Can I get in anywhere?? BFA ACTING/ BA THEATRE Help!

College Majors Theater/Drama Majors
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<p>Alright, I'm applying to colleges I'm a senior and I'm very smart but wasn't interested/motivated in high school by things that I'm not interested in. Does anyone know how my chances are on getting into the following schools? I have an 85 average (low, I know), a 2000 on the sat and a 30 on the act. I am auditioning for some of these programs so I will list the ones I am auditioning for and please tell if you can how much they care about gpa etc. I am also the president of the school philosophy club, have a job, and am a member of plenty of clubs and have been the lead in school drama and out of school productions. Ok, here goes</p>

<p>BFA/ BA Acting Auditions:
Pace University
New York University
Boston University (my dream school)
Syracuse University
Florida State University
University of Miami
Ohio University
Brooklyn College
Michigan State University
SUNY Purchase
The New School for Drama
DePaul University
California Institute of the Arts
UCLA
Emerson
USC
Rutgers University
Uconn
Fordham University
Carnegie Mellon
University of Rhode Island
UNC School of the Arts
Marymount Manhattan</p>

<p>Non Audition Schools: Don't know what to apply to need help! Will I get in??
Umass Amherst
Suny Stony Brook
Loyola Maryland
Loyola Marymount
Loyola Chicago
Pepperdine
University of Maryland
Ohio State
Hofstra University
James Madison University
George Washington University
Marist College
CUNY City College
CUNY Hunter
Northeastern University</p>

<p>Any info would be helpful!!, thanks!</p>

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<p>Also University of the Arts and University of Colorado- Boulder</p>

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<p>I also forgot I participated in Atlantic Acting School’s summer intensive.</p>

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<p>also interested in Ithaca! sorry</p>

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<p>James Madison does require an audition for admission to the theatre, musical theatre, and dance programs. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>An 85% average is a little on the low side for academic admission, but not too far out of range if you are taking a fairly rigorous HS course load for your HS, and doig well in your core academic classes. What is your Reading/ Math score for SAT? JMU does not include the writing portion. The 30 on the ACT is within range, though. </p>

<p>If the theatre program would like to have you as a student in the program, a recommendation is made to academic admissions that can boost the academic application for a prospective student who is within academic admit range. </p>

<p>Unless something has changed University of Rhode Island does not require an audition for admission.</p>

<p>You have a VERY large list of schools at this point, and all are very different. What is it that you like about Boston University in particular. It may help you narrow down your list of schools to programs that may offer you some similar things. </p>

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<p>@kamt 700 on reading and writing, 600 on math. I love BU’s location and the campus feel in a large city. I Know it is a big list but I am so nervous about admission because of my average. :(</p>

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<p>Check out Drew University in NJ. It’s a short train ride from NYC and they have a great theater department. :)</p>

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<p>At my BU audition, they said if they found someone they REALLY want with a lower average they could try their best to push admissions to let them in. </p>

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<p>That is ALOT of schools you have on your list. Are you planning to apply to all of them? is there a reason you are applying to those schools? For some schools they may take auditions into consideration the audition more than other factors, but it will likely still play a role.</p>

<p>I would say UCLA, NYU, and GW are definitely reaches. But I highly recommend narrowing down your list. Assuming that application fees are from 50-100 dollars at each school, not to mention travel costs, if you apply to all of those it would be over $3000+ not even counting the CSS financial application costs. Why are you interested in the schools you are? Give it some thought.</p>

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<p>@shawnspencer definetly not to all. I want to see which i have the best chance at because of my average. this is just my first list</p>

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<p>If you go on each of the schools websites you can look at the common data set for the school. This will give you an idea of whether or not your grades and scores are in range for general academic admissions. </p>

<p>However, at some schools the drama division prospective students do not have to meet the same academic standards as the general population, and the audition counts for the majority of the admissions decision…</p>

<p>Other schools do require the incoming drama students to meet close the same criteria as all prospective drama students, regardless of the audition.</p>

<p>Others use a more blended process where all factors are used equally. </p>

<p>Most of the schools should be able to tell you if asked.</p>

<p>Maybe start your list by identifying 1 - 3 non-auditioned, academic and financial safety schools to which you know will apply. </p>

<p>Then, identify 3 - 6 “reach” schools for your list… these could be artistic and/ or academic reaches, but should probably only be financial reaches if you truly understand the financial aid and scholarships policies (if this is imperative to your final decision process).</p>

<p>Finally, identify 3- 6 “high match - low match” schools for your list … these could be artistic and/ or academic reaches, but should probably only be financial reaches if you truly understand the financial aid and scholarships policies (if this is imperative to your final decision process).</p>

<p>As you read through previous threads you will see lots of anecdotal data on academic selectivity of schools for arts majors… Here is one recent conversation – <a href=“Schools with "exceptionally" high academic requirements - Theater/Drama Majors - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/theater-drama-majors/1612116-schools-with-exceptionally-high-academic-requirements-p1.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>I think there are more, I will see what I can find.</p>

<p>Also, spend some time on the Musical Theatre forum, since many schools have both Acting and Musical Theatre programs that follow the same basic criteria in this regard. </p>

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<p>University of Rhode Island has a non auditioned BFA program and seems to be relatively easy to get into. They give good merit scholarships too and tuition is on the low side.</p>

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<p>Just realized that I cut and pasted and did not adjust the following statement above, which should have read…</p>

<p>“Finally, identify 3- 6 “high match - low match” schools for your list … these could be artistic and/ or academic matches, but should probably only be financial reaches if you truly understand the financial aid and scholarships policies (if this is imperative to your final decision process).”</p>

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<p>Pepperdine is an audition BA. </p>

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<p>Many many schools on your list don’t care that much about academics for their BFA program. You have much better stats than my daughter did. I could give you an educated guess on ones my daughter did not apply but I’d rather not for fear of being wrong. But at least as of the prior year, this is what I can tell you about schools my daughter did apply to – </p>

<p>NYU – its an issue but have seen kids get accepted with far worse stats.<br>
BU – definitely an issue. I think they are getting even tougher than NYU on grades. But not impossible.<br>
Syracuse – do consider grades but probably not an issue.<br>
SUNY Purchase – non issue
DePaul – non issue
Rutgers – non issue
CMU – non issue
UNCSA – non issue
U of Arts – non issue</p>

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<p>Can I just point out that one thing this forum and the MT forum is good at… is not going down the rabbit hole of “chance me” type questions no matter how well presented they are. You are essentially asking to be chanced. I’ll answer it for you in one sentence that will cover all the schools on your list: There is not a single school on your list that you do not have a chance at. </p>

<p>Now spend your time gathering more important data. There is a ton of good information about the schools on your list to evaluate here in CC as well as on the schools’ own websites. I know you are starting with a big list that you will eventually narrow down. Do the work to figure out what it is you don’t know or think you know but want validated and then ask specific questions to help round out your understanding. If you build it, the help will come - in spades. All the best!</p>

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<p>You have your summer job set out for you…your list is very large and you need to research each program carefully. I can tell you that my son’s stats were lower than yours and he got into the one school on your list he auditioned for (and is attending.) There are a lot of other programs that you might be interested that are not on your list…such as Hartt and Point Park. I am trying to get a sense of you but your list is so varied that I cannot, so I would definitely pare it down.</p>