Differences between these NY programs

Acceptance “yield” must have been higher than expected - that happened to BU a few years back. Hopefully they can accommodate everyone by adding another section to classes (rather than increasing the class sizes).

@Twelfthman - I don’t have any specific knowledge but that doesn’t sound logical to me. The reason being is that I do know the went to their wait list and offered spots. If they had an unexpected higher acceptance rate then they wouldn’t have had to go to their wait list.

I’m just comparing it to the earlier citation of “26” being the size of the Molloy/Cap 21 MT program. I guess we can wait to see what gets officially reported by them.

The class of 2023 is either 47 or 48, but will be divided into three groups for classes instead of two. We were told that was the intended target size for the the program that they had been working towards. I don’t know if the new dorm allowed for this increase this year or just increased interest as the program is becoming better known. They did offer several spots off the waitlist to reach this number.

^ have been hearing very good things about this school. WIll definitely put it on the list.

i will add on the Molly/CAP21 size… My son’s class (freshman in 2018-2019) started at 37, I believe. They lost two over the summer before school started so they started with 35.So, while it’s an increase, it isn’t quite as dramatic as you might think. I’m not overly surprised that they would be trying to grow the class size a bit each year as they previously did the MT studio training for Tisch which has, I believe, roughly 60 per class.

This year’s class at Tisch NSB has 65 and that’s divided into 4 “cohorts” of about 16. From what I know that hasn’t changed in the 7 years since NYU separated from the CAP21 studio in 2012. Makes sense that Molloy / CAP21 wants to up their enrollment gradually.

I think it’s interesting how many otherwise low-key academic schools in the NY area have realized they get both cachet and increased applicant interest with a good performing arts program. I swear Pace gets an overall SAT “boost” from its MTers and that’s why they added the PA fee, to counteract all the automatic merit scholarships going to performing artists!

@CaMom13 - Pace School of Performing Arts (PPA) has historically attracted high achievers (not limited to MT students). PPA (all majors) has the highest proportion of students in the Honors College among any of the other Schools at the University. Pace has very generous scholarships apart from need-based aid. The additional PPA fee is likely unrelated to merit aid.

The fact that the performing artists are high achievers who up Pace’s overall stats was exactly my point @coronado. when you say “historically” it makes me smile a little - PPA is what, 5 years old? In any event, no need to quibble and there was no slight intended to non-MT programs at Pace. I don’t agree that the 5000 PA fee is completely unrelated to the merit aid that is given to high stats students but I don’t think there’s any way to prove it one way or the other.

I thought Pace only gave academic merit

@Notmath1 - Pace offers several types of need-based FA.

https://www.pace.edu/financial-aid/types-financial-aid/scholarships-grants#pace11