lesser known colleges and transferring

<p>I was rejected by my top choice school for their musical theatre program and am on the waiting list for their acting b.f.a. program, so i've decided to look elsewhere if i am not given a spot form the waitlist.</p>

<p>Because the arts program in my school district is very poorly funded, being in theatre, ESPECIALLY musical theatre (which is what i aspire to major in), can be difficult and often frustrating . However, I've been in every high school theatre production and am vice president, qualified for state in speech and debate every year, been a member of NHS throughout high school, and am in the top company of my dance troupe, but money is definately limited so i couldn't travel to my choice schools to audition.</p>

<p>Ultimately i had to make a decision to attend a less recognized university for musical theatre or a community college so i can save up and prepare better. I live in the Houston area and am considering sam houston state university or texas state university and then transferring to OU or Emerson for musical theatre after a year. Does anyone know much about shsu or tsu? Is it hard to get accepted as a transfer student to emerson or univ of okla? What would i need to accomplish in my year at these colleges to get accepted?</p>

<p>-dramaddict</p>

<p>what was your top choice?</p>

<p>The University of Oklahoma</p>

<p>At some of the schools, they made it clear during their information sessions that transfers were very rare. I believe that at OU they had only one student who had transferred from another school, and I believe they had one other student who had moved from the OU drama program to the OU MT program. At most schools, they indicated that transfers would generally have to "start over" in the program since it's a track and you can't skip any of it. On the other hand, several schools list deadlines for transfer applications, so they do permit it. I have a vague memory of a junior college in the Houston area offering MT - - was it San Jacinto JC? It sounds like Shauna may have looked at the transfer issues. If she's not online, does anyone remember what schools she mentioned?</p>

<p>dramaddict:</p>

<p>In addition to Houston State and Texas State, you might want to look at TCU. The chair, Harry Parker, is a top-notch administrator and director, and the program is growing under his leadership. Here's the link:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.theatre.tcu.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.theatre.tcu.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Good luck in your search.</p>

<p>We visited Texas State last year when we first started researching MT programs. Yes, they list MT as a major, but when we got down there, we found there was no MT program - not one single student was a MT major. According to a student we found who started off as a MT major, there is a real turf war down there between the music school and drama school. Maybe things have changed, but suggest you ask alot of questions. As for SHSU, we have not been down there, but I keep hearing good things about it. They have their auditions for MT in early April.</p>

<p>TCU - Doctorjohn - you are so amazing, and I must figure out a way to meet you. I'm so glad you know and like Harry Parker. I posted somewhere else, we had a great visit to TCU very recently and had a nice meeting with him. I think TCU should get more attention than it gets on this forum. Of course, I don't hide the fact that I am a TCU graduate (in business) and am very partial to the school. We had a lovely day there seeing the fine arts (which was new to me since I had tunnel vision when down there and didn't take advantage of the fine arts available). My son has opened up many new areas for us!</p>

<p>If you live in California there is a wonderful Drama program at Santa Monica College. Have a look:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.smc.edu/theatre/AboutDept.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.smc.edu/theatre/AboutDept.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>As other have said, transferring into a program can be difficult, but I know of several people who did not get into a program they wanted and they stayed home, took some classes locally and trained ( in voice, dance and acting) in either classes or private lessons and then audtioned again places as a freshman and got into programs the second time around. Doing that is not the end of the world...</p>

<p>Hang in there.</p>

<p>if you transfer just say after your sophmore year for your junior year, would you have to start as a freshman at your new college's MT program? Or does it just totally depend on what kind of training you got your first two years?</p>