What is the scoop on grades for conservatories?

bromquest
Sat, 28 Nov 2015 13:35:11 +0000

Most BFA conservatories truly don’t care too much about GPA and I’m not even sure what the minimum is. (The work load and work ethic needed once in is intense however. Including a lot of writing, preparing multiple scenes every week, long hours, physical demands. My son often rehearses until 11:30 pm then goes home and starts homework. Classes 8-5:30 pm every day. No math or science in most though!) I would not cross CMU off her list. Unless she has good test scores I might skip schools like NYU, BU, Syracuse, Michigan, Fordham, Northwestern… My kids only applied east coast for the most part. But Rutgers, Purchase, Juilliard, UNCSA and CMU (among others I am forgetting right now or have no personal knowledge of) accept based on talent. I think DePaul, Marymount Manhattan, Pace cared about grades but had lower academic requirements. Emerson cared about grades if I recall. And… lower GPA (again unless great test scores) do hurt you on the scholarship money unfortunately.