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Santa Clara would have more for you in terms of MT than Occidental. Santa Clara has a Theatre Major and a MT Minor. So, I feel it is a very good BA choice. They also stage musicals. The fact that you were able to be accepted before implies you have what it takes to get in.</p>
<p>I think it is really important to have the RIGHT list. You say you have safety state schools but I am not sure the point in transferring into them since they don’t have more MT training than Oxy, right? Unless you don’t like Oxy. I just think if you want a BFA, your BFA list is NOT balanced. Then, there are very good BA options for MT (you’d have to check deadlines) and I mentioned some of them. In these scenarios, you might get in either a BFA or a BA where you can concentrate on MT. Your current list seems like very slim odds of that happening, when I add in the transfer odds. I’m not even suggesting more schools but more appropriate ones when it comes to the odds. If you can’t apply to a lot of schools, then pick ones with better odds. I feel that CMU, UCLA, and Otterbein (as a transfer) are very very low odds. You either need other ones to add or to sub. Have you looked at Chapman? It is not a degree in MT, but it is an audition-based BA and then after two years, you can audition into the BFA in Theater/Acting and they do have MT opportunities there and it isn’t all straight theater stuff. Also, plenty of dance.</p>
<p>No, I have not heard of being able to enter a BFA degree program following earning a BA. I don’t think that is possible. Even if it were, it doesn’t seem like a wise thing to do. As Kat said, why would you pay for 8 years of schooling when that is not necessary (and you said cost is a factor)? Also, a BA and a BFA have overlap as undergraduate degrees. You can just earn one undergraduate degree. So, if you do a BA now, you could apply to MFAs but you are correct that very few MFAs are in MT and most are for Acting/Theater (though there are a few for MT). I agree with Kat that after your BA, you could do a two year program such as Circle in the Square Theater School (NYC) to train in MT. It is a certificate program and many in it have an undergraduate degree already. As well, you could go to NYC and take classes in voice, dance, and acting and train that way after college.</p>