<p>dramastudent2014 - you are a really bright kid. I hope you got into your first choice of schools.
My daughter applied to the more selective schools and Tisch was a safety net since they need so many academically qualified students. All of her classmates have several excellent choices of schools for next year including Tisch.</p>
<p>@fun2beme, my D was also accepted at Emerson, but like your D, she really wants to be in NYC! Good luck with the decision and congrats on having great choices. I remember trying to urge my D to apply to UNCSA also, but her attitude was, âI have no desire to go to school in North Carolina.â I think our children definitely know what they want out of their college training, but it is absolutely necessary and acceptable for us to guide them in what we think would be best for them. </p>
<p>A sherryjane73 - My daughter applied to UNCSA because her drama instructor told her it was one of the best training programs in the world. She also has a friend in the program who graduated from her conservatory last year. She is very bright and understands that New York will always be there. 4 years is a short time. Good luck to your daughter. Maybe when they have graduated they will meet up in NYC!</p>
<p>A school with a 35% overall acceptance rate (for entire university) and a >10% (most data I found was around 3%) acceptance rate into the BFA program is your Dâs safety? Bold. </p>
<p>annalisesmom - Thanks for the post. I am sorry your daughter didnât get into DePaul. I am sure she has other great choices. My daughterâs acting teacher keeps reminding the kids that they can only go to one school. I am sure she will love the program she chooses. My daughter will visit DePaul later this month. The dorms there are amazing and no bathroom issues. The bathroom issues were at UNCSA.</p>
<p>halflocum - I am sorry if I have offended you. I just hate to lose an argument. Iâve already acknowleged that NYU has an excellent training program. I know that it is regarded as one of the best in the world. So is UNCSA and DePaul. My daughter is a lucky girl to have such fabulous choices. While UNCSA wasnât for your student, NYU isnât for mine. Good luck and much success to them both!</p>
<p>Also- I just wanted to take a moment to thank @halflokum and @alwaysamom for their detailed and insightful posts. I had posted a similar question a few days ago in this same forum regarding Syracuse and NYU- the 2 programs that are my Dâs final choices. I too have concerns about size, studio etc. (really if we could just get the placements it would remove one more wrinkle) but in the end, find it hard to believe that ANY of the schools we have FOUGHT (and yes, it was a HECK of a fight) to get our kids into are not going to provide excellent opportunities. We all want the best for our kids- but there is NO one âbestâ. I am reminded of a post by a mom on another part of the forum (the sticker shock one on MT)- she talks about her D who was not accepted to ANY bfa programs, and that she would give anything to be figuring out how to pay for one of them- or which one to choose (I imagine). </p>
<p>@Dramastudent2014, I donât know what Mommy5 meant by those words. Sheâd have to answer for herself. I also would not argue at all that CMU and UNCSA are more selective programs to get into for the people that select to apply to them. My daughter didnât select to apply to either one. She did select to apply to large urban schools like NYU, BU, UCLA etc. Selectivity by itself as a âthingâ was not of concern to her. </p>
<p>Interesting @fun2beme. I never thought of Tisch as a safety net for anyone. Thatâs a new concept for me. I have some friends over in the MT forum whose academically capable kids did not get in this year and they are really bummed about it so I suspect that comment could make them uneasy. My daughter got into the MT studio there which Iâm fairly sure no one should count on and she was terribly grateful for it. </p>
<p>@toowonderful what a lovely post. Thank you so much. :-)</p>
<p>getting back to the bathroom issue; as an actress I have to break it to your daughter, there are going to be lots of times if sheâs serious about becoming a working actress that sheâs going to have to adjust and share bathrooms, dressing rooms, sometimes beds even. And know what? I wouldnât swap those days for the world - wonderful memories. </p>
<p>@toowonderful and halflokum - IAgainâŠsorry if someone is offended. That is the way we viewed her application. Some NYU momâs have posted that their kids would never apply to art schools. </p>
<p>from mommy5 âNone of her good friends in Tisch auditioned at little art schools. Again, nothing wrong with them, just not what they wanted their college experience to be. Yet for some reason, kids that have their hearts set on the little art programs, also audition at Tisch.â </p>
<p>So, to answer that question at least for my husband and myself, it was a safety net. Weâre all being honest about how we feel right? I already acknowleged that NYU is awesome. What more do you want?</p>
<p>bardsmom - Sheâll get over the bathroom thing for the best training. Thanks.</p>
<p>I have been following this thread and am a bit confused⊠revisiting the original question and the answer seems simple. NYU or Fordham⊠The daughter wants to go to NYCâŠthe mother wants UNCSAâŠsince itâs the daughter that is going to college and not the mother then NYU or Fordham seems like the simple answer.</p>
<p>My daughter had 4 choices and she wanted to be near NYC so she chose the school that was closest to the cityâŠmaybe we see things too simplisticallyâŠ</p>
<p>@halflokumâ many of the same students apply to both schools. Also, comments by the op about why they do not like about NYU is no different than the NYU moms saying their children didnât want to apply to UNCSA for various reasons. Food for thought.</p>
<p>@fun2bemeâ thank you! Youâre daughter seems wonderful as well and extremely talented to have gotten into such selective programs! </p>
<p>bisouu - the question was NYU, UNCSA or DePaul. All great choices Iâve gathered. Since I am paying for her education, I am involved in the decision as to where she goes. Since we are not simple people we look at all that each school has to offer and make a well informed decision. Since she has already toured NYU, she will now tour UNCSA and DePaul. Then we will discuss her choices before we make a final decision. Thanks to all who have given me concrete advice including the NYU parents.</p>
<p>@Dramastudent2014 why would the OPâs child apply to a school that she doesnât want to go to? If you donât like NYU why apply? Iâm confusedâŠ</p>
<p>@fun2beme I guess you may have been misquoted, because from what I am reading you are not happy with NYU so not sure why you are struggling with this decision. Yes, you are paying, but she is spending the next 4 years of her life in that environment. I would hope she gets to make the choice and not you. But we all parent differently. I want my daughter to stay on the west coast, but she has chosen to move 3,000 miles away to be in the city she loves. Canât fault her for that. Good luck with your wonderful choices and hope your daughter has a successful college experience wherever she ends up.</p>
<p>bisouu - I never said that my child didnât like NYU. Didnât you read the earlier post stating that some kids did not get into any program. You cast a wide net and rank your choices and pray that you get into at least one. What are you confused about?</p>
<p>@bisouuâ The op said her daughter liked NYU. She never said her daughter did not like UNCSA. The op has expressed concerns with NYUs program and believes her daughter will have a better experience at her other options. Where does it say her daughter applied to a school she doesnât like? </p>
<p>@fun2beme you are certainly more than entitled to your own opinion- itâs yours. But you are sharing it with the worldâŠso it becomes all of ours. If we could see each other at this moment, you might hate the outfit I am wearing (not your taste, or color, or style, whatever) thatâs your right. If you told me that while you admired the brand (I am actually wearing a free people top I stole from my D this morning- feeling pretty hip for a 44 year old!) you would never wear what I am wearing- donât I have the right to feel MY feelings⊠a little judged for making that choice in the 1st place?</p>