<p>Yes I did mean second semester freshman at Tisch. Realized the typo after it was too late to fix it. That was the time my daughter spent in studio classes spring semester last year. The 1:45 difference I referred to at UNCSA was because I added up that same sample schedule to 22:15, not 23.5 but in any case, my point was that yes, seems like more studio time in one vs. the other. And I didn’t even look at subsequent years because at the time I calculated it, I didn’t have a second year at Tisch’s schedule to compare it to. (Which I do now.) </p>
<p>If there is a disparity between studios, I can’t speak to that. I can only speak to a day in the life of someone in New Studio and in the case of my daughter, she’s also an MT. </p>
<p>I can say that it seems (so far anyway) that the gen eds that my daughter has taken to cover requirements at NYU seem to still have some sort of relationship to theatre. For example this semester she has “History of the American Musical” and as well as a teaching drama in secondary classroom class which is actually a grad level class taught in Steinhardt (where one can major in Theatre Education). </p>
<p>I thought about the question of rehearsal time variation between programs where casting is mandatory etc. vs. programs where you just have to get lucky enough to get cast. But to be honest that gets into the whole, “let’s out ache each other” factor don’t you think? Then we can get into, which program has more homework, papers, reading etc. and the reality is, there is no objective way to really classify any of these things. So I thought focusing on time in studio & academics was the way to go. Even that I find has no simple answer because of things like what is considered studio training in one school could be considered PE in another. Or what is studio in on school might be a history class in another. </p>
<p>So the real value in all of this in my mind is not to try to compare schools but simply to report on what it’s like on the ground as far as class time goes. And let’s face it, last I checked no matter what school you attend or where it is located, we are all talking about the same 24 hours in a day. I don’t think any of these students are sleeping much from the sounds of it.</p>