<p>Hi! I'm going to begin auditioning for colleges this year and I'm very nervous, does anyone have any advice for training, Unifieds, or other need to know advice?</p>
<p>This process is so competitive and there is no rhyme or reason why some colleges accept you or not. My advice it make sure you have a safety that you love and can see yourself happily attending. </p>
<p>Oh yes, I already have two safeties. I’d be very happy at Cal State Fullerton or Hofstra University. I’m just curious about seeing people’s perspectives on the application and auditioning process. </p>
<p>@Halbalstar - you definitely came to the right place. My advice to to start reading threads - there is a gold mine of information here, especially on topics like Unifieds. If you go back you can read recaps of auditions for various schools, which help give you an idea of what your audition will be like (but fair warning, colleges are known to shake things up!) If there are particular schools that interest you, you can search for them here, or check over on the MT forum- they have LOTS of schools at the top of the page, you can research individually. </p>
<p>Glad to hear you have safeties- the next thing you need to think about is creating your list of theater schools. Have you started that part yet? Are you thinking BA or BFA? Big city or not? East or West Coast? </p>
<p>Thank you @toowonderful. I have a mix of BA and BFA programs for acting. I’m also interested in psychology, so all the BFA programs are academic, and most offer the ability to take a psych minor. The schools I’m interested in are primarily in Boston, Chigaco, LA, and New York because of how great those cities are for theatre. My list consists of,
USC, Chapman, UC Irvine, UCLA, UW, Fullerton, Hofstra, DePaul, Northwestern, University of Michigan, Northeastern, BU, Emerson, Ithaca, Carnegie Mellon, Syracuse, Rutgers, Occidental, and Fordham.</p>
<p>Take a peek at Drew University in NJ…just a quick train ride into the city and a good theater program. (they also give amazing merit aid )</p>
<p>That looks like a very solid list to me. One other factor is finances. You might want to run net cost calculators for the schools you’re most interested in and the safeties to make sure you’ll have an economically viable option in the mix.</p>
<p>I’m wondering why you don’t have NYU Tisch on there if you are interested in NYC and psychology. You can minor in Psychology through CAS (College of Arts and Sciences. (in fact, students are required to carry a more substantial general education credit load than many other BFA programs and a good portion of the credit load will come from CAS). There is also an Applied Theatre minor available at Tisch Drama:</p>
<p><a href=“http://drama.tisch.nyu.edu/object/dr_minor.html”>http://drama.tisch.nyu.edu/object/dr_minor.html</a></p>
<p>Note that Drama students don’t have to minor in it to take any of those listed courses. </p>
<p>There are also courses that can be taken at Steinhardt. check this out to see what might be applicable / of interest to you:</p>
<p><a href=“Programs and Degrees | NYU Steinhardt”>Programs and Degrees | NYU Steinhardt;
<p>You know, you don’t have to minor in another subject to get an educational background in it. You might actually find it more beneficial to take courses in different areas related to psychology, such as those offered at Tisch and Steinhardt, to see where your professional interests might eventually lie. Most professions in psychology require a graduate degree, even if someone majors in it in college!</p>
<p>Hi, my daughter’s friend went through auditions last year and recently she and her mom published a book on amazon together to explain how they weeded through the process and it includes detailed descriptions of her auditions at Unifieds (without naming the schools by name). She had me proofread it and I wish we would have had it to refer to when my daughter was applying.<br>
I am not sure what the title is but the author is Hunter Crossland</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>@sDoncc NYU does look very nice, my main doubts about the program however is how expensive it is, and it’s reputation for giving little financial aid. </p>