Class of '11 Theatre Decisions Thread

College Majors Theater/Drama Majors
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<p>Thank you! It is nice to have an experience with your not-quite-18, not-quite-HS-graduate kid and see that they can make a good, thoughtful choice. I think she’s feeling confident and ready to move. </p>

<p>Adelphi is also a school that’s on the move - we were very impressed with the whole university. And the people have been really wonderful to my D. She knows that they want her because she is who she is, the whole person, and that is priceless in this process. They did make a personal appointment to audition her, and we really appreciated it. I recommend looking at Adelphi to anyone who wants a solid Acting curriculum, a broad-based approach, proximity to NYC, and a slightly higher acceptance rate.</p>

<p>Congrats to your older D, Soozie! I have an older D who will be looking at grad schools in the next year or so, and I appreciate your relief. Best wishes, and thank you for all of your help here.</p>

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<p>Congratulations, EmmyBet! I agree, Adelphi is a wonderful place, with gracious professors, a terrific auditioned BFA program, a beautiful campus close to NYC and a respected liberal arts curriculum. She should be very proud of herself, and I know you’re proud of her!!</p>

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<p>On a separate topic, raised in this thread:<br>
I see no need to continue the debate on the supposed ethics about the propriety of accepting a waitlist offer after accepting a second-choice offer. And it’s so ridiculous to cast aspersions on other CC posters’ ethics on this “issue” that I can’t even take offense.</p>

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<p>I got timed out before completing the last post, so here’s the rest of it…</p>

<p>EmmyBet, I’m very happy your D is keeping her options open even now, and I’m sure she’ll be happy at either Adelphi if she sticks with them, or at Brandeis. They’re both excellent schools. Again, heartfelt congratulations!</p>

<p>For anyone else considering Adelphi, my d has had the exact same experience as EmmyBet’s d: they also made an appointment for her audition because she couldn’t make the scheduled group dates, they’ve been extremely welcoming, and the students have been very friendly and informative. They also gave her a decision on her audition the very next day, and awarded her a generous talent scholarship. There’s very little - in fact, I can’t think of anything- Adelphi does wrong in the audition and admissions process which, contrary to most of the other BFA programs, they go out of their way to make a humanizing experience. I think the school may be a bit “under the radar” perhaps because it doesn’t participate in the Unifieds.</p>

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<p>nalajen, re; #63:
I think it was worth responding to the ethics question about wait lists, and my reasons had nothing to do with taking offense by another member’s posts…for one thing, I don’t have a kid in the undergraduate admissions cycle and for another, my kids did not deal with wait list offers. The reason I responded was not only to help geektheatre as she appeared to have some misunderstanding of the process (such as did not know her rights as to the May 1 reply date), but I know MANY people lurk and read these threads and it is important to balance things and also provide the CORRECT information when it pertains to the college admissions and wait list process. Each person’s understanding of ethics is up to them but knowing how the process truly works can be informative to those who don’t know and who may be reading some information that is simply incorrect.</p>

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<p>Yes, I agree with you, Soozievt, and appreciate the correct information that you have provided in this and many other threads.</p>

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<p>Applied to:
-Bennington College
-Montana State University
-Elon University
-Depaul University
-Emerson College
-Columbia College Chicago </p>

<p>Accepted to:
-Bennington College
-Montana State University
-Elon University
-Emerson College
-Columbia College Chicago </p>

<p>Rejected from:
-Depaul University</p>

<p>Waitlisted at: None</p>

<p>Final Decision: Emerson College </p>

<p>I’m a tech/design major (w/ a focus in lighting)</p>

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<p>Cool, rraatt! You’ll have a blast, I’m sure.</p>

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<p>OneToughMommy’s D:</p>

<p>Applied:</p>

<p>Boston U. - BFA Acting - Rejected
Syracuse U. - BFA Acting - Rejected
Depaul U. - BFA Acting - Rejected
NYU Tisch - BFA Acting - Accepted
Fordham - BA Acting - Rejected</p>

<p>Northwestern - BA Acting - Waitlisted
Wesleyan U - BA - Waitlisted
Vassar - BA - Waitlisted
Ithaca - BA - Accepted with merit $$
UMaryland - BA - Accepted with merit $$
Sarah Lawrence - Accepted with merit $$
Connecticut College - Accepted
Smith - Accepted</p>

<p>Attending: NYU Tisch, Playwright’s Horizons</p>

<p>Disappointed to receive only one audition acceptance, but could probably have prepared better for the auditions. </p>

<p>Surprised to be waitlisted at both Vassar and Wesleyan - while not “safeties,” she was definitely in the zone for these. Might well have been able to get in off the waitlist if it had come to that. (Northwestern was always a reach, as it is for just about anybody.)</p>

