<p>Susan, what would be your guess as to number of students when you attended? Were those who filled Skirball for all of Tisch or just the Drama students and their parents? I’m not sure that I’ve heard the 10% before or not (I’m getting old and my brain doesn’t work as well as it used to! ;)) but that would probably represent ~50 drama students, if all/most attended. It would be interesting to know what percentage of those invited usually attend.</p>
<p>I agree that this event has never been strictly for the top academic achievers. The way it has always been explained is that it is for the ‘top’ applicants, based on the Tisch admissions parameters, that Tisch most wants to convince to attend. This, obviously, would be judged by the same factors which go into assessing all applicants, and would include both academic and artistic components. I don’t think that anyone need feel slighted by this, as, realistically speaking, there will always be a group of ‘top’ applicants, regardless of the school or program, and all schools should want to attract, and enroll, their top applicants.</p>