<p>Hello! I was wondering if any current students or any alums could give any insider information on ANY of these schools below.
Elon University, Carnegie Mellon, Ithaca College, Millikin, Emerson, Drake, Cinncinnati Conservatory, Michigan.</p>
<p>Stuff like
How are underclassmen treated in the programs?
How hard is casting at the college?
Individualized attention?
Acting/Singing/or Dance emphasis?
Success rate with jobs?
or any other valuable information you might want to provide.</p>
<p>I know that I have gotten all the information I can off of the college websites. I would like to know some insider information from actual students. Thank you!!</p>
<p>If you go back to the Musical Theater Forum page, you will find links to the individual schools. Search through these discussion groups and you will probably find some of the information you are looking for.</p>
<p>I’m sorry I’m not an actual student at any of these colleges But I can tell you about Elon, CMU, Emerson, CCM and UMich. I auditioned for some of them and have friends at most of them that tell me about their experiences.</p>
<p>At all of those programs, the faculty are very caring. Except Emerson has a horrible cut program. Since the class sizes are generally small for the colleges you have mentioned, individualized attention is great.</p>
<p>CMU, CCM, UMich and Ithaca have probably the highest success rates with jobs, from what I have seen or heard. </p>
<p>CMU - Strongest on acting. Then they look at your singing and see how you ‘move’ as a dancer.
CCM - They take a lot of mixers and dancers.
UMich - Great triple threat training. Strongest suits are singing and acting.
Elon - They usually take an interesting class. They are very open minded and have an incredible program.
Emerson - I have heard it’s very easy to get into this program. </p>
<p>Contrary to what thekindagirl said, Emerson is NOT “very easy” to get into. As onstage suggested, it is best to go to the individual threads on each of the schools, read them, and if you still have questions, contact the school. Good luck.</p>
<p>monkey13 I’m just basing it off what I have heard from people who have auditioned there. It’s not my personal opinion but I just wanted to help people out!</p>
<p>Hearsay and gossip are fun to pass around, but for something as important as college selection it really pays to do some in-depth research. Many or most schools will have ways to connect you with actual, current, MT students, via facebook or other social media, for example, in order for you to obtain first-hand information. Schools will also readily offer staff member contacts to get factual information about the program - sometimes even the department head. If possible, schedule a visit, see a show, attend a class, talk to students, talk to faculty members, etc. If you cannot make it to campus, call them with a set of detailed questions in hand. You can learn a lot from the way they handle your call.</p>
<p>As onstage and monkey13 have said, pour through the dedicated sub-forums for each school. There is a lot of good information on each program.</p>
<p>This school isn’t on your immediate list, but you should really consider Ball State University for a BFA in Musical Theatre! The [Ball</a> State Theatre and Dance]((<a href=“http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/TheatreDance.aspx)%5DBall”>http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/TheatreDance.aspx)) program is always growing and is truly a family like atmosphere. I’ve discovered that one of the most important things for me to have in a school/program is a sense of a family like environment within the theatre department. It is very important to me that my classmates are not only supportive of me, but also people I will be able to be great friends with throughout the four years of college. Leaving my high school theatre family was really hard, and I wanted to make sure I was going to a place where I would have that same sense of community and I have found that at Ball State.</p>