Drama/Musical Theatre major resume questions?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm a sophomore in high school, and I fully intend to apply to colleges and go into a musical theatre or drama major. I've begun to type up mock-resumes, but I've been having some trouble; I have plenty of choral/vocal performance accreditations because I've been in it for years and years. Unfortunately, because of scheduling conflicts, I so far only have four drama/theatrical performances under my belt. Before my senior year, I plan to be able to have about ten performances for drama/theatre. Is that enough to put on to a resume? Or am I going to need to look into seriously correcting scheduling mistakes? (which I'm not entirely sure I'd be able to do.) </p>

<p>Basically, how many theatre/drama performances do you recommend having for a resume? (If it helps, some of the schools I've been looking at are JMU, Fordham, Carnegie Mellon, etc.) Thanks so much for input!</p>

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<p>As much as reasonable. Look, they realize you’re a HS student. It’s not as if you were selling yourself to a booking agent in NYC or LA. Frankly, if you wanted to diversify your resume with a job at McDonalds or volunteering at a senior home or library – it wouldn’t kill you either. </p>

<p>Colleges don’t expect applicants to be laser-focused robots – ready for the job market. *That’s why you should be going to college.*Being multi-dimensional with a stated prefrence for “theater” (not drama) is fine.</p>

<p>Everyone I know in theater/acting are very interesting *people *-- with broad backgrounds. Not just a stage rat from infancy. Hope this helps.</p>