<p>lbligh/ prodesse – are you one and the same with two accounts? Or a parent account and a student account? or two different families with similar questions?</p>
<p>In terms of Syracuse, I believe that prospective students auditioning for Musical Theatre and indicate that they would also like to be considered for Acting. This is likely the case with other schools as well. </p>
<p>I am not sure it is truly possible to figure out how much more or less competitive it is for young men than young women at these schools. Musical/ Theatre admissions is subjective. Every year there are students who do not get accepted to “less competitive” programs and do get accepted to “more competitive” … individuals are not statistics. </p>
<p>Ultimately, the only close to “guaranteed” admit is at an academic/ financial safety that does not require an audition. I think you are in VA… unless things have changed I do not believe that Christopher Newport or George Mason require auditions. There are other VA schools that do not require an audition that also have strong theatre opportunities. University of RI offers a non-auditioned BFA, that is less academically competitive.</p>
<p>A safety school does not need to be the school you WILL attend if you are admitted to all of your schools… it just needs to be a school you WOULD attend if you are ONLY admitted to the safety. </p>
<p>The list of schools above: “Carnegie-Mellon, Ithaca, Emerson, USC, UNCArts, VCU, James Madison, Shenandoah” … does offer a range types of programs in terms of general academic and artistic selectivity… regional and national applicant pool… You may want to add one true safety, and consider adding another auditioned based program that is of interest.</p>