BA/BFA Advice

College Majors Theater/Drama Majors
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<p>Hello- Just starting to look into musical theater programs for my daughter. She has had increasingly better parts in her high school musical and has a very good voice, but she has not had voice lessons or dancing lessons due to family financial constraints.</p>

<p>I see there are also BA programs that do not require auditions often at the same schools that offer BFA programs that do require auditions.</p>

<p>If she applies for the BFA program at a school and auditions and does not get accepted can she still apply for the BA at the same school and get accepted that same year? How does that work?</p>

<p>She would love to get into theater professionally but we realize that that is a longshot since she didn't have the same training and background as others, but she would still love to major in theater even if she doesn't get into the BFA programs.</p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>

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<p>Since your daughter is interested in musical theatre programs, you might want to ask your question in CC’s musical theatre forum.</p>

<p>Many schools will offer students a place in their BA theatre program if they are not accepted for the auditioned BFA. It varies from school to school, and the nature of the BA programs vary as well. You need to investigate school by school.</p>

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<p>My daughter specifically did not apply to BA programs where BFA’s existed. She did not want to watch students taking classes that she would be excluded from attending. She also felt that she would not have as many performance opportunities having to compete with the BFA kids. </p>

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<p>Sorry I didn’t see the musical theater section- I will post there!</p>