<p>My D will be in the Honors College and in BA Acting…wondered how many other theatre majors there will be. Really looking forward to doing both.</p>
<p>Hilary and other students that are in both programs…any comments or advice?</p>
<p>They give out ALOT of free tickets to Broadway shows and movies, so go to as many as you can go to!
Also, they provide alot of amazing opportunities, so if you’re interested at all TAKE THEM.</p>
<p>My d was accepted to bfa acting and honors college. Although my d is still undecided,Pace is one of two she is considering.</p>
<p>For the entering class for Pace Honors in Fall 2009, there are 29 Theater majors who have been accepted into Honors and for the various Theater majors. The last 2 years, there have been 13-14 Theater majors in the entering Honors classes; that means we’ll have roughly 50-60 Theater majors overall in Honors next fall.</p>
<p>I’m the faculty advisor for Honors at Pace, and will work with each student on his/her schedule starting in May, to be sure that all Theater courses and your choice of Honors (and other) courses get into the schedule for Fall.
Bill</p>
<p>Wow! I am so excited to see this thread. My d and I just did a tour of Pace this past Monday and she is so excited. Because of all the financial incentives, great security, living in the city, and a BFA in musical theater this has become her #1 College choice. I would like to know more about all the benefits and qualifications for the Honors program in a list format. Thank you.</p>
<p>There is a great deal of info on the Honors College online. The best advice to any high school junior or sophomore is to go to the Summer Scholars program at Pace. It was a terrific experience for my d. Even though she was accepted to theatre at NYU she has chosen Pace because of her experience with the instructors and students at SS last summer.</p>
<p>My d just accepted Pace BFA acting in fall and will be in honors college. I would like to know how AP classes calculate in the mix for theater students. I am guessing about 6 or 7 classes should be accepted.</p>
<p>To figure out how AP credits will factor in to her core program, contact Pat Woodward here at Pace; she works out all of our students schedules to determine what they need to take… her email is <a href=“mailto:pwoodward@pace.edu”>pwoodward@pace.edu</a> … If she cant answer, she will certainly be able to lead you in the right direction.</p>
<p>I haven’t posted in a while, but was just reflecting back on my daughter’s freshman year at Pace. She was accepted at NYU and eight other schools/ MT programs but chose Pace. She loved both the MT program and the Honors program. Through Honors, she had great advising, outstanding professors, and stimulating, interesting classes than fit in seamlessly with her MT classes. Honors really made her year worthwhile. I don’t know if they still give free laptops, but that was a sweet deal, and they are generous with the show tickets.</p>
<p>i am going to be a freshman bfa musical theatre major this fall. when i was not accepted into the honors program, i looked up what the requirements were and i met all of them. my grades and SAT scores were considerably higher than the required grades, so i called admissions. they told me that i could be in the honors program if i wanted to, but that would mean that my scholarship would be $1000 LESS each year. should i try to get into the honors program, or stay with my better scholarship? are there any major advantages that i won’t have being in mainstream classes?</p>
<p>My D is entering as a BFA in MT this fall and is in the Honors College. She was accepted at 14 very competitive programs, including NYU-Steinhardt, Webster, Emerson, UMiami, Oklahoma City, and Royal Scottish for BM or BFA in MT, Eastman, New England Conservatory, Carnegie-Mellon, and Oberlin for BM in Vocal Performance, and Fordham for Acting. She had a very hard time choosing but Pace won out. She loved her audition experience with them, stayed with two friends who are freshman MT’s, and just felt that it was the right place for her. It’s NYC location and the many performance opportunities available at Pace were huge factors for her. The academic opportunities available in the Honors College were also very appealing to her. You may find that getting the free laptop by being in the Honors College would outweigh the $1,000 you loose in scholarships by switching into the Honors College, plus the extra opportunities you might have academically and with free show tickets and outings.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m a sophomore MT at pace!</p>
<p>I, too, surpassed the requirements for the honors college, but, like they told you, would get less money if I joined. So, I didn’t and was perfectly fine with it. There are some really awesome classes that aren’t part of the honors curriculum, so you should be fine.
The only huge advantage is they get alot of free movie tickets, and a few more tickets to Bway shows than everyone else, but a few more thousand a year is worth not being in it for me. So I guess it all depends on what you want!
If you have anymore questions feel free to ask:)</p>
<p>SingerGirl2, I’m wondering if you might contact someone in Pace Honors (like William Offutt, who was a wonderful advisor to my D) about that. I’m sure you can attend on a different scholarship than the Honors award and still participate in Honors my daughter did. You don’t have to switch to the Honors scholarship to be in the program; the higher scholarship will be what you use. Also, does the Pace Honors program still provide a free laptop? They did when my D was looking at schools, which was pretty sweet.</p>
<p>The Honors program really enhanced my D’s college experience. She loved her Honors classes and was sad when they were over. They sponsored a number of free field trips like ice skating in Central Park, picnics, show tickets, etc. and offer chances to dorm with other Honors students in residence halls.</p>
<p>LetsSing, my daughter had the same experience. She was accepted into many great programs but Pace won out.</p>
<p>So let me get this straight. To be accepted into the Honors Program at Pace, you get $15K and a free laptop. Tuition plus room and board run around $42K/yr.<br>
My question is, in order to get financial aid or scholarship, it will only run around 42K minus 15-16k, leaving a balance of 26-27K. That is alot of left over.</p>
<p>Well, that’s just the Honors Scholarship. There are SO MANY more scholarships through Pace, as well as a ton of grants, and then the financial aid that they are really great about giving out!</p>
<p>Yes, that’s the math, mom at home, although if you qualify for need-based aid, you may get additional dollars. We also got a $2000 annual housing award for any years my son chose to live in Pace housing.</p>
<p>A lot left over? Yes, indeed, but that seems to be what pretty much all of the schools are running these days – and some don’t even offer merit scholarships, so your mileage may vary widely.</p>
<p>My daughter recently received a letter of acceptance into the honors college. She will audition in January, so she’ll still need to be accepted into the MT program. But from what I’m reading here it sounds like you can have either an academic scholarship (honors) or a talent scholarship, but not both? If offered both types you must choose one or the other, is that correct?</p>
<p>Vksmom, </p>
<p>As of now, there are no talent scholarships offered by the Performing Arts programs. I received the Honors Scholarship by getting accepted into the program, adding additional funding to whatever other grants and scholarships I had already been awarded.</p>