<p>My son auditioned at and was accepted at Purchase. My feeling was that the accepted students came from all over. At his second callback, when the dean came out to talk to the kids, there were students from California, Massachusetts, and many other states. We are from Pennsylvania. So I don’t think it matters where you are from for the BFA program.
My son liked Purchase, and it was his second choice after CMU. He might well have gone there if he hadn’t gotten a good scholarship from CMU, since Purchase is very reasonable even for out of staters. My son’s feeling was that Purchase is a little more experimental or edgy than some other programs.
I was a little concerned about the retention rate there. I think there were only 11 seniors in the class last year, while they accept 24. We were told it was because several had actually obtained work - one boy had a multi-million several year contract with a TV soap opera. Others, I think, left for various reasons. I don’t think Purchase has a plan to cut students to reach a certain number.</p>