<p>What about Uarts? What was their percentage?</p>
<p>How hard is it to transfer into a selective B.F.A. acting program. Iâm going to be a freshman at Tisch-Atlantic next year. I was also accepted in Boston Uâs bfa acting program and after visiting, had my heart set on it. however, tisch gave me a big scholarship and Boston simply couldnt match and money was the deciding factor. What are the applicant pool/class sizes for UMinnesota, USC, NCSA, and Ithacaâs Acting programs?</p>
<p>Transferring as a sophomore is much more difficult than auditioning as a freshman â and you already know what those odds are! I strongly suggest that you go to Tisch with a very positive attitude â you havenât even started yet, so why should you be thinking about transferring? Itâs a wonderful school â I predict within a very short time youâll feel right at home there. But if you have a pre-conceived notion that you want to be somewhere else, your chances of being successful and happy at NYU are small.</p>
<p>shortjew102 - I think you may be pleasantly surprised by the caliber, professional atmosphere, and yet flexible environment at Atlantic. My D has several friends at that studio (including one who came âby defaultâ and had heard how âtough and non nurturing this program supposedly wasâ), and everyone is really, really happy.</p>
<p>Hi,
My son was accepted at Tisch this fall, it was his dream school, but we caât afford it. He recieved $11, 500. scholarship. But that is not enough. You wrote that you received a big scholarship, if you wouldnt mind, I would love to know how much? We tried everything to get more money from NYU. He received full rides at so many other schools, but of course the one he wanted so badly wouldnât budge. Good luck with whatever you choose.
Thank you</p>
<p>dramamamab - the variances in scholarship awards came also up on a different thread (Marymount Manhattan to be specific). You will find that there are so many factors that come into play when these scholarships are being distributed that it is hard to gage which ones your child may have qualified for, and why one person gets more than the other. </p>
<p>There are the obvious scholarships for academic excellence, but there are so many other ones out there, that may or may not be need based, and are not as easy to understand the reasoning behind, that can relate to volunteer work, leadership, minority status, or different accomplishments altogether. </p>
<p>NYU is known to be somewhat ârigidâ about their financial aid, but plenty of kids in my Dâs class receive some type of financial assistance.</p>
<p>To those who are interested, Indianaâs freshman class this fall will only be 8 students. Word is that they sent out 14 acceptances, got 7 yeses and took one off the wait-list. I guess they want the program to be a bit smaller from now on.</p>
<p>Are you serious, WSHoos11? 8??? Why would they go so low especially since they are such a big school and have many resources they might be able to tap into to keep the program where it is in terms of size? This is baffling. Anyone know?</p>
<p>Well, they do also have graduate students there. One thing Iâve heard is that some undergrads have said the grad students get all the best roles. I donât know if this is true. We visited there & we liked their program. We do know a couple of people already attending-one in the BFA program and one in the BA program. My D will audition there too, but we know they never take many kids so her chances are rather slim to get into the BFA.</p>
<p>Hi KABee,</p>
<p>My daughter is a BFA at IU and said the MFA grad students are acting majors, not musical theatre majors. She said the 3rd year MFAs are required to do a thesis role as a graduation requirement, so they will often get lead roles in the plays to satisfy that requirement. That has not been the practice for the musicals.</p>
<p>So how many are in her class? Did they take such a small number when she was admitted into the BFA program? How does she like it there? Itâs nice to hear feedback from as many students in a program as possible. Thanks.</p>
<p>Last year they took 5 freshman girls (plus one transfer) and 5 freshman boys (plus one transfer). She loves the program. Lots of individual attention and a great balance of voice, acting, dance, performance, and academics (the BFAâs also have to satifisy the College of Arts & Science requirements in addition to the Musical Theatre major requirements). She is crazy busy with her schedule when she is in a show (barely time to eat), but she loves all the opportunities there.</p>
<p>I would really appreciate hearing information on how many auditioned vs. how many were accepted for any schools that folks on this board have information for. It would be interesting to see which programs saw big increases in applicants, not to mention it being a good reminder of the unbelievable odds of getting in to most programsâŠthanks in advance if you have any information.</p>
<p>Coastal Carolina had somewhere around 200-250 auditioners (I donât want to give a specific number and be wrong). They accepted 16 to yield 12, and ended up with 12! I believe theyâre looking for 10 MTs and 10 Acting this year.</p>
<p>Alexa, good luck as you get started at CCU. Please keep us posted as your year progresses. Your posts have helped to put CCU on the map for some of us.</p>
<p>Without crunching numbers I would say the amount admitted against the amount auditioned in a BFA MT program is somewhere around 1 in 5. It would be impossible to determine precisely because many students apply for 8 - 10 schools. Just a guess.</p>
<p>Sounds about right to me!</p>
<p>And thanks, arrdad. I definitely will. 
Right now Iâm just insanely busy!</p>
<p>Does anyone know approximately how many kids apply vs. acceptances for OCU?
Oklahoma City University</p>
<p>For the Syracuse numbers, is there any data on how many MT hopefuls were not accepted, but deferred to the Acting program?</p>
<p>mybroadwaybaby, My daughter is a freshman in the PSU MT program and the director of her program told us they filled all 475 audition slots last year. Her class is 8 men and 6 women. I know at least one student was from the waitlist and they had a transfer student accepted as a sophmore. I donât know how many they accepted to yield the class of 14 possibly someone else has that kind of detail. But this should give you some idea of the acceptance rate.</p>