OK I’m gonna interrupt the crickets here to announce that Montclair is now offering in-state tuition for ALL BFA MT’s. This has been mentioned in other threads where it could be easily missed and on the school page (bring back yellow dots!), but not as a topic on the main discussion page. This is a fabulous program and now very affordable for OOS-ers! :D/
Woo hoo, @calliene, I guess the margaritas are on you next time?
Yay Montclair!!! Way to appreciate your BFA MTers!!!
I think the goal is to establish the school as a top national rather than a regional performing arts higher educational center, because this new rule is applying to music majors, too. My daughter’s best friend is a music major and that program is also excellent. They already get over 700 MT applicants a year, and though many (don’t know the %age) are in state (NJ has 9 million people, award-winning schools and great HS theater so they do get high quality applicants), I do know they would like to attract more OOS applicants. As of now, about half who end up there each year as freshmen are OOS.