<p>I'm looking for a school with good physics and theatre programs. Any suggestions? I'm looking for a place with 3000-15000 people, preferably in an urban setting (big cities). I want to double major.</p>
<p>Home state? Stats? Cost restrictions?</p>
<p>Northwestern - A tie in with Fermi Labs = good for Physics. A tie in with lots of recognizable names from the theater dept.</p>
<p>If your grades & scores aren’t going to get you into NU, look at the other suburbs of Chicago at North Central College in Naperville. I’m not sure about their Physics, but they have a good theater dept. And it is a small school.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>muhlenberg college super strong in both sci. and theater!
about 2500 students</p>
<p>Theater generally has LOTS of (rehearsal) after class time commitments — make sure that a double major is feasible with the possible lab commitments inherent in any STEM program. For this reason science/arts double majors are many times virtually impossible. I knew two students who did music and physics double majors at UCLA, but it took 5 intense years. (I mention music since they have similar time commitments with theater.)</p>
<p>I second musicamusica’s advice. My D is a physics major who does dance as and extracurricular. The rehearsals for performances take a lot of her free time and it would not be doable as a second major.</p>
<p>Tech? Design? Performance? Physics in Theatre? </p>
<p>More details please.</p>
<p>For now no cost restrictions, home state CA (but not necessarily looking for a school there). I’m looking for performance theatre and physics separately, although physics IN theatre sounds great as well. I’m open to options as I currently only have a loose handle on exactly what I want. I’ll do as much work as is necessary to make this possible. </p>
<p>To give an idea of what kind of student I am:
-Current cumulative gpa (end of first semester junior year): 3.68
-SAT II math: 720
-Many theatre leads
-Plan to take SAT 1 and U.S. History subject test. <–I’d take a physics subject test, but I’m in a low level physics class now and plan to take a high level class next year, so I’m scared that taking it now will result in a low score.</p>
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Does that mean your parents have said “sure we’re willing to pony up $60K a year so you can go out of state”?</p>
<p>Like others have said, I’m not sure you’ll be able to handle both as majors. Theatre takes a great deal of time. I would imagine UCLA and USC have strong programs in both.</p>
<p>If you do not try to combine a BS in Physics with a BFA in Theatre Performance, you may be able to pull this off. Look for places that offer a BA in Theatre, and think long and hard about whether you want to deal with the demands of a program that requires an audition.</p>
<p>No, financial restrictions definitely exist, I’d just like to develop a list of colleges that I would like to go to and then cross off the ones out of my financial range. Please correct me if this isn’t a good method.</p>
<p>Thank you all so much.</p>
<p>You need to start with the budget, then find places that will fit it. Starting with the the colleges all too often means that a students ends up with no place that is affordable.</p>
<p>Sit down with your parents, and find out how they plan for you to pay for your education. Run the Net Proce Calculators as the websites of a few colleges and universities so you know what the colleges are likely to expect your family to pay. If you family can afford that, great. But if your family can’t, then you wil need to come up with some cheaper options.</p>
<p>What is your home state? You can get lower in-state pricing at your state colleges.</p>
<p>Might look at Holy Cross-very good school not far from Boston. hc has strong physics and theater programs. This week a Holy Cross alum donated $25 million for new performing arts building.</p>