<p>I wrote this entire post to be helpful but then as I was about to post it, the program quit. Then, I went to try again in a word processing program and it froze up. So, I will try to recreate it……</p>
<p>A few things you need to keep in mind are….</p>
<p>A school is not a safety school just because it is a BA or a non-audition school. A safety school is only a sure bet if your academic profile is above the average academic stats that are published for admitted students to that particular college and if that college does not have a low admit rate. So, a safety school is relative to each applicant. One person’s safety is another person’s match or reach school. For instance, I have a student who is applying to mostly BFA schools and her safety is Muhlenberg and this school has indicated to her that she will be accepted. However, I have other students for whom Muhlenberg is a match school or a reach school, and not a sure bet safety. Further, you have to examine the acceptance rate to each BA school and so even if your stats are above the average stats of admitted students to a particular university, their admit rate may be low and so it is not a safety for anyone. An example would be Northwestern and even if your stats are above the norm for that school, the admit rate is low and it is not a safety school, though may be a match school for a very good student. </p>
<p>Another thing is that I would not only consider state schools to be more affordable. This may be so for your IN STATE school but not necessarily for an out of state STATE school. It could be that either the need based or merit based aid at a private could come in cheaper than the full pay at an out of state public. For example, my daughter got much better scholarships and financial aid at some private schools like NYU or Syracuse than at Penn State. </p>
<p>Another thing you have to realize is that NO AUDITION BASED schools can be considered safeties for ANYONE. Every school that has an audition has very chancy odds. It could be that some audition-based schools have better odds than others, but none are safety schools. It may be easier odds to get into an audition based BA school such as American or Temple, than a very competitive BFA program like CMU or CCM, however. But it still cannot be counted on. A true safety school is one that has NO AUDIION AND where your academic profile is higher than the average admitted to that particular college, as well as the college’s acceptance rate not being a low one. </p>
<p>I will list some NON AUDITION BA SCHOOLS (NOT NECESSARILY A SAFETY FOR YOU!) that either have a MT Major or a MT Minor or else a theater program that has MT opportunities such as combined majors between theater, voice, and dance. This is not a complete list:</p>
<p>Muhlenberg (combined majors)
Manhattanville
Rollins College
Columbia College
Sarah Lawrence (interdisciplinary)
Dickinson College (interdisciplinary)
University of NH
Northwestern University
Indiana U (not their BFA)
West Chester Univ. of PA
Cal State-Chico
Cal State-Fullerton (audition after 2 years to get into the BFA)
Santa Clara University
UC-Irvine (audition after 2 years to get into MT)
Nazareth College
SUNY Geneseo
DeSales University
Wilkes University
Rhode Island College
Johnson State College</p>
<p>You may want to look at this list of MT colleges:
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