Audition/class size numbers

<p>Baldwin-Wallace 300/12-14 (accept 20)
BOCO 1000/40 (accept 57)
CCM 750/24 (accept 30)
CMU 1000/28 (Acting: 16, MT: 12)
Elon 400/20 (accept 24)
FSU 240/12
Hartt 400/25 (accept 60)
Indiana 315/10 (accept 12-15)
Ithaca 500/12 (accept 32)
JMU 100/9 freshman; 2 transfers (accepted 18 freshman; 2 transfers)
Michigan 450/22 (650 applicants-450 academically eligible)
North Carolina School of the Arts 900/20 male 10 female
NYU Tisch 2300/350 (all studios); approx. 1000+/64 (accept 75) for CAP21
Otterbein 340/8 (accept 10?)
Penn State 500/12 (18 accepted to yield 12)
Syracuse 800/30 (accept 60)
UArts 600/24
UCLA (BA Acting, MT, Theater Studies, Directing) 1500/65, has no wait list
USC (BFA) 500 (accept 26 to 30 to yield 20 - as of 4/24 spots were committed for 9 male and 10 female), has no wait list</p>

<p>Baldwin-Wallace 300/12-14 (accept 20)
BOCO 1000/40 (accept 57)
CCM 750/24 (accept 30)
CMU 1000/28 (Acting: 16, MT: 12)
Elon 400/20 (accept 24)
FSU 240/12
Hartt 400/25 (accept 60)
Indiana 315/10 (accept 12-15)
Ithaca 500/12 (accept 32)
JMU 100/9 freshman; 2 transfers (accepted 18 freshman; 2 transfers)
Michigan 450/22 (650 applicants-450 academically eligible)
North Carolina School of the Arts 900/20 male 10 female
NYU Steinhardt (BM in VP) 275/25--accept 50 to yield 25 (approx. 15 are MT, 10 classical)
NYU Tisch 2300/350 (all studios)
Otterbein 340/8 (accept 10?)
Penn State 500/12 (18 accepted to yield 12)
Syracuse 800/30 (accept 60)
UArts 600/24</p>

<p>Baldwin-Wallace 300/12-14 (accept 20)
BOCO 1000/40 (accept 57)
CCM 750/24 (accept 30)
CMU 1000/28 (Acting: 16, MT: 12)
Elon 400/20 (accept 24)
FSU 240/12
Hartt 400/25 (accept 60)
Indiana 315/10 (accept 12-15)
Ithaca 500/12 (accept 32)
JMU 100/9 freshman; 2 transfers (accepted 18 freshman; 2 transfers) (BA stats)
Michigan 450/22 (650 applicants-450 academically eligible)
North Carolina School of the Arts 900/20 male 10 female
NYU Steinhardt (BM in VP) 275/25--accept 50 to yield 25 (approx. 15 are MT, 10 classical)
NYU Tisch 2300/350 (all studios)
Otterbein 340/8 (accept 10?)
Penn State 500/12 (18 accepted to yield 12)
Syracuse 800/30 (accept 60)
UArts 600/24
UCLA (BA Acting, MT, Theater Studies, Directing) 1500/65, has no wait list
USC (BFA) 500 (accept 26 to 30 to yield 20 - as of 4/24 spots were committed for 9 male and 10 female), has no wait list</p>

<p>A request.....like with the acceptance threads, when posting additional information, please copy and paste the MOST RECENT list or otherwise, some information is now being cut off that was updated previously, thanks.</p>

<p>Baldwin-Wallace 300/12-14 (accept 20)
BOCO 1000/40 (accept 57)
CCM 750/24 (accept 30)
CMU 1000/28 (Acting: 16, MT: 12)
Elon 400/20 (accept 24)
FSU 240/12
Hartt 400/25 (accept 60)
Indiana 315/10 (accept 12-15)
Ithaca 500/12 (accept 32)
JMU 100/9 freshman; 2 transfers (accepted 18 freshman; 2 transfers)
Michigan 450/22 (650 applicants-450 academically eligible)
North Carolina School of the Arts 900/20 male 10 female
NYU Steinhardt (BM in VP) 275/25--accept 50 to yield 25 (approx. 15 are MT, 10 classical)
NYU Tisch 2300/350 (all studios); approx. 1000+/64 (accept 75) for CAP21
Otterbein 340/8 (accept 10?)
Penn State 500/12 (18 accepted to yield 12)
Syracuse 800/30 (accept 60)
UArts 600/24
UCLA (BA Acting, MT, Theater Studies, Directing) 1500/65, has no wait list
USC (BFA) 500 (accept 26 to 30 to yield 20 - as of 4/24 spots were committed for 9 male and 10 female), has no wait list</p>

