<p>I am so confused and stressed about college. I want to do theatre and act. But I'm having such a difficult time at finding the right college and when it comes to theatre, you really have to get it right the first time because it's so much more difficult to transfer because it's literally starting all over and I don't want to do that. When I was applying to colleges in January, I was unsure at pursuing theatre because it's not the most practical thing, so I applied to some average schools.
But now I'm confused.
I graduate high school in May and I have no idea what I'm doing!
Do I take a gap year? Do I just pick a school and go?</p>
<p>Advice please, please, PLEASE!</p>
<p>mmm, I hate to be that person to tear anything down, but if you’re not entirely sure that a college theater major is right for you, you might not want to get yourself into too big of a mess! I’d say to wait and see where you’re accepted before you stress to much. In my very personal opinion, which can be debated by anyone understandably, I think that it’s not very worth it to go to a school with a not-so-great program just because you love theater. Depending on where you go, you could be wasting a lot of time at a school with so-so professors and little to no connections.</p>
<p>Wait and see! I’m stressin too!</p>
<p>But see, I’m completely sure that I want to do theatre. I love it. I don’t love anything else as much or even close to as much as I love theatre! It’s just the problem of finding the right college or waiting a year and auditioning at better schools next year.</p>
<p>I’d say if you don’t get into a school that you think you’ll be happy spending the next 4 years at (and spending thousands and thousands of dollars on), take the gap year. Work during that year to get money, and TAKE ACTING CLASSES! Improve during your year off, instead of just getting rusty waiting for the next year’s auditions to come up. Workshops, master classes, coaching, improv classes, voice lessons, plays, whatever. But try to get better, so that you can get into a great school next year!</p>
<p>(This is at least what several of my acting teachers/directors have told me, and I agree as well)</p>
<p>Why don’t you take a look at the schools you’ve been accepted to and attend the one that has the best drama department or a theater major? Seriously, you don’t actually have to be in a BFA to become an actor…get involved with the student productions, take extra classes if you need them, audition for regional theaters in the area, etc.</p>
<p>Editing and adding – I have to say I agree with the other posters: Does really depend on what your options are, if any of them have decent drama departments and are located in areas where you’d be able to enhance your education.</p>