<p>I am about to enter into my senior of high school and have been putting a great deal of thought into where I am applying this fall for university, as I have been doing since freshman year! :] I am currently enrolled through an online learning program, but spent my first three years of high school in a traditional public school. (I left because I was being harassed by other students and it was impacting me negatively for obvious reasons...) My stats are that I have a 3.7 GPA weighted, I received a 25 on my ACT (but I'm going to retake it), have yet to take the SAT but I am going to in the very near future, have been enrolled in 5 AP classes, and I am involved in National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Thespian Society, Link Crew (Leadership), and obviously, theatre. I also take private voice lessons outside of school and I am an alto, but I have only been doing this for less than a year, which is why I plan to major in theatre rather than musical theatre. I also know that some schools care about work experience and I currently have two jobs (one is seasonal). Here are the schools I am looking at: </p>
<p>NYU
Juilliard
AMDA
Pace
Fordham
Hofstra
Rutgers
FSU
Tulane
NYCDA
Boston Conservatory
Brandeis
Trinity
UCLA
UNCSA
Carnegie Mellon
SUNY at Purchase
Elon</p>
<p>I don't know if this helps determine what my chances are of a school, but here is my partial artistic resume:</p>
<p>Romeo & Juliet- Juliet<br>
Annie- Lily St. Regis<br>
Little Shop of Horrors- Assistant Director/Dance Captain<br>
The Wishing Tree- Mary<br>
Cinderella- Palace Staff/White Horse<br>
Peter Pan- Tiger Lily<br>
Oz! The Musical- Scarecrow/Dance Captain<br>
Pride and Prejudice- Amanda/Mrs. Hill<br>
Once Upon a Mattress - Ensemble/Dance Captain (u/s Jester)<br>
Damn Yankees- Ensemble/Dance Captain </p>
<p>Do I have a lot of variety in my list when it comes to highly selective programs and safety schools? I'm very lost in this whole college search process, because my mother and sister did not attend typical four-year universities and my dad, who did receive his Bachelor's, does not know anything about BFA/BA theatre programs. (I spoke to him about Early Decision options and he did not even know you could do that!) </p>
<p>ANY HELP WOULD SO SO SO VERY APPRECIATED! :]</p>
<p>Hey! I’m in the same situation as you as well… Isn’t it quite WHOA, this college application to acting! 
haha… Plus I’m a foreigner who is an international student in a us school so it’s even more stressing and confusing for me!</p>
<p>I think you do have a great list. Actually I find it to be a lot! But of course it depends on how much you have confidence and belief that u’ll get in to certain schools… </p>
<p>I am hopeless for NYU, UCLA because of my academics. (2.9 gpa) even though I’m a good learner, I don’t like studying and just get the passing grade to not stress before exams. its a bad habit!</p>
<p>Your resume is great imo! </p>
<p>Why don’t you have AADA in your list? I saw you had amda and nycda! 
just wondering</p>
<p>Thanks for your help! I’m only looking at AMDA and NYCDA as kind of safety schools, because I would much rather pursue my BFA rather than partake in a two-year program.</p>
<p>Every school on your list is different, in terms of the importance they place on your academic record, but your audition is critical at any auditioned BFA program. You can have perfect grades and scores, but they won’t help you if you audition poorly. A good application and transcript will only help you if you qualify in terms of talent. You’re a good enough student that you should qualify academically at most schools, if the talent auditors determine that they want you. It’s not quite the same as athletics, where the coach can push a hopelessly unqualified applicant past the regular admissions committee, but most B.F.A. programs are likelier to compromise their academic standards (provided the candidate has fulfilled basic high school curricular requirements) than their talent assessments. It’s fiercely competitive, especially for girls, and so there are very few “safe” schools for auditioned programs. If you are certain you want a conservatory-style B.F.A., then you should probably consider including a few more schools that participate in the Unified Auditions. Do you have a preference for a type of environment (ie. urban, traditional college campus, broader university community, etc.)? Will you have a chance to visit the schools you’ve mentioned? My son’s choices have changed somewhat since we toured some campuses.Although you said you won’t major in musical theater, that seems to be your strength, and some schools on your list (e.g. Fordham-Lincoln Center, Rutgers-Mason Gross) do not have strong musical theater programs. I think Boston Conservatory, on the other hand, only offers musical theater.</p>
<p>My daughter has been around NYC for a while so we’ve gotten some feel for non-degree acting programs in NYC. She’s at Stella Adler this summer and loves it. </p>
<p>We’re looking at these programs as a backup to degree programs as well. Personally, I think programs like Stella Adler, Atlantic & Neighborhood Playhouse and like are better and more solid acting training than AMDA or NYCDA. From reading these forums, I’m somewhat surprised how AMDA, NYCDA and AADA come up much more often in discussion. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that those schools tend to push their name out more. As an aside, as between the three – AMDA, NYCDA and AADA – i think AADA has the best reputation of the three and would be the only one my daughter might include as a backup.</p>
<p>^It’s worth noting that AMDA has a BFA as well.</p>
<p>Other than that, your list definitely looks ambitious but you have a shot academically at most of those places (Tulane/UCLA might be a stretch, and NYU depending on your SAT score). I agree with Rev-- it’s a wild ride! Work hard and keep your head up, and “break a leg”! :)</p>