<p>This may give you a flavor of the difference</p>
<p>CMU actor showcase video: </p>
<p>[CMU</a> Drama Showcase 2013 - YouTube](<a href=“CMU Drama Showcase 2013 - YouTube”>CMU Drama Showcase 2013 - YouTube)</p>
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<p>A Princeton Production - behind the scene video</p>
<p>[Student</a> Voice - Lewis Center for the Arts](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/arts/arts_at_princeton/theater/students/voice/angels/]Student”>Princeton University Arts Events - Lewis Center for the Arts)</p>
<p>lolholler, your stats are low for Ivies, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be accepted. There are many possible paths to happiness. With luck and a good attitude you may find yourself in the pleasant position of being able to choose from several. My advice is to cast a wide net; you cannot know what will happen.</p>
<p>I haven’t read every word of this thread, but I did note at the beginning that lolholler was interested in Carnegie Mellon. FYI, the acting and mt programs there are conservatory programs and it’s not like Yale or Northwestern, where you have to be admitted on your academics and are thoroughly integrated in the university.</p>
<p>FWIW, my daughter chose Fordham LC because she wanted a school with an auditioned acting program and strong academics (it is a BA with conservatory-style training.) She also wanted to be in NY. She did get into an Ivy (I made her apply) and some other auditioned programs, but Fordham was her first choice and, having completed her freshman year, she still feels it’s the right school for her.</p>
<p>For everyone telling me my “stats are low”
I don’t mean to sound pretentious and I certainly don’t expect to have a free ticket into a school like Yale, but I hope you realize that you know little to nothing about what my application would actually look like besides a year old test score and a gpa that’s only half complete. And actually, if you did some research, my stats aren’t “low.” Sure they aren’t the best out there but they’re certainly where they need to be. You have to remember that this is cc we’re talking about and cc contains only a very small percentage of extremely gifted students. </p>
<p>prodesse, my dilemma here is that I’m in interested in two completely opposite schools: a conservatory program like CMU or a liberal arts program that places more focus on theory like Yale.</p>
<p>lolholler, I can tell you that the kids I know that got into the Ivy’s this year, and this is not from cc, has gpa’s that were consistently over 4.0, a few had perfect SAT scores and all had ec’s that were varied, ecletic and numerous. One published a book, another started a foundation, so that is where our perspective is from. And on the flip side, CMU is equally tough, as are all the audition based programs. None are safeties, no matter how talented our kids are, most were rejected from somewhere. The acceptance rate for theatre (audition based) programs is very low, just like the Ivies. Not discouraging you from trying, just hoping you understand why you are being cautioned to spread a wider net.</p>
<p>I’m not claiming them to even be reaches. They’re all somewhat of a lottery and there will always be perfect test scores that are rejected for people with act scores of 28s, 29s, and 30s. I understand what my chances are.</p>
<p>lolholler, please take a look at how you are coming off here. No one - and I mean no one, except maybe if you’re the President’s daughter, and I think both of them probably are being taught the proper humility - every talks about Ivys like they’ll “probably get in.” No one here is being “too CC.” This forum is not that way - we are honest and caring and base our comments on broad perspective, with the purpose of helping students and parents. There is no intention to break anyone’s spirit. We never comment on anyone’s perceived talent; every student here is presumed to be wonderfully capable and dedicated, because we have no reason to think otherwise. But everyone is urged not to expect admission at any school that has a less than 10% admission rate, or even a less than 30% admission rate, and that includes all Ivies, and all (I mean ALL) auditioned programs.</p>
<p>You now have two threads going. Why don’t we just all comment on the other one for a while, since it’s more about what you actually want from college and not about whether you should go to one or the other of the most elite and ultra selective schools in the USA.</p>
<p>I posted the other thread once I figured out what I wanted to know precisely. This was more of a general post I made first and then later I narrowed my thoughts. I respectfully disagree that CC is the way you describe it, but that’s more of a personal thing and I’ll keep that to myself. It’s just a tad irritating though when somebody completely disregards your questions and simply tells you your stats are just too low and to consider other schools. Regardless of what school I’m interested in particularly, I’ll still have the same problem.</p>
<p>Jumping back in, I tend to agree with lolholler. she or he seems to be well aware that getting into an Ivy is not a given and is seeking help on whether to go a more academic or conservatory route. and the stats from what I remember were not that far below Ivy stats either(in fact they seemed to be on lower end of Ivy admissions so an Ivy is not out of range for them, just a difficult admit but the same can be said with many who have perfect stats) esp taking into account they were talking about a practice ACT taken before their junior year.</p>
<p>I have the same dilemma as you! I’m 15 and I am also a Junior. I was opting for Juilliard (big dreams). But the idea has become more unappealing to me, since I’m being more realistic and chances are IF a spot is secured you might not make it.
That’s why I’ve been looking at the Ivies more and more! I’m obsessed with Ivy League schools and I just want to have the best education possible; yet Acting (Drama) is what I live and breathe.
And I think pursuing a school that combines both is the best option. Many notable actors have been to Ivy League schools and gotten their credentials in the Arts. Yet, they have a sufficient amount of education in another field (that can serve as a Plan B)
Yale is an amazing school and there are many great opportunities but I would not really recommend it; I would go with Brown University (an excellent Ivy League)for the following reasons:
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<p>Northwestern is not a backup or safety school, if that is what you are suggesting.</p>
<p>I think you vastly underestimate the competitiveness of college admissions overall.</p>
<p>Having said that, if you want to act (which it sounds like you do–your passion is evident), you are not going to make much money when you graduate. If I were you I would look at liberal-arts colleges where it is easy to combine a theater major with something “practical.” Muhlenberg comes to mind. If you are the level of student you say you are, you might get merit aid–which would help you and your family if you need support when you graduate and go to NY or LA to try to make it big. :)</p>
<p>“Anyways, I don’t want to feel like I wasted my intelligence by going to acting…”</p>
<p>Some of the most intelligent people I know are actors and wasting a person’s talent is much more shameful. Acting is “intellegence” driven and GPA’s and test scores will never adequately reflect the ‘intellegence’ of a true actor. Depriving the world of art because it’s not as prestigious would make the world a very sad place.</p>
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<p>Brown, in Providence, Rhode Island, is NOT IN NEW YORK CITY! 3 hours in a car, 4 on a very expensive Amtrak Acela train.</p>
<p>^I got a good laugh out of that comment too! Anyone who thinks that Brown is closer to NYC than Yale, or who doesn’t know about the fantastic theater opportunities available in and around the New Haven area, hasn’t done their homework. And there’s the little matter of admissions–the odds of acceptance at either school are tiny. Both fantastic programs at the undergrad and grad level, of course.</p>
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<p>Can you tell me the fee structure for Yale and Brown both.</p>
<p>Ashley, if you are just getting started, I suggest you research actors you admire–the sort of people who are doing the sort of acting work you hope to one day do. Find out where they got their training. That should give you some ideas.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>
<p>Thanks buddy. I have already had a lot of research. How about Yale and NYU ?</p>
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