<p>You made some excellent recommendations, Soozie. I think Brown and Yale were among 2 of our favorites.</p>
<p>USC has a BFA in Acting with no musical theatre opportunities available. I am currently in the BA program at USC and I have found there to be an extreme amount of MT opportunity (including an MT minor). Depending on the desires of the student, you can turn your BA in Theatre into a “BFA MT” track very easily.</p>
<p>What do people know about American University’s BA in MT? I know it is not a BFA and there are more gen ed requirements than certainly BFA conservatory level programs. What is the reputation of the program. We are going to visit the campus next week. but I have not heard much about it.</p>
<p>Mollysmom -you should look at the American University forum at the top of the page. There was a mom that posted her D is going there and there was also a student that posted on the thread. You could send them a PM and get information from them about the school.
Good luck.</p>
<p>My son is interested in a BFA acting with opportunities in MT, perhaps minor or double major. Syracuse and Ithaca seem to be fav’s…any ideas, information?? thanks</p>
<p>University of the Arts might also be a good option. They offer a Musical Theatre Minor. Carnegie Mellon and NYU – Tisch also provide musical theatre opportunities for students focused more specifically on acting.</p>
<p>Quite a few of the BFA Acting majors at FSU choose to take private voice and dance. They also can sing at General auditions if they would like to be considered for the musicals.</p>
<p>cherylalrd – At Syracuse, you can be a BFA acting major and audition for everything in Syracuse Drama, musicals included (which the BFA MT kids audition for). Acting only kids DO get cast in the musicals if they have the musical talent and are right for the roles.</p>
<p>As the mom of a UCLA Theatre major, I have to pop up here and remind everyone that UCLA has a BA in Theatre with both an Acting and an MT specialization. You must audition to get into both. Each has only 30 kids in it. Last year 1100 auditioned. Because it is a BA, you can minor in whatever you want. My D is minoring in Film, which makes sense for someone hoping to be a screen actor. </p>
<p>The UCLA BA program is run, however, like a Conservatory. In her first quarter, she has only theatre classes. Nothing else. No history. No science. No foreign language. No English. Only Theatre. She will have one class outside her major her second quarter. On average students have one to two classes outside their major while doing the general ed, but most of it is in the major. </p>
<p>Last year, UCLA admitted 21.7% of the applicants. 55,000 plus students applied. 12,000 plus were accepted. UCLA typically receives more applications for admission than any other college in the nation. The average H.S. GPA for last year’s class was a 4.16. The ACT was a 29. SAT CR was 655. SAT Math was 687. SAT writing was 668. That’s an SAT score of 2010. </p>
<p>So, UCLA will definitely give you good academics.</p>
<p>cherylalrd…I have a son at UMich in the BFA MT program who is a dual degree candidate with the College of Engineering. I would be happy to share info from our journey.</p>
<p>^^^He must be a genius!</p>
<p>and BUSY! :)</p>
<p>Not a genius, but fairly busy. Not near as busy as High School, but busy enough. Having the time of his life :)</p>
<p>One thing that’s important to think about when considering academics and acting programs…the peer group with which you will spend most of your time. My son is extremely academic, loves learning, and loves being with other academic minded students. His top two final choices were NYU and Northwestern. He chose NYU, truly loves his acting program, and feels like he could not possibly be learning any more or be any more challenged anywhere else. The acting program there is perfect for him. BUT…he does miss having more academic classes and being able to mix with students in other majors. That’s something Northwestern might have offered. So keep in mind what’s most important to you, and what will make you feel most fulfilled and happy.</p>
<p>But Northwestern is not in Chicago, is in a suburb, whereas NYU is in NYC. So, you would have a totally different “feel” to the school. My youngest D is starting her search and she is extremely academic. But she is starting to feel like she would want an academic school that is not in a big city. On the other hand, my oldest D absolutely had to have a vibrant city. This is another consideration as well.</p>
<p>chrissyblu…if you haven’t already, check out Elon for your youngest. It has a fine MT BFA program and is one of the most georgous small campuses that I have ever visited. My son has several friends there. Feel free to PM me if you want specific info :)</p>
<p>Oh, youngest is not an actor! She is a playwright/writer…</p>
<p>Bump…</p>