<p>Oh, no I’m in the top quarter for sure. I know tons of people who got in with lower stats and worse EC’s than me. I’m not really worried about that one.</p>
<p>I’m going to jump in and echo Alex’s comment about Coastal Carolina. Excellent, excellent theatre program! It can’t be considered a “safety” since it’s audition, but it is such a fabulous program!</p>
<p>I couldn’t live in Myrtle Beach for four years. Close to home isn’t a concern, I’m willing to go as far as New York and Chicago. Thank you for the suggestion though!</p>
<p>While American is an academic safety for you, it is by audition (though less competitive than the BFA programs). </p>
<p>You need a safety and so look at Muhlenberg and Skidmore as two possibilities for you.</p>
<p>While Barnard is not a safety, it would be a good match school for you seeing that you have Columbia on the list and that you are considering Bryn Mawr, a women’s college. Have you looked into Smith?</p>
<p>Not really- how is their theatre department? I guess it’s a match because I’m 50th percentile</p>
<p>At Smith, you’d have the five college consortium and so a lot of theater opportunities that way.
(Amherst College, Mt. Holyoke College, Hampshire College, Smith College, UMass)</p>
<p>Except that the five college consortium isn’t all it’s cracked up to be - the schools are a good distance from each other; making the “commute” difficult and time consuming. I don’t clearly remember but I also think the schools are on different calendars which also creates problems. We have a kid from our neighborhood who goes to UMass as a theatre major and he’s been the lead in almost every show since he was a Freshman (he’s currently a Junior) which to me doesn’t bode well for a program. I think there are better theatre safeties.</p>
<p>Skidmore has dropped their essay requirement - though now easier to apply to - they are getting swamped with applications - I think they had a whopping 42% increase in apps this year. </p>
<p>Based on our recent tours of Amherst and Smith, I agree with amtc assessment of the challenges of benefitting from the consortium.</p>
<p>Also wanted to add, Smith is a great campus in a great town. The housing system is fantastic. My daughter really wanted to like this school, but (among other drawbacks) was concerned with having acting classes generally without guys, like the class she attended. She tells me acting with males is a nessacary dynamic.</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s why the only girls school I was really considering is Barnard, because of its proximity to Columbia. Does Bryn Mawr have mixed acting classes?</p>
<p>FYI, Bryn Mawr is in the Quaker consortium with Haverford, Swarthmore, and Penn. I teach at Penn (not in theater) and have had many Bryn Mawr (and other consortium students) in my classes over the years.</p>
<p>Ok! I knew it was associated with Swarthmore and the like, I just didn’t know how accessible those classes would be.</p>