<p>Soozie said,
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I don't have AlwaysAMom's back.
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You two have given that impression LOTS of times. I had four people contract me off list about it just from this post. You two are known as the Tisch Mafia Moms whether you think it is unfounded or not. I was also told to turn off my PMs and email because of the way you are thought to operate.
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Posting contradictions or your points of view is not disrepectful in itself. The tone of the posts ARE.
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Then why did you not say anything to alwaysamom about her tone when she got antagonistic with wallyworld on the rankings thread and then tried to pick a fight about everything he said for days afterwards? I read her reply as having a saccharin tone like MANY of her other posts and replied with sarcasm. Read the College Life forum if you want to see REAL disrespect and personal attacks. I have said nothing out of the ordinary for CC as a whole.
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I have been on CC's forums for FOUR years, way longer than you and I actually WORK for College Confidential and so I know a thing or two as to who these forums are for ... etc etc etc ...
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Am I supposed to be intimidated by that? I dont think I have violated any forum rules. You have talked endlessly about your D but have never been onstage nor taken an acting, music nor dance class in your life as far as I can tell. I was sarcastic but I have backed up everything I said and will not submit to your ageism. I would tell my own mom the same thing.</p>
<p>Mtmama said,
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This is why you shouldn't cut, paste and quote other's remarks - but instead do your own research!
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You should be able to read things from people who go to these schools and expect them to be accurate. They SHOULD be brought up so they can be corrected if they are not right because kids search out posts about schools they are looking at. What else could a forum like this be good for?</p>
<p>Alwaysamom said,
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It doesn't mean that I think AADA is 'amazing', nor does it mean that I've changed my mind about schools with cut programs. It's not a contradiction at all. Things are not always so black and white as to make one like OR dislike a program in its totality.
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It reads like a contradiction to me and the off list comments I got suggest others feel the same. I did NOT say you said AADA was amazing. I challenged someone from AMDA to pipe in about what you said about THEM in the quote. Have you heard new things about them as well? </p>
<p>Now back on topic, wallyworld said,
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The more accomplished and more competitive environment you operate a business the more you have to rise to the occasion. Lots of lame businesses last for decades with no competition. The best most successful businesses thrive (or die quickly) in an environment of other great entrepreneurs. Not convinced read Titan (the story of John D Rockefeller) or Made in America the story of Sam Walton and many others of how people went from rags to multi-billionaire status and credit strong competition as a key to their success.
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So it is the same in business as well! Acting, MT, academia, athletics, business. To what else does this much resisted fact pertain?</p>
<p>Mtdog said,
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Northwestern has an impecable acting degree (definetly "Top-Tier") but is at another , slightly diminished level for MT; Purchase is a Top-Tier school for Modern Dance - but is not a serious consideration for a top flight musical theatre school.
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Look at all the MT Tony nominees from Northwestern. 6 for musicals and 2 for plays. However, some could be "Methusehlean" and I have heard they have slipped some in recent years. What I have been told is the acting program is more of a place you follow with grad school unless you want to do film. Purchase is one of the top tier drama conservatories as well with an admissions rate only slightly higher than Juilliards. CoachC also mentioned NC School of the Arts. They are a top tier drama conservatory and do not have an MT major but they have lots of alumni working in MT. Also, there is a music forum but there is only a thread for acting and design where you can't talk about muliple things at once. Questions get passed over there all the time. There is nothing for dance that I have seen. No offense to you but what are your qualifications in all this?</p>