<p>I haven't been able to research much on PSU's programs. My family is a big time Penn State family. My parents went there, sister, aunts, uncles. I was just interested in learning more about the acting programs, so if anyone could help me out and give me information that'd be very appreciated. :)</p>
<p>Also, I stumbled across DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. So if anyone has anything to say about that it'd be appreciated too!!! Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>Paige, if you search these forums you will see that Penn State is mentioned much more often for MT than for acting. </p>
<p>Some kids like the idea of applying for Acting at a school with a special strength in MT, others don’t. </p>
<p>DePaul is a great school, but it has a cut program that puts some people off. There are a lot of threads that discuss this subject.</p>
<p>Yes, be very wary about DePaul’s cut program. DePaul offers excellent actor training, but they accept more students than they plan to keep and at the end of freshman year, they typically cut quite a few.</p>
<p>Unless it has changed recently the program at Penn State for Theatre (not Musical Theatre) is a BA. Stage Management an Technical Production are also BFA, but performance, directing, theatre studies are encompassed in the BA. </p>
<p>I do not know much about the program at DePaul (in terms of how much liberal arts is required). But, I believe that Depaul is a conservatory style program. </p>
<p>The BA at Penn State requires quite a bit of liberal arts coursework outside of the major and a breadth of experiences and coursework within the major.</p>
<p>KatMT’s right – Penn State is a B.A. program with audition. Requirements are one short contemporary monologue and an interview. Oh, and what they don’t tell you until you receive audition instructions is that you also are required to submit a 3-5 page sourced and cited paper on an influential theater person of your choice roughly three weeks before your audition. Definitely stressing the liberal arts coursework over the conservatory style from the get-go!</p>
<p>Oh wow. Okay, thank you all for all your information! It has all been very, very helpful!! :)</p>
<p>There was an article in last week’s New Yorker (by Malcolm Gladwell) about school rankings. I must say Penn State came off sounding phenomenal (for the school in general).</p>
<p>Oh sweet thanks! Yeah I think I may audition. My sister and parents and basically everyone in my family has gone there, so it’s always worth a shot to at least apply!</p>