BA Theater Foundation/Safety Schools? Dual Track Admission for BA/BFA?

[Gatormama]

My kid is in theater tech BFA at West Virginia University. It gets a lot of eye-rolls on CC because the school is a flagship that basically accepts anyone with a pulse.

That said, the facilities are numerous, and the opportunities have been there for my kid (stage management track). I cannot speak to the rest of the program, but there is a BA in theater. Just throwing it out there for the non-top-stats kids.

I posted a review of the university recently here:

WVU review for prospective students (and parents)

I posted this is the ongoing “colleges you crossed off the list” thread, and it was suggested that I post it here, since it’s pretty exhaustive. So here it is! My kid is graduating there this May, so I’ve had 4-plus years of visits to provide a pretty thorough review. We are in PA, so we were looking for cheaper alternatives, and WVU fit that bill perfectly. Kid will be graduating with one $5,500 student loan (which may get forgiven, who-hoo), and we cash-flowed the rest. There’s an auto-merit chart on their website that is just the start; there are departmental scholarships to be had and the school is phenomenal to work with, especially considering it’s a big public flagship. I can’t say enough about my kid’s department and the individual attention/service she received. The financial aid office is called the Mountaineer Hub, and its phones are usually staffed by students (in finance? work-study? unsure). I have been impressed every single year with their dedication and attention to…