<p>Hi all! I endured the college process with my eldest daughter (music major) last year and found CC extraordinarily helpful. I didn’t know anything when I started, and I’m not sure that I know much now, but comparatively speaking, I know even less about the acting school route (which is to say next to nothing) than when I started the music school process -- and now my youngest daughter is a rising senior intent on pursuing a BFA in acting.</p>
<p>She put together an insanely long list of schools, then cut it down, but it’s still way too long. I’m wading through CC posts, and they’re proving enlightening (if overwhelming, and part of trimming the list will be addressed via college visits, but even so, there’s no way she can visit ALL the schools on her list. So – knowing that school choice is ultimately a personal and subjective decision – I’m throwing it out to the CC community for their opinions regarding this particular list. All views very welcome and much appreciated! </p>
<p>Given that the list is way too long, are there any schools that you would eliminate (and preferably why) or (ouch) add?</p>
<p>Brief thumbnail about my daughter: She’s interested in BFA acting programs, but has also included some BA programs. She is not planning to pursue double major/dual degree. Her primary consideration is the strength of the acting program itself (more than another factor, including the wider school and the other disciplines that surround it). She does have an interest in Meisner technique (her prep program is kind of the home base of Meisner, and the teens get a little Mesiner exposure, I guess) but is very open minded about approach. She has not been able to decide between a preference for theatre or film (no experience in film, actually, but she’s interested), which might have helped narrow choices. Rural/urban is not a factor, or not much of one, anyway (she has tended to shy away from very remote settings in her searching). Overall school size (beyond the acting program) isn’t a factor for her either. She does not like the idea of mandatory cuts. </p>
<p>The list (no order):
1. Juilliard (we live in NYC and she just wants to do it to do it)
2. Rutgers
3. Purchase College
4. SUNY New Paltz
5. CMU
6. USC
7. UNCSA
8. CalArts
9. BU
10. U. of Miami
11. U. Minnesota/Guthrie
12. Florida State
13. The Hartt School
14. Syracuse
15. Webster
16. Elon
17. Otterbein
18. Ithaca
BA ACTING PROGRAMS
1. Skidmore
2. Muhlenberg
3. Kenyon
4. Fordham
5. Northwestern</p>