<p>I'm looking into going back to school with my sights on a great acting program and I want to know if a school such as Juilliard is even in my reach at this point. I went to community college for several semesters on and off my first two years out of high school and my transcripts are a mess, between withdraws and too many classes to a lot of F's from just being irresponsible while being young and crazy. My standing gpa at my last school is a little less than 2.0. </p>
<p>So I am wondering if anyone has advice on getting back into school but getting into a good university (NYU, Juilliard..) in the next two years. Or would I be better off doing a bachelor's anywhere and shoot higher for grad school?</p>
<p>I have trouble believing this isn’t a ■■■■■ post.</p>
<p>Post this in the Music Major forum available from the CC main page. I’m not sure Juilliard accepts transfers. You do know they only accept 7% of applicants?</p>
<p>Actually, for drama, I don’t think they care about anything but your audition. They don’t even insist on a high school diploma. They regularly take people with no college, some college, college degree plus a couple of years of professional experience, etc. You just have to be one of the dozen or so best out of several thousand who audition. </p>
<p>I’d say if you really want to do it, and you think you have the talent to have a shot, go for it There’s a prescreen, so no harm in putting that together and seeing what happens.</p>
<p>Juilliard is more selective than NYU (and just about any place else) for acting, but NYU is more selective when it comes to academics.</p>
<p>Your academic record is not as important for auditioned BFA programs as your audition. There is lots of information on this site about preparing for college auditions.</p>
<p>Julliard does require a high school diploma or equivalent. Your grades are not as much of an issue as the fact that very few theatre BFA programs accept transfers after the sophomore year.</p>
<p>It’s not considered a transfer at a place like Juilliard because no matter what age or college level you have to start at the beginning. If you have a degree already then you would get a masters but you would still be studying mostly with the BFA students. For this September they accepted 10 MFA students and 8 BFA students. Grades don’t really matter The pre screen is only for international students for the initial audition I believe.</p>
<p>We would be happen to make suggestions for additional schools for you to consider, where grades are not so important. Go head and apply and audition for Juilliard; nothing ventured, nothing gained. But if you want to start a more focused program, BA or BFA, you will need a longer list. There are much less selective training programs that would be fine with your academic history.</p>
<p>We all assume on CC that everyone has the talent and dedication to get into any school - there is not reason to believe otherwise, since we have no way of knowing how you perform, and auditioned admissions are too mysterious to be able to predict, regardless. But we do all try to be realistic about the odds, and make sure there are enough options for a good outcome. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Basically, what we seem to be saying is “Yes, you CAN get into Juilliard, if you produce an absolutely INCREDIBLE audition.”</p>
<p>So get to work on that audition!!!</p>
<p>The people you will be competing with will have taken lots of acting classes, been in lots of shows, and probably also be working with audition coaches. I don’t know enough about you to say whether or not you can compete with these folks. If you are “behind” it will take a lot of work to catch up!</p>
<p>The year that my d applied for Juilliard for vocal performance as a soprano… a class of 3 sopranos were accepted and people worldwide auditioned so that are the odds you are up against. Last year my d applied and auditioned for graduate program in acting… 6 females were called back for out of over 500 who auditioned. Of that group, all six accepted were tall with dark hair. Juilliard is an expensive application also…</p>
<p>So it’s going to take a LOT of work!!!</p>