<p>I'd like to add one other request -- when you add an update, it is very helpful to make a note at the top that tells us what you've changed/added. Otherwise, I know that I, for one, spend a lot of time trying to figure out what was changed or added. You can simply state it in the title line.</p>

<p>Soozie and I cross posted, and one small addition that I had made to JMU stats did not get onto her list. </p>

<p>Baldwin-Wallace 300/12-14 (accept 20)
BOCO 1000/40 (accept 57)
CCM 750/24 (accept 30)
CMU 1000/28 (Acting: 16, MT: 12)
Elon 400/20 (accept 24)
FSU 240/12
Hartt 400/25 (accept 60)
Indiana 315/10 (accept 12-15)
Ithaca 500/12 (accept 32)
JMU 100/9 freshman; 2 transfers (accepted 18 freshman; 2 transfers) (BA stats)
Michigan 450/22 (650 applicants-450 academically eligible)
North Carolina School of the Arts 900/20 male 10 female
NYU Steinhardt (BM in VP) 275/25--accept 50 to yield 25 (approx. 15 are MT, 10 classical)
NYU Tisch 2300/350 (all studios); approx. 1000+/64 (accept 75) for CAP21
Otterbein 340/8 (accept 10?)
Penn State 500/12 (18 accepted to yield 12)
Syracuse 800/30 (accept 60)
UArts 600/24
UCLA (BA Acting, MT, Theater Studies, Directing) 1500/65, has no wait list
USC (BFA) 500 (accept 26 to 30 to yield 20 - as of 4/24 spots were committed for 9 male and 10 female), has no wait list</p>

<p>Just a question at UCLA-are those stats everyone that applied or those that audittioned for the theatre/music theatre slots?</p>

<p>Jacksdad, I am not the one who posted the UCLA stats but my interpretation is that represents the total who applied for Acting, MT, Theater Studies and Directing, but not "everyone that applied" (did you mean to ALL of UCLA???). I might be misunderstanding your question. Hopefully, ActingMom will clarify better for you.</p>

<p>For UCLA theatre majors it's a separate app, if you decided to switch to general studies you have to reapply-I've known several kids who have gone through the program and told me that. So the number who auditioned would be WAY lower than the overall number of applicants.</p>

<p>When you look at these numbers you realize how lucky we all are. I can't believe that my daughter was accepted into a program at all. One of my friends said that it was harder to get into a musical theatre program than it was to get into medical school! He has a son who is currently in pre-med at IU and a daughter who auditioned for a couple of musical theatre programs.
I think he is correct!</p>

<p>And thanks Soozievt, for such precise info, so many parents ask me for advice and I can finally help-so much better if they aren't operating under unclear perceptions. This is tremendously helpful.</p>

<p>Does anyone know the numbers of U of Minnesota's Guthrie program?</p>

<p>As always my lack of typing skills inhibits my communication skills. I believe that the numbers quoted for UCLA are skewed-we were looking for the number of kids auditioning for the MT program and I think the numbers given include all the kids applying for the theatre majors-most of which do not require an audition.</p>

<p>Jacksdad-
I was only quoting my d's acceptance letter which stated the 1,500 number - I am sure that encompasses other than just the kids that auditioned. However, because it is one of the top UC's and because for us Californians tuition is so reasonable I believe a lot of those kids did audition for MT and straight acting. I'll see if I can pin down the exact number.</p>

<p>NMR - I would also love to hear the numbers for Minnesota!</p>

<p>oops and forgot to add - her letter of acceptance to the school stated 55,000 freshman applied -- yikes!!!!</p>

