<p>does anyone know anything about their acting program?
I don't know much...
was wondering if anyone knows anyone that goes there...
It's a school of Theater & Dance so there is singing and dancing too...</p>
<p>Did you get in on a walk-in? Here is what Valerie said about them on the Theatre/Drama thread ...</p>
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Northern Illinois's program is a very good theatre traing BFA in and of itself. It too is one where it needs to be looked at closely. Most of it's teachers have come from Rutgers. A lot of Chicago regional theatre actors are graduates of Northern Illinois's BFA Acting program and highly regarded. </p>
<p>It's campus though, is located in a remote area of the prairie plain in DeKalb Illinos. It is about 65 miles from the city of Chicago where the theatre district is happening. I would look closely at the University as a whole to see if it would hold your interest outside the theatre track and give you the selection of courses you would be interested in taking over the next few years. Also, I'm not sure how much academic selection is available for you to pursue other than their BFA training. </p>
<p>Northern is not known for their depth or breadth of knowledge. However, one can get an average eduction there and there are some tracks of study better than others. For instances, their music department is strong. Theatre studies for becoming a teacher is decent. So is education in general at the undergraduate level. </p>
<p>I would say that Northern Illinois is a safety school academically (ranked overall 59); a selective school for BFA Acting.
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Her son auditioned for them, but she didn't say if he got in or not. He ended up going to UCLA.</p>
<p>I did do a walk in there and got a very positive response-she was very genuine and I liked the sound of the program...and I like Chicago...I'm just not really thrilled about being at a huge football school but if the training is as focused and intimate as it sounds it's fine by me!
...I just have to fill out the app now.</p>
<p>can anyone tell me anything else they know about this program? I was accepted and am just...confused.</p>
<p>the head of the dept. deborah something, gave a masterclass at my highschool and she was great, amazing some thought. she worked with a couple of kids on monologues and she did really amazing things with them. she's awesome, but idk about the rest of the program</p>