<p>You’re right people do get “Cut” from CCM but it is not a “cut program”. Cut programs are programs that have a quota of how many students they need to finish with, i.e. we start with 25 but need to finish with 18 – CCM IS NOT THIS. They reserve the right to cut you if you are: not doing your work/not taking the program seriously or not up to the standard that you need to be for this profession (which is a GOOD THING because if you really don’t have “it” and they recognize that again and again, they do not want to do you a disservice by making you pay and train for 4 yrs for something that you really aren’t cut out for).
Also this will not come out of nowhere. The faculty will tell you a semester in advance if they are considering not asking you back, and you are given the semester to get your **** together or withdraw. That’s why you have boards your first two years.
And just fyi, if you make it to your senior year, you have a spot in the showcase. I am very close with people at this program and every showcase I’ve seen pictures of (3 yrs now) and the one I saw, have the entire class in it.<br>
In the senior class at CCM Drama I think two people were cut. In the junior I think four were. The sophomore class has had no one cut.<br>
So, yes you can get cut from ccm. but they do not want to cut anyone, they will do it out of necessity. And if you are a Senior Drama student you HAVE A GUARANTEED SPOT in the showcase-- that’s why they do have the retention, so that everyone they are graduating they feel confident about.</p>