Advice for non-listed programs?

College Majors Musical Theater Major
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<p>In the master list of MT colleges there are a number of schools listed for which there are no discussion groups (for example: Kent State, Western Illinois, and many others). I'm curious what strategies people have used to get information on such programs.</p>

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<p>In the case of EVERY school (even those listed), go to the school site and see what it has to say for itself.</p>

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<p>Thanks. What I find going to school websites is fairly generic. I’m trying to find out quality of faculty, feelings of students/graduates, etc. Very new to all this!!</p>

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<p>If you post your questions on the general musical theatre forum with the school’s name in the thread title… ex. “Questions about Kent State” … people who are familiar with the school will answer.</p>

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<p>Great, thanks!</p>

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<p>jeffandann, school websites are like peeling back layers of an onion. You may find there is a lot more info than was initially apparent. For example, many if not most programs list their mandated curriculum for the MT major. You can glean info about the structure and balance of a program by looking at the course listings and the associated credit hours and classroom hours and can get a bunch of info about course content from the on-line course catalog. Faculty bios and previous production seasons are usually posted too from which you can get a handle on the faculty and the types of productions typically staged. Very often there is a separate departmental student handbook that contains a wealth of info about the program, its goals, expectations and policies. Making charts comparing curricula at different schools by subject area and by year provided a good contrast. The school’s theatre department audition page and the admissions department’s student profile page can provide a lot of info about the admissions process. And you can always call the theatre department and ask to make an appointment for a telephone info session with a department rep. Some schools will gladly do this. It can feel overwhelming, I know, to ferret out all this info about so many schools.</p>