<p>Actually, for several schools on the list, it is not delineated as to whether it is referring to just the BFA in MT applicants or all BFA applicants. So, whenever possible, the more detail the better. For instance, now for Tisch, we've got ALL of Tisch Drama (which includes Acting and MT) but also we have just MT. For CMU we also have a breakdown. For some schools, it is not clear what the numbers refer to as some may be reporting acting and MT combined and some may be just talking about MT.</p>

<p>Although CMU doesn't accept more than the number they hope to enroll, they do usually end up going to their priority waitlists, so actually more students are accepted than the number enrolled (a few choose other programs). Additionally, those schools that accept, say 30, to get to a class of 20 may go to a waitlist, too, meaning that more students ultimately are accepted than the original 30; it's a case of hoping the numbers will work out (and in some cases the schools can end up with larger classes than they planned if more accepted students choose to enroll than predicted). </p>

<p>My main question is about the huge difference in numbers between NYU's auditioning students and the other schools' auditioning students. I understand that many more students can be accepted there based on the number of different schools within the school and that many apply Early Decision, but still, it's making me wonder because so many students apply to multiple schools why that number is about three times higher than other schools - Wouldn't many of the students applying to NYU also apply to other programs, thereby adding to the numbers applying to other schools? Are there so many students who ONLY apply to NYU?</p>

<p>It's late on Friday so maybe I am not making sense, but I just wonder since my kid applied to many of the schools above, including NYU, is it because there were so many more interview dates and times offered and more students could sign up for auditions there? It is confusing me!!!</p>

<p>Babar, that is a good question about the high number auditioning at Tisch and I don't have the answer. I do know they have a lot of audition dates on campus in Feb. and a lot in Nov. for ED and then of course in other cities. You asked if there are many who just apply to NYU and not the others. I don't have that answer and just little samples but I know quite a number of kids that are friends of my D who applied primarily to BA schools like Yale, Brown, or Northwestern and only applied to one or two BFAs, often NYU/Tisch and maybe UMich. They wanted a certain level of academic selective colleges and were not necessarily seeking a BFA but considered Tisch's BFA but not others. Of course, I am talking probably of ten kids i know and not hundreds but this concept is one that may happen with NYU but not say, BOCO. The kids I know who only had Tisch as their only BFA would not have considered a school such as BOCO (or others talked about here) and preferred a BA at a selective academic school but had the qualifications to get into a BFA. Several even got into Tisch but chose schools like Yale, Brown or Northwestern over it.</p>

<p>I don't know the definitive answer either but I think the large number is the result of a few things, and a couple of the reasons we were given years ago when my D auditioned. First, although NYU does not participate in the Unifieds, their regional auditions often coincide with those dates in each city. They also visit other cities across the country and hold auditions. In addition to that, when kids are in NYC for Unifieds, they often add an audition at NYU because it's easy to do. So the availability and ease of auditioning is probably one factor. Susan's example of her D's friends who include NYU as one of a few BFA programs at which they apply is pretty common. My D, and many of her friends, also had similar lists. The fact that Tisch has eight studios, which basically is equivalent to eight actual BFA programs, of varying types, probably attracts a lot of applicants, simply because of the size and numbers accepted. </p>

<p>In addition, many h/s kids who are interested in theatre choose to apply to NYU because it is a very attractive possibility to them to be in the city for college, and also because it has a very good reputation. Lastly, I think that you would probably find NYU on the lists of most kids who are applying/auditioning for theatre or MT. This probably wouldn't be the case with most other programs discussed here. There seems to be more tailoring to specific issues with further apps, e.g., size, location, cost, etc.</p>

<p>I've never seen a breakdown of where auditionees are from, and I don't know if any school actually keeps track of that stat. When my D auditioned, in her audition block, there were 8 kids. They were all from different states, with the exception of two from California, and none were local kids. Well, one was from Connecticut, but not from the city itself. I know that in her studio there were kids from all over so it's hard to really pin down exact trends. I do remember that we were told that 2500 auditioned the year that she did, so it's down in number this year.</p>