<p>I already got accepted to Indiana University, which is my #1 safety I suppose, and definitely the cheapest. I plan on double majoring (hopefully) in English and theatre, and I'd love to be able to take some beginners dance classes (ballet and jazz) but I might just do that off campus somewhere if I can find a studio since I don't think I would have room for additional courses with a double major. I'm mostly interested in a BA in theatre/drama (and possibly returning for a MA someday) but I've left some BFA's on if their website seemed to suggest I could still double major in English.</p>
<p>Anyway, some basic stats: 2030 SAT (600 math, 700 writing, 730 verbal, retook it and waiting for my scores, but I think my math will definitely improve.) I'm taking the ACT with writing for the first time in December, and I hope I do well because I did not take any subject test so my ACT score will be pretty important for some of these schools. 3.9/4.0 unweighted GPA. 9/413 class rank. plenty of extracirriculars theatre-wise, but not much else that shows a lot of dedication, just German club, choir, and National Honor Society, plus a few academic competitions. </p>
<p>I have a list of 12 schools but it's not pratical (or cheap!) to apply to them all.. so I'm trying to narrow it down to around 5 for now. I'm applying to Oberlin, Hamilton, and Kenyon already. </p>
<p>Here's the 12:</p>
<p>Middlebury
Colgate
Carnegie Mellon
Wesleyan
Tufts
Boston College
Notre Dame - they don't really have a theatre major here.. they have a film, television, and theatre program.. not sure how I feel about that. I just think I would like the atmosphere and it's close to home so I've left it on here. I'd love to know if anyone has experience with the FTT program.
Boston University
Skidmore
Ithaca
Rochester
Muhlenberg </p>
<p>if you are serious about theatre you should look at northwestern, your stats are good enough, but it looks like you really don't want to go to school west of indiana heh</p>
<p>to answer your question i don't know which of the schools you listed are the best for theatre</p>
<p>I was interested in Northwestern but it seems the double majoring thing wouldn't work so well there.. If I remember correctly, I would only be able to get one degree.</p>
<p>You shouldn't cut out Tufts. the Drama dept. is excellent and very close-knit. And for being such a small school, we actually ahve a good number of respected screenwriters, actors, and directors that have graduated from Tufts... check it out. Also, the English dept. is excellent (myself, I'm a double-major in the English dept) -- if you have any questions about it, PM me.</p>
<p>If money is an issue, you should include at least one more 'financial safety' on your list. Muhlenberg might work if they offer merit aid. (Goucher, Beloit, or Lawrence might be alternatives.) Maybe add a women's college as a safer bet, for both admission and $, if you are female?</p>
<p>A school with an open curriculum or very scant distribution requirements will make double majoring easier. (Vassar, Wesleyan, Amherst.) Amherst is known for pretty good aid.</p>
<p>Of the schools you named Carnegie Mellon has a very good reputation in Theatre/MT, and Skidmore has an excellent dance dept.</p>
<p>So, you'dhave to spend $700-800 in application fees...smallest check you'll EVER write to a college. In the long run, it isn't that big a deal. Especially since you have great chance for merit aid from a lot of those schools...</p>
<p>Congrats on being accepted at Indiana. I went there for a semester of grad school, and it's probably the only research university in the US where the rest of the student body has great respect for the music and theater majors.</p>
<p>I'd drop Muhlenberg, Ithaca, Notre Dame, and Skidmore. Boston U and Boston College are both very good in these fields, but are so different it should be easy to drop one of them based on whether you prefer to be in a bustling city neighborhood with almost no bigtime sports or on the edge of the city (the BC campus straddles the Boston/Newton line) in a safe and wealthy neighborhood with top 25 football, basketball, and hockey teams. Carnegie Mellon is a great choice. Might want to drop one or two or 3 of of Tufts, Colgate, Wesleyan, Middlebury, or Rochester based on proximity to major cities (Colgate and Middlebury are quite isolated, the rest are much less so).</p>
<p>Actually, at Northwestern, you can major in theatre and get a double major in English...you just have to apply to the theatre program at the college of comm.</p>
<p>Pretty much, you can be a theatre major with another major in English, but not a English major with another major in theatre.</p>
<p>My d looked at CMU for a while. For whatever she was looking to do it appeared that double majoring was not an option. The program was highly intensive, BFA with very limited outside electives possible. It was also very highly selective.</p>
<p>Not sure this is all correct, or applicable to your plans, but suggest check it out.</p>
<p>Par, you seem to miss no opportunity to slam BC. I know BC and HC have a long rivalry, but you seem to be more than a little eager to kick your sister Jesuit school in the cajones. What gives?</p>
<p>Yes, but Theatre must be the primary major. A student must complete all the degree requirements for the primary major, including the distributions, the requirements for the major, and the electives. A student also completes the major requirements for the second major. Both majors are entered on a students academic record, but only one degree and one diploma are awarded. Majors may be completed in two different departments of a school, or in two schools of the University; however, Theatre majors cannot double-major with Radio/TV/Film, Medill, or the School of Music. "</p>
<p>So I take it double majoring with theatre isn't the same as with the rest of the school? I don't see what the purpose in double majoring and only getting one degree would be?</p>
<p>It really depends on the theatre program the OP wants. CMU is very selective if you want to get into its performing arts school. Getting that BFA is very difficult (though I do know someone who did double major performance with business!). However, you can minor in theatre as an English or other humanities major. Have known some who have done that. In a number of the schools she is considering there is a big difference between being a theatre major and being an acting major. For one, you usually have to audition for the latter, and not for the former, and the latter is often a BFA which is a whole different story from a BA in theatre in terms of time commitment. I believe Indiana U has a phenomonal performing arts dept but getting in as a BFA candidate is highly selective, and double majoring would be a challenge, if even allowed.
One bit of caution: make sure you know the restrictions you have when you are a general theatre major. You may not be permitted to enroll in some of the true drama, music, dance courses. You may be restricted from auditioning from certain plays. Many schools have courses exclusive to their BFA students and make if very difficult for outside majors to get in. Even if on paper, they can enroll for those courses, the reality is that few get in simply because the arts student have priority and the class size is too small for many outside students, and only the arts students get exceptions made when the class is full. My son goes to Buffalo and the schools is tight on who it allows to take the BFA courses. There is a big difference between being a theatre major and a musical theatre major for instance, and the priviliges for a theatre major BA nd theatre major BFA are also different. You don't want to go to a school where you are blocked out of alot of the opportunities available, nor do you want to have to petition each time you want to take a limited enrollment class for BFAs.</p>
<p>cptofthehouse, I'm hoping at Indiana University I wouldn't be limited as a theatre major, since the BFA program is only for musical theatre, and is very new-- I think this might be its first year actually. </p>