<p>After going through admission process with D1 three years ago at the top of the population curve, our sense was that things would be a little less competitive by now, but from CC boards and news reports, it’s clear that people were applying to more colleges this year, so that total applications are still trending upward.</p>

<p>Much thanks to all for all of your support, encouragement, and willingness to share. This would have been a much more painful and baffling process without you!</p>

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<p>A female actor is a very tough admit at Vassar and Wesleyan! If you’re from the East Coast, that would have hurt you, too. Your D probably needed to fit into an additional “box,” such as ethnicity, geography, etc.that the school wanted to balance out the class (maybe she did, actually, but it is more competitive to be an “artsy” student applying to schools known for attracting those types of kids!). I would have put these two schools on a par anyway with NU for academic selectivity.</p>

<p>Anyway, Playwrights is awesome! Hope she loves it as much as my D has this year.</p>

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<p>Applied: Point Park U, Carnegie Mellon U, U North Carolina School of the Arts, Juilliard, New York U, Ithaca College, Emerson, Boston U, U Cincinnati CCM, and U Minn Guthrie Actor Training Program.</p>

<p>Accepted: Point Park U, Boston U, U Cincinnati CCM</p>

<p>Waitlisted: New York U</p>

<p>Decision: Boston U</p>

<p>My D visited BU twice, and each time came away feeling like it “was the place for her.” She loves the city, and she will have some access to specialized training in circus skills there, if she chooses to continue with that. The choice was difficult because she also loves CCM, which she knows very well, and the faculty there have been interested in and supportive of her and her ultimate decision. Unfortunately, Point Park was less interesting because it is in the city in which we live, and she wanted to get away, if possible.</p>

<p>Good luck to everyone out there still trying to decide!</p>

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<p>OneToughMommy, your D fared pretty well as both the BFA and BA portions of her college list included very competitive schools. </p>

<p>Agree with SDonCC that Wesleyan and Vassar’s acceptance rates are in a similar ballpark to Northwestern. Making all three wait lists is an achievement. </p>

<p>In any case, I think Playwrights at NYU/Tisch will be a mesh of the best of both worlds…great theater training in an academically selective setting with some liberal arts. Congrats to her on landing this option and I hope she loves Tisch as much as my D did too. :D</p>

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<p>letsfigureitout, yay for your daughter! I think BU offers lots of what she wanted and it is an achievement that she got in. Boston is a great city for a college student, having gone to college and grad school in that city myself and my own kids love Boston (one went to grad school there too). Very happy for your daughter that she landed choices in this very selective process and has a GREAT place to go the next four years. My D has a good friend who did the BFA program at BU and really loved it. Hooray!</p>

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<p>Mom24girls D:</p>

<p>Applied to:
Barnard, BA
CAP 21
CMU
Eugene Lang, BA
Evansville, BFA and BA
Fordham, BA
Ithaca, BFA
Indiana, BA
NCSA, BFA
NYU/Tisch, BFA
Michigan, BFA and BA
Minnesota, BA and BFA
Pace, BFA
Syracuse, BFA
UCLA, BA, Acting</p>

<p>Denied at:
CMU
Evansville, BFA
Fordham, BA (acting)
Ithaca, BFA
NCSA, BFA
Michigan, BFA
Minnesota, BFA
UCLA, BA, Acting</p>

<p>Accepted at:
Barnard, BA
CAP 21
Eugene Lang, BA (with scholarship $)
Evansville, BA (not acting but scholarship $)
Fordham, BA (not acting but scholarship $)
Indiana, BA
NYU/Tisch, BFA
Michigan BA (liberal arts)
Minnesota, BA
Pace, BFA (with scholarship $)</p>

<p>Waitlisted at:
Syracuse BFA</p>

<p>Final Choice:
NYU/Tisch, Meisner Studio</p>

<p>As you can probably guess from her list, D is in love with NYC. When we first visited NYU last spring, we sat in a coffee shop after the tour where my D proceeded to cry saying that she wanted to go to NYU more than anything. After much debate about the pros and cons of ED, she decided to not do ED mostly because she wanted more time with her pieces. </p>

<p>It was the greatest day of her life when NYU said yes, and we are thrilled for her to begin her new adventure. I know that it is the place that she needs to be and am so grateful that she has been given the opportunity. The combination of great conservatory training within a great liberal arts university in the greatest city in the world (in her opinion) was exactly what she wanted.</p>

<p>Huge thanks to everyone who was so supportive through the process and looking forward to having a year off before the adventure begins again with D2!</p>

<p>Note to kiddos preparing for their audition time: keep up with your academics and your SATs. I was pleasantly surprised how much merit money was available to D because of her grades and SATs.</p>

