<p>Also remember that there are some programs that guarantee casting. If you are a student you automatically get to be in shows.</p>
<p>At this point, your primary goal should be to get the best training you can. This may mean that you will be working together with students who have been acting longer than you have. But I don’t see how that would affect your needs and your goals.</p>
<p>I’m assuming “Tyler” is a male name. A male has a HUGE advantage competitively because there are always many fewer males competing for many more male roles. Like in a production of Shakespeare, usually they need about 20 or so men and only a handful of women, but often the audition pool is the other way round (20 women and a handful of men!)</p>
<p>Don’t get hung up about this “BFA” or “BA” distinction. Those are just labels, and are largely arbitrary. You know what you want–amazing training, individual attention, and opportunities to be in shows. Look for programs that have those characteristics, and don’t focus on labels like “BFA” or “BA”.</p>