<p>Live in fl and wish to go to school out of state and will need help for tuition any info would be appreciated</p>
<p>stixx,
There are competitive scholarships available at the USC School of Theatre. Some of these are for incoming freshmen in all schools and some are for theatre students only.</p>
<p>USC offers merit scholarships to incoming freshmen who apply by Dec. 1, earlier than the usual deadline of January 10th. These include full tuition, half tuition, one quarter tuition and others given by religious, ethnic, alumni club, USC Associates and Town and Gown. These are highly competitive. A certain number are given by each school at USC such as cinema, business, communication, theatre, fine arts and engineering. Some of these require an interview. </p>
<p>Continuing students in the USC School of Theatre may apply or qualify for the following scholarships/awards:</p>
<p>Student Council Award
John Ritter Memorial Award
David Dukes Memorial Scholarship
Jack Nicholson Awards
Stanley Musgrove Award
Aileen Stanley Memorial Awards
John Blankenship/William White Scholarships
James Pendleton Award
Ruth and Albert McKinlay Award for a B.A. Student
Nancy Kehr Reed Memorial Production Fund-Supports independent student productions</p>
<p>Enrolled National Merit Scholars receive a half tuition scholarship as well as a $1,000 per year scholarship given by the NMSFoundation. These recipents must maintain a 3.0 GPA and take 16 units per semester.</p>
<p>thank you so much this is very good information i really appreciate it :D</p>
<p>I don’t know if you are looking at auditioned programs, BFAs or BAs but since you should have a combination on your list anyway…</p>
<p>BA programs:
Temple- Its a state school in NJ and there are merit scholarships available which could knock the OOS tuition down to the instate tuition which is $11,000
Drew- Has a specific arts merit award [Presidential</a> Scholarship for the Arts | Drew University](<a href=“http://www.drew.edu/depts/finaid/arts.aspx]Presidential”>http://www.drew.edu/depts/finaid/arts.aspx)
Muhlenberg- has a specific arts merit award.</p>
<p>BFA:
Rutgers and UMinn both have merit awards for students with top stats, not specific to theater.
Same with DePaul in Chicago. Plus they have talent awards. [ADMISSION</a> & AID: Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.depaul.edu/admission/scholarships/index.asp]ADMISSION”>http://www.depaul.edu/admission/scholarships/index.asp)
Emerson has an Honors program that provides 1/2 tuition. [Honors</a> Program | Emerson College](<a href=“Admissions & Aid, Emerson College”>Admissions & Aid, Emerson College)</p>
<p>Coastal Carolina has both academic and talent awards available:
[Financial</a> Aid Office](<a href=“http://www.coastal.edu/financialaid/meritbased.html#CCU]Financial”>http://www.coastal.edu/financialaid/meritbased.html#CCU)</p>
<p>^^Temple is in Philadelphia PA. ;)</p>
<p>Oh good heavens. Of course. I knew that. Oops. Its a PENNSYLVANIA state school. New Jersey hasn’t invaded Philly yet. (slinks off in embarassment).</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon will match or exceed offers from roughly comparable schools. They match the amount you wind up paying rather than the dollar amount of the offer so the offer could be substantially more if the comparable school costs substantially less. Their initial offer may not be competitive but their adjusted offer will be competitive by definition.</p>
<p>Both DePaul and UArts freshman GPAs are not particularly impressive. My daughter’s GPA was higher than the school average and we got good offers from both. I suspect this is a good rule of thumb. If you exceed the freshman GPA of any school or the top 10-20% GPA, you are likely to get a competitive offer.</p>
<p>In honor of the late Suzanne Grossman Scales a memorial scholarship has been established for an incoming freshman theatre student. Ms. Scales passed away in December 2010.</p>
<p>USC is really fortunate to have amazing alumni who make such wonderful scholarships possible. Sometimes people hear the term “Trojan Family” and think it means sports and job connections–but it also means great support for the creative undergrads and feeling attached to your school long after you graduate. Thanks so much GG!!!</p>
<p>I think the majority of schools have some form of merit based scholarship, it just depends on your particular need. I would first do some research and pick out the schools you want to go to most, and then maybe narrow down your choices by specifically researching the availability and requirements for scholarships at each school.</p>