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<p>SDon and Suzie - Thanks for the kind words. Actually, we all, including her college advisor at school, considered Wes and Vassar to be “likelies,” which is why she was kind of surprised she wasn’t accepted at either one. (Of course, that’s why they’re not called “safeties,” but never mind.) Her grades were quite good, though not off the charts, but her SATs and her APs were. SDon - I think there is something in what you say - we are east coast, and did not have any offsetting “hook.” I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that applications were up again this year, even though those of us who went through this process with older siblings in the past few years expected things to calm down now that the “echo boom” was over.</p>

<p>Had she not been accepted to any of her auditioned programs, we would probably campaigned to get her into NU, Wes, and/or Vassar from the waitlist, and I think she would have had a good chance. </p>

<p>Also, I need to edit my earlier post to add Barnard, to which she applied and was accepted. Kind of embarrassing since my older D goes there!</p>

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<p>dseader’s D</p>

<p>Applied to: </p>

<p>University of Evansville - BFA
DePaul University - BFA
Boston University - BFA
Emerson College - BFA
SUNY Purchase - BFA
Juilliard - BFA
Ithaca - BFA
UNCSA - BFA
RSAMD - BA Acting
LIPA - BA Acting
Indiana University - BA
Roosevelt - BFA
Rutgers - BFA</p>

<p>Denied at:
University of Evansville = BFA
Ithaca - BFA
UNCSA - BFA
LIPA - BA Acting</p>

<p>Accepted at:
Boston University - BFA
DePaul University - BFA
RSAMD - BA Acting
Rutgers - BFA
Roosevelt - BFA
Indiana University - BA</p>

<p>Wait Listed:
Emerson - BFA
Juilliard - BFA
SUNY Purchase - BFA</p>

<p>Final Choice:
Rutgers</p>

<p>D had a great visit at Rutgers, sat in on classes and loved them. She also really clicked with the faculty at auditions. The year in London at the Globe also factored into her decision as well as the proximity to NY. She also loved her weekend at the Juilliard Final 40 last month but was wait listed. Had she been accepted it would have been a tough decision. She also loved Boston University put the price tag was too steep to even consider. DePaul was a close 2nd choice as they offered a generous scholarship.</p>

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<p>Accepted:
Chapman (Committed)
UCI (BA)
AMDA
Fullerton (academics)
SF State
CSUN
CSChico</p>

<p>Waitlisted:
Fullerton (MT Track)</p>

<p>Denied:
UCLA
USC
Carnegie Mellon
Calarts</p>

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<p>Accepted:
*University of Minnesota Guthrie BFA Actor Training Program
*DePaul University; BFA Acting
*Chicago College of Performing Arts; BFA Acting
*Webster University; BFA Acting
*Cornish College of the Arts; BFA Acting</p>

<p>Waitlisted:
*Ball State University; BFA Acting</p>

<p>Rejected:
NONE</p>

<p>Final Decision:
*Cornish College of the Arts.
With no doubt, the programs I got accepted to are all tremendously amazing. I still can’t figure out how I got waitlisted at my backup school…not to sound egoistic or anything but really??? Anyway, I’m from Minneapolis. I’ve grown up here, I know the people, theatre companies, and mannerism of the theatre community here pretty well. Guthrie is an AMAZING school and part of me will always be longing for it (sappy, I know) but I felt that if I wanted to grow as an actor AND as a person, that I needed to be away from Minneapolis. I know I can always come back. As for Chicago? When I first visited for Unifieds, I really felt a spark but I visited about a month and a half later during my spring break and definitely did not feel the same spark as I did before. So that led me to rejecting DePaul and CCPA. Webster…just wasn’t the school for me, I felt a little pressured into applying there. Cornish College of the Arts is in Seattle, Washington and I really feel like that’ll be a great place for me to develop. I can always transfer I suppose but I know I’ll love it there! :)</p>

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<p>S Accepted:
CCM (BFA)
Hartt (BFA AT & MT)
Marymount Manhattan (BFA)
Point Park
Texas Christian (BFA)
Texas State (BFA)
Western Michigan (BFA)</p>

<p>Denied:
Ithaca
Southern Methodist</p>

<p>Waitlisted:
None</p>

<p>Final Decision: Texas State
S really connected with the friendly theatre faculty and students and felt very comfortable and “at home” on the TSU campus. The program is quite up and coming, and S sensed a high level of excitement and energy within the department. Also, the price is right; at TSU, out-of-state theatre students pay the Texas in-state tuition rate which, coupled with other scholarships he received, makes it VERY affordable. We’ll save a lot of $$$, some of which we’ll invest for S during his college years. So when he’s done, not only will he graduate debt-free, but he’ll also have a nice little nest egg to help him get started in the business. Just seemed like a logical plan and a great opportunity for him, given his long-term goals…</p>

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<p>Accepted at three BFAs, waitlisted at a fourth …
It came down to UArts and Hartt.</p>

<p>And the winner is … Our D just came downstairs in a Hartt School sweatshirt!</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone, and best wishes for happy and healthy lives!</p>