<p>My D is not really expecting to get off the one waitlist she is still on for MT. It turns out that if she re-applies (for MT/acting) next year, she has enough college credits (from classes taken while in high school) to apply as a transfer at some schools. </p>
<p>Is there any advantage to applying for MT as a transfer vs as a freshman? I'm guessing the answer is no. any ideas/opinions? For the schools she's interested in, the audition requirements for transfers are the same as for freshmen.</p>
<p>I don't think there are any advantages really. She might have all of her general education/liberal arts credits out of the way, BUT she would most likely start over as a freshman in most conservatory programs. The training is unique to each program and is usually required to be taken in the specified sequence.</p>
<p>Chrism,</p>
<p>I really don't have a lot of information about the young man I'm going to tell you about but his story does seem to contradict the prevailing norm, so thought it might be helpful. My D's MT class at UMich (she just finished her freshman year) will have an added student next year. He is a few years older than the other kids but will be transferring into the program as a sophomore, so I guess it can happen. I believe he may have taken some courses in MT and may have worked some elsewhere but he is not coming from another major BFA program. So I guess it is possible, depending on experience, to come into a program as other than a freshman. Clearly not the norm, but possible.</p>
<p>There were some transfer kids auditioning at some schools, Harrt, for instance. I think you have to ask each school what the chances are for transfer admissions. I know several kids who were accepted to Tisch as transfers, but I cannot tell you the stats.</p>
<p>When we visited Ithaca we met a young man who had transferred there his junior year as an MT major. Not sure if it was from another MT program. Seemed, as best as I can tell, to have worked out. So clearly it is done at some places. </p>
<p>Look at Shauna's success story as a transfer!</p>
<p>Okay, so admittedly I'm highly biased, but I think that there is a lot to be said for transfering, but no later than a year or a year and a half.</p>
<p>One way a potential transfer can really make the most of their time at the college they are at (let's call it Univ of X) in order to get to the college they want (Univ of Z) is to look at the course requirements for MT majors at Univ of Z. Do they require theory? aural skills? piano? What general ed courses do they require? Call someone up at Univ of Z and discuss exactly what courses will transfer. If you can get most of your gen ed out of the way then although you may be a "freshman" in the program in terms of performance classes, you will have all those gen ed courses out of the way and have room in your schedule to concentrate on major-required classes.</p>
<p>It can be done! However, it is my personal opinion that if you wait too long then it will be very difficult to catch up on acting classes (since you usually have to start from the beginning and work your way back up with classes like that).</p>
<p>In regards to being a "freshman" in a program, it has been my experience that schools don't classify you so much as a freshman or a sophomore, but rather just determine which classes you need to take to graduate. Credit-wise, I'm a junior, but I'm definitely not going to be a junior at OCU's program! I will need my full four years of college to graduate. It's all subjective.</p>
<p>Best,
Shauna</p>
<p>Sorry, I didn't make it clear: my D will NOT be enrolled in a college/university for the next year (as Shauna was). She just has some accumulated credits from past college courses she has taken. </p>
<p>She will probably re-audition next winter, but the question is, should she list herself as a transfer at those schools where her accumulated credits (not her enrollment status) would give her transfer status?</p>
<p>chris, the schools which I've dealt with for kids in this position have all (to the best of my memory) said that if these are college courses taken as a high school student, and prior to h/s graduation, they would not make the student apply as a transfer. They still apply as a freshman but they may get advanced standing or credit, once enrolled, for some of the courses previously taken.</p>
<p>Thanks, that clears that up! and makes sense.</p>
<p>Whoops! Sorry about the meaningless novel! LOL</p>
<p>Chris, I concur with the information AlwaysAMom wrote in her post. :D
Susan</p>