Chance Me? Rising junior, hopeful MT major

College Majors Musical Theater Major
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Hi guys! I know it can be hard to chance people for schools(especially MT), but I was wondering if I could get your opinions. I am a rising junior.
Here are my current stats for this year:

GPA: 4.52W/3.96UW
PSAT 10: 1310….trying to break 1400 for PSAT and 1500 for SAT hopefully :slight_smile:
I took 1 AP this year (bio) and I’m going to be taking 7 APs by the end of high school, including AP music theory

Here’s some of my training/my resume/other extracurriculars:
5 years of voice training
2 years jazz, 1 year tap, 1 year ballet, 1 year contemporary
Performed in community theater, two high school shows, one show in regional theater, and in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular

Co-founded and an organization that raised money for local charities through the arts and co-produced a fundraiser event
Interned at a children’s theater over the summer - helped teach choreography, hem costume pieces, etc
Stage Manager for my high school’s theater department
Assistant stage manager for a youth show at Centenary University freshman year

Played piano for 11 years and played competitively for 5, performed at Carnegie Hall twice and played with an orchestra
Won three voice competitions, sang at Carnegie Hall twice, also sang with an orchestra

I did Ithaca’s summer program as a rising sophomore and I was accepted into NYU Steinhardt’s Summer Study in Music Theatre this year

I definitely am looking at more BA programs than BFA - academics are really important to me. Some of the schools on my list are schools I want to apply to for English as well…

Here is my current list:
NYU Steinhardt (the dream!)
UCLA
Boston University
Brown (long shot)
Tulane
Georgetown (for English)
Northwestern (long shot again)
Fordham
Ithaca
Rutgers (in state, a safety at least for academics)
JMU
UToronto (for English I think at least)
McGill (for English I think)
USC
Marymount Manhattan
Columbia (see Brown and Northwestern lol)
UCI

I know it’s really hard to chance people for MT, but if you guys have any suggestions for the next year or two/schools I should consider please let me know. Thank you so much for your help <3

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Those are some very impressive stats! Your chances really come down to whether you’re applying to a non-audition or audition-based program. If you go for a BA non-audition program, your admission will be based on academics. If you go for a BFA audition program, it will be based mostly on your audition. A lot of the schools you mentioned above don’t have MT degrees, many offer only Theatre or Performance degrees, some of which have a musical theatre emphasis. Do a little research on each school’s website so you get a feel for the degrees/majors offered and figure out which schools require you to audition for acceptance. Each school will have different degree options and different application requirements. Good luck! Any school would be lucky to have you!

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My d - who is going to BU - was accepted to Northwestern with impressive, but less impressive academic stats. It’s hard to “chance” somebody for any audition school like BU and NYU - but I don’t think NU is a long shot and I think you may have a shot at Brown. Good Luck!