<p>I already have my top 10 down but I was just wondering where everyone else wants to go.
Here’s mine
<p>We haven’t made any firm decisions, but it’s looking sort of like the following: 1) NYU; 2) DePaul; 3) Emerson; 4) Fordham-Lincoln Center; 5) Rutgers-Mason Gross; 6) Pace; 7) Montclair State; 8) UArts; 9) CCPA/Roosevelt; 10) Columbia College Chicago. The order is not at all definite, and - depending on next round of test scores and fall grades - might add BU as additional reach, or more audition-only schools (e.g. Point Park, Cornish, et al).</p>
<p>I Have My Top Three:
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
FLORIDA AGRICULTURE & MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY
HAMPTON </p>
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<p>Applying for sure:
<p>Maybe (in no particular order):
Chapman, Redlands, the Hartt School, Florida State, Ohio University, Texas Christian, University of San Diego. (I really want to apply to all of these schools, but it gets expensive… besides which, my mother is violently opposed to me attending school far from home-- USD, Redlands, Chapman, and Long Beach are mostly there to appease her.)</p>
<p>Actr12, I hope that’s your top choices, and not your whole list! You need some non-auditioned safeties!</p>
<p>SUNY Purchase should be on that list. Great Alumni, Faculty and CHEAP!</p>
<p>I have to echo SDonCC. I hope that all of you have non-audition safety schools that are also financial safeties and that you would be happy attending, on your lists!</p>
<p>Quite right, alwaysamom! 8 thru 10 on my list, plus Redlands and USD, are non-auditioned BAs, with the option to audition into the BFA after two semesters. There are actually a TON of schools out there like this, many of which have great reputations and are worth looking into for anybody.</p>
<p>My mother did tell me I need more safeties but Oberlin and Wesleyan are non auditioned so I feel my academics would hopefully get me in and as far as academically Fordham, Rutgers and DePaul are all academic matches. I just havent found any safeties with really good theatre programs. Any suggestions?
And Complexlife I was originally looking at SUNY Purchase but I just didnt feel like it was the place for me…their program is amazing though
Im so in love with my list and I feel like Ill get into at least four of them or so to choose from- maybe its just my overly optimistic thinking though haha</p>
<p>wow, no way should you count on Wesleyan and Oberlin! I know plenty of people with outstanding stats who were waitlisted or rejected! </p>
<p>Would you go to Fordham, Rutgers and DePaul if you are not accepted to the acting programs? If so, then okay, these are your safeties.</p>
<p>There are alot of threads already here for you to get ideas. You should also look through the course catalogues to see how many performance courses are offered as opposed to theory/ history. Some BA schools will have a performance track within the major, or at least a good number of training classes.</p>
<p>Um…good point- yeah I dont think I would go to the school unless I got into their program.
Do you have any suggestions? Easy schools to get into with good theatre programs?</p>
<p>Skidmore and Connecticut College would be “easier” than Oberlin and Wesleyan, but how “easy” depends on your own stats! Brandeis, too. Muhlenberg is “easier” than all of these, but again, it’s all relative! </p>
<p>There’s more schools than this, but these are just a few to get you started.</p>
<p>Thankyou- Connecticut College seems like a good substitute for one of my schools
But Im still not sure</p>
<p>Actr12 – if you post your academic stats some may be able to suggest academic safety schools. If you have a sense of how much your family can afford to pay for college and how your EFC compares with that amount (although most meet need schools will calculate what they believe your family can afford to pay based upon additional information than the FAFSA) some may also be able to suggest schools for you to look at that could be financial safeties for you. If you can find one or two schools that are both financial and academic safeties that you would be happy to attend then you will be golden.</p>
<p>What is your home state?</p>
<p>Often a financial/ academic safety is a school in your home state that has a non-auditioned program you would like to attend. Sometimes it may be an OOS or a private school that has guaranteed merit money for your academic stats that has a non-auditioned program you would like to attend. You could also include an auditioned program that is less selective in terms of artistic admissions that is an academic safety/ match that you know you can afford to and would like to attend.</p>
<p>As others have said there is lots of great info on this forum and the MT forum (even about non-MT program admissions).</p>
<p>I live in New Jersey.
GPA: 3.5
SAT: 1950 (im about to recieve my June 23rd test scores)
Literature (Subject Test)- 700
Financial Status (Combined Household Income)- 95,000
And I have a lot of theatre credits and experience
I hope this is everything…</p>
<p>what is your SAT break down? Some schools look at only Math and Verbal (no Writing portion). </p>
<p>Is the 3.5 weighted or not? on a 4.0 or a 5.0 scale?</p>
<p>I think you mentioned on another post that I was reading that you are female? Acting program admissions is highly competitive for both men and women, but more women audition for (often fewer spots in) programs. Top programs are super competitive for all. This is why it is important to have a few schools as financial/ academic/ artistic safeties that you would be happy to attend. Program admissions can be “fluky.” This is why it is important for all students to create balanced lists. The other option that some pursue is to only apply to top programs and then take a gap year, continue training and coaching, and audition again the following admissions cycle. </p>
<p>With a combined household income of $95,000 you will likely not qualify for much need based financial aid. </p>
<p>In NJ you may want to look at Montclair State – this is an auditioned BFA program, but would be financially more doable than most privates. SUNY New Paltz is an auditioned BA program that is quite good and not too far from NJ. I am sure that others can suggest additional schools that may be safeties for you to check out. Good Luck! :)</p>
<p>Actr12, I"m going to be very honest, and say that Oberlin, Wesleyan and Northwestern are going to be huge reaches for you. No way around it. </p>
<p>Conn College would be a match, but certainly not a safety.</p>
<p>I meant to say in my previous post that " The other option that some pursue is to only apply to top programs and then take a gap year, continue training and coaching, and audition again the following admissions cycle" if not admitted to top choice schools the first time around.</p>
<p>Near New Jersey, you might look into University of Hartford; it’d probably be a low match or high safety academically. The Hartt School is an auditioned BFA, though, so beware. You might also look into Adelphi.</p>
<p>Arent the chances large though that Ill get into at least one of the schools I originally listed?
And I know NU and Oberlin are reaches but Im just applying because theres a chance that I could make it in. Last night I took off Wesleyan and exchanged it for Montclair, as a easy school. I know its audition but I hear the program isnt that hard to get into. Friends from my school have applied for the theatre department and I havent met anyone who hasnt made it in.
Because Elon University is an academic safety do you think I should add that? i know its audition…</p>