each search term will pull up a different list for each search engine. It is a real pain to go through the lists college-by-college, but if you find good choices for yourself it will be worth the effort.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>